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).
==============================================================
August 24 DAY'S CHANGE 2008 2008
CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW
==============================================================
NEW YORK 9562.41 +56.38 9505.96 6594.44
(1300 EDT) (Aug 21) (Mar 05)
LONDON 4896.23 +45.34 4896.23 3512.09
(Aug 24) (Mar 03)
TOKYO 10581.05 +342.85 10597.33 7054.98
(Aug 14) (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT 5519.75 +57.01 5519.75 3690.72
(Aug 24) (Mar 03)
PARIS 3652.17 +36.36 3652.17 2519.29
(Aug 24) (Mar 09)
SYDNEY 4426.1 +135.5 4461.0 3145.5
(Aug 14) (Mar 06)
HONG KONG 20535.94 +336.92 21074.21 11344.58
(Aug 11) (Mar 09)
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
--------------------------------------------------------------
Euro/Dollar 1.4332 (1.4323)
Dollar/Yen 94.53 (94.54)
Pound/Dollar 1.6429 (1.6497)
Gold (ounce) 951.90 (954.88)
==============================================================
Copyright Reuters, 2009