P506ORACLE 506 Mon20 Jan C4 1703:09  WORLD  1/2     Monday    TOKYO The failure of the Group of Five to reach any agreement on interest rates sent put the market in retreat in slow and lacklustre trading. Investors retreated to the sidelines and the 225-shares average lost 54.73 to close at 12,952.08. The TSE index of all listed stocks fell 3.15 to 1030.80. HONG KONG The market plunged steeply in a slide which started in properties but dragged all sectors lower in its wake. The fall came as investors stood aside to leave near-recgrd prices unsupported The Hang Seng fell 31.04 to 1,775.82 >> CARS * CARS * CARS * CARS * ON 496

P506ORACLE 506 Mon20 Jan C4 1703:45  WORLD  2/2     Monday    SYDNEY The downtrun in the bullign price and a weaker Australian dollar combined to take some of the steam out of the share market. Nevertheless, the only major falls were in leading gold miners and by the close the All-Ordinaries index was only 1.2 lower at 1,065.5. SINGAPORE The market closed lower after a session dominated by heavy prgfit taking with dealers still cgncerned at the fate of the Malaysian Promet group. The All-Share index lost 4.15 to 228.57 JO'BURG Gold shares opened easier but picked up as bullion strengthened. >>>>  City headlines 500