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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            December 19   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8620.20     +15.21       13058.20       7552.29
                   (1300 EDT)            (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4286.93     -43.73         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          8588.52     -78.71       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4696.70     -59.70        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3225.90      -8.25        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3615.7      +34.5         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     15127.51    -370.30       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                1.3845                     (1.4281)
Dollar/Yen                  89.68                      (89.67)
Pound/Dollar               1.4849                     (1.4957)
Gold (ounce)               836.85                     (857.25)
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