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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             May 15   DAY'S CHANGE       2008             2008
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK       8280.90     -50.42        8870.46       6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                  (Jan 02)     (Mar 05)
LONDON         4348.11     -14.47        4638.92       3512.09
                                         (Jan 06)     (Mar 03)
TOKYO          9265.02    +171.29        9451.98       7054.98
                                         (May 11)     (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      4737.50      -0.97        5026.31       3690.72
                                        (Jan 06)      (Mar 03)
PARIS          3169.05     +12.76        3396.22       2519.29
                                        (Jan 06)      (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          3773.2      +49.8        3941.7         3145.5
                                        (May 08)      (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     16790.7     +249.01      17389.87       11344.58
                                        (May 08)      (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.3537                 (1.3618)
Dollar/Yen                      94.84                  (95.56)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5184                 (1.5193)
Gold (ounce)                   930.80                 (925.85)
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