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 06   DAY'S CHANGE     2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       9023.22     +70.17       13058.20       7552.29
                   (1300 EDT)            (May 02)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4638.92     +59.28         6479.4       3780.96
                                         (Jan 03)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          9080.84     +37.72       14691.41       7162.90
                                         (Jan 04)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      5026.31     +42.32        7949.11       4127.41
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          3396.22      +36.3        5550.36       2881.26
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 21)
SYDNEY          3742.7      +55.7         6353.2        3352.9
                                         (Jan 02)     (Nov 20)
HONG KONG     15509.51     -53.80       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                1.3477                     (1.3559)
Dollar/Yen                  94.12                      (93.45)
Pound/Dollar               1.4905                     (1.4618)
Gold (ounce)               857.60                     (852.55)
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