The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets).

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            November 18   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8326.62     +53.04       13058.20       8175.77
                                         (May 02)     (Oct 27)
LONDON         4208.55     +76.39         6479.4       3852.59
                                         (Jan 03)     (Oct 27)
TOKYO          8328.41    -194.17       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4579.47     +22.20        7949.11       4295.67
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 24)
PARIS           3217.4     +35.37        5550.36       3067.35
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 27)
SYDNEY          3523.2     -129.8         6353.2        3523.2
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 18)
HONG KONG     12915.89    -613.64       27560.52      11015.84
                                         (Jan 02)     (Oct 27)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                1.2674                     (1.2722)
Dollar/Yen                  96.97                      (97.00)
Pound/Dollar               1.4987                     (1.5019)
Gold (ounce)               739.05                     (746.30)
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