text: Key stock and currency market movements at 1600 GMT . LONDON 1996-08-23 The following table shows the latest close of key indices* on major world stock exchanges , the day 's change in points and the indices ' 1996 closing highs and lows ( with dates ) . Also shown are the London closing values of the German mark , the Japanese yen , the British pound and gold bullion ( previous day 's closes in brackets ) : AUG 23 DAY 'S CHANGE 1996 HIGH 1996 LOW CLOSE IN POINTS NEW YORK 5,710.53 - 22.94 5,778.00 5,032.94 ( midday ) ( May 22 ) ( Jan 10 ) LONDON 3,907.5 +16.4 3,907.5 3,632.3 ( Aug 23 ) ( Jul 16 ) TOKYO 21,228.80 - 134.44 22,666.80 19,734.70 ( Jun 26 ) ( Mar 13 ) FRANKFURT 2,555.16 - 2.10 2,583.49 ) 2,284.86 ( Jul 5 ) ( Jan 2 ) PARIS 2,020.82 +3.06 2,146.79 1,897.85 ( Apr 30 ) ( Jan 11 ) SYDNEY 2,292.9 +18.3 2,326.00 2,096.10 ( Apr 26 ) ( Jul 17 ) HONG KONG 11,424.64 - 54.13 11,594.99 10,204.87 ( Feb 16 ) ( Jan 2 ) - - - - FOREIGN EXCHANGE / GOLD BULLION CLOSE IN LONDON Dollar / mark ... 1.4871 ( 1.4935 ) Dollar / yen .... 108.50 ( 108.43 ) Pound / dollar .. $ 1.5520 ( $ 1.5497 ) Gold ( ounce ) .. $ 387.50 ( $ 386.95 ) - - - - *INDICES USED AND THEIR ALL-TIME CLOSING HIGHS New York Dow Jones industrial average -- 5,778.00 ( May 22/96 ) London FTSE-100 index -- 3,907.5 ( Aug 23/96 ) Tokyo Nikkei average -- 38,915.87 ( Dec 29/89 ) Frankfurt DAX-3O index -- 2,583.49 ( Jul 5/96 ) Paris CAC-40 General index -- 2,355.93 ( Feb 2/94 ) Sydney Australian All-Ordinaries index -- 2,340.6 ( Feb 3/94 ) Hong Kong Hang Seng index -- 12,201.09 ( Jan 4/94 )