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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       September 28   DAY'S CHANGE       2008             2008
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK       9799.49     +134.07     9791.71         6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                (Sep 16)       (Mar 05)
LONDON          5165.7       +83.5     5172.89         3512.09
                                       (Sep 18)       (Mar 03)
TOKYO         10009.52     -256.46    10639.71         7054.98
                                       (Aug 26)       (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5736.31      +154.9     5736.31         3690.72
                                       (Sep 28)       (Mar 03)
PARIS           3825.0      +85.86     3835.27         2519.29
                                       (Sep 17)       (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4677.4       -35.9     4734.10          3145.5
                                       (Sep 23)       (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     20588.41     -435.99    21768.51        11344.58
                                       (Sep 17)       (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                 1.4614                    (1.4677)
Dollar/Yen                   89.44                     (89.80)
Pound/Dollar                1.5864                    (1.5954)
Gold (ounce)                994.40                    (990.25)
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