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 pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets), according to Reuters: OCT 6 DAY'S CHANGE 2006 YEAR 2006 YEAR CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW NEW YORK 11824.83 -41.86 11866.69 10667.39 (1300 EDT) (Oct 05) (Jan 20) LONDON 6001.2 -3.3 6132.7 5519.6 (Apr 21) (Jun 13) TOKYO 16436.06 -13.27 17563.37 14218.60 (Apr 07) (Jun 13) FRANKFURT 6085.82 +10.54 6140.72 5292.14 (May 09) (Jun 13) PARIS 5282.06 -6.47 5312.18 4617.59 (May 09) (Jun 13) SYDNEY 5220.7 +1.4 5364.5 4776.00 (May 11) (Jan 03) HONG KONG 17903.39 -4.28 17907.67 14944.77 (Oct 05) (Jan 03) FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1700 GMT Euro/Dollar 1.2609 (1.2692) Dollar/Yen 118.86 (117.64) Pound/Dollar 1.8717 (1.8787) Gold (ounce) 570.85 (570.10) INDICES USED AND THEIR ALL-TIME CLOSING HIGHS New York Dow Jones industrial average -- 11866.69 (Oct 06/06) 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) SydneyAustralia S&P/ASX 200 -- 5364.5 (May 11/06) Hong Kong Hang Seng index -- 18301.69 (Mar 28/00)
