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 24   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8459.32     +39.83       13058.20       7552.29
                   (1145 EDT)            (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4216.59     -39.39         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          8517.10    -206.68       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4629.38      -9.64        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3116.21     -12.20        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3582.2      +50.8         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     14184.14     -36.65       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                1.3972                     (1.3961)
Dollar/Yen                  90.69                      (90.58)
Pound/Dollar               1.4662                     (1.4707)
Gold (ounce)               843.45                     (834.45)
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