P508ORACLE 508 Mon13 Jan C4 9714:28   THE    Mon 16.00   £ Index 78.1 (-0.5) Fri close 78.6 £1 = $1.4345 (-2.17 cents) £1 = $1.4562 The pound remains weak after a fall in North Sea spot oil prices and recgvery by the dollar, which dealers say is testing upward levels. The current high level of UK interest rates is apparently not enough to offer sterling continued support. Despite residual concern about G5 intervention on behalf of the US unit, the dollar moves ahead awaiting news in economic statistics later this week.  City headlines 500 BARGAIN TRAVEL BRITISH RAIL *** 125