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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        November 02   DAY'S CHANGE       2009             2009
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK       9685.30     -27.43     10092.19         6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                (Oct 19)       (Mar 05)
LONDON         5104.50     +59.95      5281.54         3512.09
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 03)
TOKYO          9802.95    -231.79     10639.71         7054.98
                                       (Aug 26)       (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5430.82     +15.86      5854.14         3690.72
                                       (Oct 14)       (Mar 03)
PARIS          3639.46     +31.77      3892.36         2519.29
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4540.4     -102.8       4859.9          3145.5
                                       (Oct 15)       (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     21620.19    -132.68     22589.73        11344.58
                                       (Oct 23)       (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                   1.4764                  (1.4736)
Dollar/Yen                     90.33                   (90.00)
Pound/Dollar                  1.6368                  (1.6446)
Gold (ounce)                 1055.25                 (1039.50)
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