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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              April 28   DAY'S CHANGE
                CLOSE     IN POINTS      HIGH              LOW
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NEW YORK      10398.66      -79.50     10737.70        7524.06
             (1300 EDT)              (Feb 11/04)   (Mar 11/03)
LONDON          4524.5       -51.2       4575.7         3287.0
                                     (Apr 27/04)   (Mar 12/03)
TOKYO         12004.29      -40.59     12163.89        7607.88
                                     (Apr 26/04)   (Apr 28/03)
FRANKFURT      4065.74      -68.36      4151.83        2202.96
                                     (Jan 23/04)   (Mar 12/03)
PARIS          3722.59      -59.50      3811.43        2403.04
                                     (Apr 23/04)   (Mar 12/03)
SYDNEY          3444.8        -1.8       3458.5         2700.4
                                     (Apr 07/04)   (Mar 13/03)
HONG KONG     12165.31      +10.40     13928.38        8409.01
                                     (Feb 18/04)   (Apr 25/03)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT
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Euro/Dollar                   1.1840                  (1.1910)
Dollar/Yen                    109.80                  (109.47)
Pound/Dollar                  1.7737                  (1.7890)
Gold (ounce)                  386.40                  (398.90)
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