P505ORACLE 505 Mon 6 Jan C4 1712:06      Monday    Dow Jones index: 17.00 1545.17 -4.02 20.00 19-00 Close Prices opened a little higher in moderate trading fgllowing the upt4rn recorded on Friday but failed to sustain the gain and quickly fell back. The downturn seemed to cgnfirm the views of those analysts who put Friday's rise down as a nat4ral part gf the market+s cgnsglidatign phase. Many believe the NYSE could take much of the first quarter to digest the recent rapid rises. LOOKING FOR A JOB? RECRUITMENT 498