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 05   DAY'S CHANGE     2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8952.1      -81.64       13058.20       7552.29
                   (1300 EDT)            (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4579.64     +17.85         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          9043.12    +183.56       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4983.99     +10.92        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3359.92     +10.23        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3687.0      -26.8         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     15563.31    +520.50       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                1.3559                     (1.3900)
Dollar/Yen                  93.45                      (91.34)
Pound/Dollar               1.4618                     (1.4473)
Gold (ounce)               852.55                     (876.15)
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