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 30  DAY'S CHANGE      2010           2010
                CLOSE     IN POINTS        HIGH            LOW
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NEW YORK      10079.20     -71.45       11167.32       9686.48
             (1445 EDT)                  (Apr 29)     (Jul 02)
LONDON           MARKET HOLIDAY          5825.01       4805.75
                                         (Apr 15)     (Jul 01)
TOKYO          9149.26    +158.20       11339.30       8845.39
                                         (Apr 05)     (Aug 25)
FRANKFURT      5912.41     -38.76        6351.60       5434.34
                                         (Aug 09)     (Feb 05)
PARIS          3487.01     -20.43        4065.65       3331.29
                                         (Apr 15)     (May 25)
SYDNEY         4452.7       +82.6         5001.9        4222.1
                                         (Apr 15)     (Jul 05)
HONG KONG     20737.22    +139.87       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                   1.2670                  (1.2733)
Dollar/Yen                     84.67                   (85.41)
Pound/Dollar                  1.5475                  (1.5509)
Gold (ounce)                 1237.20                 (1236.41)
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