P245 CEEFAX 245  Fri  8 Apr  21:15/21
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          WALL STREET      
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  (Midday): US stocks relinquised     
  mid-morning gains to stand a touch  
  weaker as the market continued to   
  track fluctuating bond prices.      
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  Dealers said bargain-hunting in     
  specific cyclical shares helped to  
  underpin the market.                
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  $hjrj was little reaction to the    
  resignation of Japanese Prime       
  Minister Morihiro Hosakawa despite  
  fractious US/Japan trade ties.      
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  Many investors were sidelined ahead 
  of next week's key inflation data.  
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   World indices 243     Dow Jones 242  
 Euro/East Dow Jones Exchanges Would Ind