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Key stock and currency market movements
Saudi Press Agency Published in Saudi Press Agency on 31 - 12 - 2008


The following table shows the
close of key indices today 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):
Dec 31 DAY'S CHANGE 2008 2008
CLOSE IN POINTS HIGH LOW
NEW YORK 8777.11 +108.72 13058.20 7552.29
(1300 EDT) (May 02) (Nov 20)
LONDON 4434.17 +41.49 6479.4 3780.96
(Jan 03) (Nov 21)
TOKYO 8859.56 +112.39 14691.41 7162.90
(Jan 04) (Oct 27)
FRANKFURT 4810.20 +105.34 7949.11 4127.41
(Jan 02) (Nov 21)
PARIS 3217.97 +0.84 5550.36 2881.26
(Jan 02) (Nov 21)
SYDNEY 3722.3 +68.1 6353.2 3352.9
(Jan 02) (Nov 20)
HONG KONG 14387.48 +151.98 27560.52 11015.84
(Jan 02) (Oct 27)
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE/GOLD BULLION AT 1800 GMT
Euro/Dollar 1.3948 (1.4114)
Dollar/Yen 90.75 (90.33)
Pound/Dollar 1.4584 (1.4412)
Gold (ounce) 876.05 (869.90)
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*INDICES USED AND THEIR ALL-TIME CLOSING HIGHS
New York Dow Jones industrial average -- 14164.53 (Oct 09/07)
London FTSE 100 inderx -- 6930.2 (Dec 30/99)
Tokyo Nikkei average -- 38915.87 (Dec 29/89)
Frankfurt DAX index -- 8105.69 (Jul 16/07)
Paris CAC-40 General index -- 6922.23 (Sep 04/00)
Sydney Australia S&P/ASX 200 -- 6828.7 (Nov 01/07)
Hong Kong Hang Seng index -- 31638.22 (Oct 30/07)

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