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).
==============================================================
December 21 DAY'S CHANGE 2009 2009
CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW
==============================================================
NEW YORK 10438.7 +109.96 10501.05 6594.44
(1300 EDT) (Dec 14) (Mar 05)
LONDON 5293.99 +97.18 5382.67 3512.09
(Nov 16) (Mar 03)
TOKYO 10183.47 +41.42 10639.71 7054.98
(Aug 26) (Mar 10)
FRANKFURT 5930.53 +99.32 5903.43 3690.72
(Dec 16) (Mar 03)
PARIS 3872.06 +77.62 3892.36 2519.29
(Oct 19) (Mar 09)
SYDNEY 4635.1 -15.4 4859.9 3145.5
(Oct 15) (Mar 06)
HONG KONG 20948.10 -227.78 22943.98 11344.58
(Nov 16) (Mar 09)
--------------------------------------------------------------
FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
--------------------------------------------------------------
Euro/Dollar 1.4312 (1.4314)
Dollar/Yen 90.98 (90.54)
Pound/Dollar 1.6077 (1.6094)
Gold (ounce) 1094.15 (1116.15)
==============================================================
Copyright Reuters, 2009