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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              August 19  DAY'S CHANGE      2010           2010
                CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10251.38    -164.16       11167.32       9686.48
                   (1300 EDT)            (Apr 29)     (Jul 02)
LONDON         5211.29     -91.58        5825.01       4805.75
                                         (Apr 15)     (Jul 01)
TOKYO          9362.68    +122.14       11339.30       9161.68
                                         (Apr 05)     (Aug 17)
FRANKFURT      6075.13    -111.18        6351.60       5434.34
                                         (Aug 09)     (Feb 05)
PARIS          3572.40     -75.53        4065.65       3331.29
                                         (Apr 15)     (May 25)
SYDNEY         4479.02      +4.11         5001.9        4222.1
                                         (Apr 15)     (Jul 05)
HONG KONG     21072.46     +49.73       22416.67      18985.50
                                         (Jan 06)     (May 25)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                    1.2823                 (1.2868)
Dollar/Yen                      85.35                  (85.35)
Pound/Dollar                   1.5613                 (1.5621)
Gold (ounce)                  1233.00                (1231.60)
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