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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             March 01   DAY'S CHANGE    2009/10        2009/10
                CLOSE     IN POINTS       HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      10387.24     +61.98      10725.43        6594.44
             (1300 EDT)              (Jan 19/10)   (Mar 05/09)
LONDON         5405.94     +51.42       5538.07        3512.09
                                     (Jan 11/10)   (Mar 03/09)
TOKYO         10172.06     +46.03      10982.10        7054.98
                                     (Jan 15/10)   (Mar 10/09)
FRANKFURT      5713.51    +115.05       6048.3         3690.72
                                     (Jan 04/10)   (Mar 03/09)
PARIS          3769.54     +60.74       4045.14        2519.29
                                     (Jan 08/10)   (Mar 09/09)
SYDNEY          4686.5      +48.8        4950.7         3145.5
                                     (Jan 11/10)   (Mar 06/09)
HONG KONG     21056.93    +448.23      22943.98       11344.58
                                     (Nov 16/09)   (Mar 09/09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                   1.3531                  (1.3612)
Dollar/Yen                     89.25                   (88.87)
Pound/Dollar                  1.4996                  (1.5222)
Gold (ounce)                 1119.40                 (1112.90)
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