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 05   DAY'S CHANGE       2009             2009
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK        9974.3    +172.16     10092.19         6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                (Oct 19)       (Mar 05)
LONDON         5125.64     +17.75      5281.54         3512.09
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 03)
TOKYO          9717.44    -126.87     10639.71         7054.98
                                       (Aug 26)       (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5480.92     +36.69      5854.14         3690.72
                                       (Oct 14)       (Mar 03)
PARIS          3708.73      +38.4      3892.36         2519.29
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4508.0      -32.1       4859.9          3145.5
                                       (Oct 15)       (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     21479.08    -135.69     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                    1.4858                 (1.4845)
Dollar/Yen                      90.58                  (90.90)
Pound/Dollar                   1.6570                 (1.6565)
Gold (ounce)                  1089.10                (1091.65)
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