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 30   DAY'S CHANGE    2009/10        2009/10
                CLOSE     IN POINTS       HIGH             LOW
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NEW YORK      10896.69      +0.83      10895.86        6594.44
             (1300 EDT)              (Mar 29/10)   (Mar 05/09)
LONDON         5672.32     -38.34       5727.65        3512.09
                                     (Mar 25/10)   (Mar 03/09)
TOKYO         11097.14    +110.67      11097.14        7054.98
                                     (Mar 30/10)   (Mar 10/09)
FRANKFURT      6142.45     -14.40       6156.85        3690.72
                                     (Mar 29/10)   (Mar 03/09)
PARIS          3987.41     -13.25       4045.14        2519.29
                                     (Jan 08/10)   (Mar 09/09)
SYDNEY          4916.8      +19.5        4950.7         3145.5
                                     (Jan 11/10)   (Mar 06/09)
HONG KONG     21374.79    +137.36      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                    1.3416                 (1.3443)
Dollar/Yen                      92.81                  (92.59)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5071                 (1.4968)
Gold (ounce)                  1104.50                (1109.50)
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