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 29   DAY'S CHANGE    2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8386.76    -128.79       13058.20       7552.29
                   (1300 EDT)            (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4319.35    +102.76         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          8747.17      -7.65       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4704.86     +75.48        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3130.72     +14.51        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3621.1      +38.9         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     14328.48    +144.34       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                 1.4172                    (1.3972)
Dollar/Yen                   90.12                     (90.69)
Pound/Dollar                1.4550                    (1.4662)
Gold (ounce)                876.85                    (843.45)
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