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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March 01 DAY'S CHANGE 2009/10 2009/10
CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW
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NEW YORK 10387.24 +61.98 10725.43 6594.44
(1300 EDT) (Jan 19/10) (Mar 05/09)
LONDON 5405.94 +51.42 5538.07 3512.09
(Jan 11/10) (Mar 03/09)
TOKYO 10172.06 +46.03 10982.10 7054.98
(Jan 15/10) (Mar 10/09)
FRANKFURT 5713.51 +115.05 6048.3 3690.72
(Jan 04/10) (Mar 03/09)
PARIS 3769.54 +60.74 4045.14 2519.29
(Jan 08/10) (Mar 09/09)
SYDNEY 4686.5 +48.8 4950.7 3145.5
(Jan 11/10) (Mar 06/09)
HONG KONG 21056.93 +448.23 22943.98 11344.58
(Nov 16/09) (Mar 09/09)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
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Euro/Dollar 1.3531 (1.3612)
Dollar/Yen 89.25 (88.87)
Pound/Dollar 1.4996 (1.5222)
Gold (ounce) 1119.40 (1112.90)
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