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 18   DAY'S CHANGE       2009             2009
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK      10379.45     -57.97     10437.42         6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                (Nov 17)       (Mar 05)
LONDON         5342.13      -3.80      5382.67         3512.09
                                       (Nov 16)       (Mar 03)
TOKYO           9676.8     -53.13     10639.71         7054.98
                                       (Aug 26)       (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5787.61      +9.18      5854.14         3690.72
                                       (Oct 14)       (Mar 03)
PARIS          3828.16      -0.90      3892.36         2519.29
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4739.0       +9.6       4859.9          3145.5
                                       (Oct 15)       (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     22840.33     -73.82     22943.98        11344.58
                                       (Nov 16)       (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.4953                 (1.4844)
Dollar/Yen                      89.43                  (89.26)
Pound/Dollar                   1.6721                 (1.6790)
Gold (ounce)                  1143.90                (1137.90)
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