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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            January 02   DAY'S CHANGE     2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8936.41    +160.02       13058.20       7552.29
                        (1300 EDT)       (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4561.79    +127.62         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO             MARKET HOLIDAY        14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4973.07    +162.87        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3349.69    +131.72        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3713.8       -8.5         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     15042.81    +655.33       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                 1.3900                    (1.3948)
Dollar/Yen                   91.34                     (90.75)
Pound/Dollar                1.4473                    (1.4584)
Gold (ounce)                876.15                    (876.05)
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