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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        December 01   DAY'S CHANGE       2009             2009
              CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK      10468.18     +123.26    10464.40         6594.44
             (1300 EDT)                (Nov 25)       (Mar 05)
LONDON         5312.17     +121.49     5382.67         3512.09
                                       (Nov 16)       (Mar 03)
TOKYO          9572.20     +226.65    10639.71         7054.98
                                       (Aug 26)       (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT      5776.61     +150.66     5854.14         3690.72
                                       (Oct 14)       (Mar 03)
PARIS          3775.74      +95.59     3892.36         2519.29
                                       (Oct 19)       (Mar 09)
SYDNEY          4719.0      +17.65      4859.9          3145.5
                                       (Oct 15)       (Mar 06)
HONG KONG     22113.15     +291.65    22943.98        11344.58
                                       (Nov 16)       (Mar 09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                      1.5106               (1.4978)
Dollar/Yen                        86.58                (86.30)
Pound/Dollar                     1.6627               (1.6433)
Gold (ounce)                    1198.15              (1173.60)
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