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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         October 02   DAY'S CHANGE       2008             2008
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK       9498.93     -10.35        9791.71       6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                 (Sep 16)      (Mar 05)
LONDON         4988.70     -59.11        5172.89       3512.09
                                        (Sep 18)      (Mar 03)
TOKYO          9731.87    -246.77       10639.71       7054.98
                                        (Aug 26)      (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5467.90     -86.65        5736.31       3690.72
                                        (Sep 28)      (Mar 03)
PARIS          3649.90     -70.87       3835.27        2519.29
                                        (Sep 17)      (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4601.7      -99.4       4753.10         3145.5
                                        (Sep 29)      (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     20375.49    -579.76      21768.51       11344.58
                                        (Sep 17)      (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4591                 (1.4548)
Dollar/Yen                      89.67                  (89.69)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5892                 (1.5960)
Gold (ounce)                  1001.50                (1002.45)
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