P500ORACLE 500 Mon23 Dec C4 9715:50               P&O HOLDS OFF FROM EURO FERRIES BID 523 GEC DETAILS £1.2bn PLESSEY OFFER 521 COLE BACKS HIGHER LOW & BONAR TERMS 524 PEAT HAS NO PLAN TO LIFT ARROW BID 525 USA INCOME GROWTH EASES CONCERN 529 WESTLAND SAYS EURO DEAL IS 'VAGUE' 522  16.00FT 1112.5 +3.9 £=$ 1.4300 +53pts 17.00SE 1388.6 +2.1 £Index 78.2 +0.1  Shares 501 & 502 World Marketu 506 Stock Market 503 Currency Rates 507 FT/SE Index 504 Pound Report 508 Wall Street 505 Commodities 509 Companies 510 City Newsfile 520 Main Index 400 Time Off 530 O & A LEVEL REVISION COURSES ** 573