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Key stock and currency market movements at 1800 GMT
Saudi Press Agency Published in Saudi Press Agency on 09 - 01 - 2007


The following table shows the
close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the
London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British
wound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets), according to Reuters:
JAN 9 DAY'S CHANGE
CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW
NEW YORK 12382.39 -41.58 12510.57 10667.39
(1300 EDT) (Dec 27/06) (Jan 20/06)
LONDON 6196.1 +1.9 6319.0 5519.6
(Jan 03/07) (Jun 13/06)
TOKYO 17237.77 +146.18 17563.37 14218.60
(Apr 07/06) (Jun 13/06)
FRANKFURT 6614.37 +6.78 6691.32 5292.14
(Jan 03/07) (Jun 13/06)
PARIS 5533.03 +14.44 5617.71 4617.59
(Jan 02/07 (Jun 13/06)
SYDNEY 5589.7 +87.7 5670.2 4776.00
(Jan 02/07) (Jan 03/06)
HONG KONG 19898.08 -131.58 20413.39 14944.77
(Jan 03/07) (Jan 03/06)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
Euro/Dollar 1.3003 (1.3025)
Dollar/Yen 119.24 (118.56)
Pound/Dollar 1.9395 (1.9382)
Gold (ounce) 612.85 (607.95)
- - - -
*INDICES USED AND THEIR ALL-TIME CLOSING HIGHS
New York Dow Jones industrial average -- 12510.57 (Dec 27/06)
London FTSE 100 index -- 6930.2 (Dec 30/99)
Tokyo Nikkei average -- 38915.87 (Dec 29/89)
Frankfurt DAX index -- 8064.97 (Mar 07/00)
Paris CAC-40 General index -- 6922.23 (Sep 04/00)
Sydney Australia S&P/ASX 200 -- 5670.2 (Jan 02/07)
Hong Kong Hang Seng index -- 20413.39 (Jan 03/07)

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