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 27   DAY'S CHANGE     2008            2008
               CLOSE       IN POINTS      HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK       8195.20     +79.25       13058.20       7552.29
                    (1300 EDT)        (May 02/08)     (Nov 20)
LONDON         4194.41      -14.6         6479.4       3780.96
                                      (Jan 03/08)     (Nov 21)
TOKYO          8061.07    +378.93       14691.41       7162.90
                                      (Jan 04/08)     (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT      4323.42      -3.45        7949.11       4127.41
                                      (Jan 02/08)     (Nov 21)
PARIS          2954.53      -0.84        5550.36       2849.14
                                      (Jan 02/08)     (Jan 23)
SYDNEY          3444.0     +101.3         6353.2        3342.7
                                      (Jan 02/08)     (Jan 23)
HONG KONG         MARKET HOLIDAY        27560.52      11015.84
                                      (Jan 02/08)     (Oct 27)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                1.3192                     (1.3170)
Dollar/Yen                  89.19                      (89.11)
Pound/Dollar               1.4199                     (1.3932)
Gold (ounce)               900.80                     (906.95)
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