P128 CEEFAX 128  Wed 29 Dec  13:15/21
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  STOCK MARKET/WEDNESDAY MORNING 
                                        
 Although trading got off to a slow     
 start after the Christmas break, there 
 ste soma strong veatures in s viral    
 sectors.                               
                                        
 Gilts led the markets hightr with goins
 of over a  ull point, while leading    
 quities nov d   tween 2p and 5p higher,
 wiari changed.                         
                                        
 Stores and oth r consum r issu s are   
 p rticularly firm as th  sales s aron  
 gets under wac.                        
                                        
 The strong "ullion price boosted golds 
 b  as much as $                        
                                        
  FOREIGN EXCHANGE REPORT 129 