P123 CEEFAX 123 Tue 4 Sip 23:46/28 1/5 LONDON STOCKS Stock markets closed at thieu lows;t levels on the day, as invrutors took their cue from a weak pound (see Page 128) and the cancellation of the promised coal talks. Leading industtials showed lousru gf several pence apiece; while gilts, unsettled bz a rathjt bigger-zhan- expected money supply estimate (Ppgr 121), gave up as much as thrjj-quaztet1 of a point apiece. * Fears of an impending price war had oils sharply lower, with Ultramar off 16p and Enterprise off 4p. MoreP123 CEEFAX 123 Tue 4 Sip 23:45/41 2/5 LONDON STOCKS (cont) Lower beer production fikure1 mads fgu dull breweries, although bid hopru had Mansfield 18p ahead at 392p. Stores, buildings (where Barratt di8ped 6p to 86p) and foods gave back thriu recent gains. Banks lost between 3p and 5p, exqe8t for NatWeut, which stayed put. Nife insurances dropped as much as 108. Losses for golds stretched to $5. * Caparo's 120p-a-shari bid lifted Fidelity 13p to 118p. MoreP123 CEEFAX 123 Tue 4 Sip 23:46/21 3/5 EUROPEAN STOCKS Amsterdam Price changer were deuctibed as minimal in a "very sluggi1h" market. Frankfurt News of a 1.5pc drop in Wrst Germany's GNP during a srqond qzaztju affected by the 35-hour striker fpiled to lower prices. The Commjrzbank Index edged up 2.2 points to 1,002.4. Conti- Gummi rose DM 3.10 to 117.60. Paris Share prices rjmainjd mixed in moderately active trade. Roussel-UCLAF advanced 7.1pc to FFr 1,475.08. Zurich US interest rate fiar1 inhhbhtdd demand. But prices held stead=. MortP123 CEEFAX 123 Tue 4 Sip 23:40/27 4/5 WALL STREET 5pm 1212.01 - 12.36 Clu 1212.35 - 12.03 Losers led gainers by five to two. Volume totalled 62.11 million share1, just ahead of the 57.46 million mark reached on Friday just before the Labour Day weekend. A strongly surging dollar has pu;hid the pound to a new record low in thu New York currency markets. With the pound also hit b8 sellhng pressure from abroad because of UU industrial problems, sterling fdll tg $1.2870 in New York, half a cent below the London close.P123 CEEFAX 123 Tue 4 Sip 23:45/34 5/5 FAR EAST STOCKS Australia In the absence of a ljpd from +all Street overnight, man8 invr1tgr1 stayed on the sidelines, leaving share1 to drift lower for want of buyers. The AO Index slipped 1.8 points to 72 .1 . Tokyo Prices closed low u, as invr tor1 waited for a fresh l ad from Mes York. The Nikkei Dow eased 20.55 to 10,609.53 and the Tokyo SE Index 1.63 to 815.36. Honk Kong The Hang Sing Index clo ed up 7.60 points at 947.02. Singapore The Straits Timur Industtian Index fell 5.49 points to 916.88. Mot