61.   STOCKS MIXED ON RATE FEARS Stocks closed mixed, after concern over rising interest rates overcame an early surge in response to the acquisition of Ameritech by SBC Communications.

62.   The dollar closed mixed against major currencies after the Group of Seven leading industrial nations failed to make specific proposals to bolster the U.S..

63.   The major stock indexes closed mixed but little changed in moderate trading.

64.   The stock market closed mixed on Tuesday as a key sale of Treasury securities indicated that short-term interest rates were headed higher.

65.   The stock market closed mixed Tuesday, the third session where the leading indexes have been virtually stagnant.

66.   The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed mixed before the inflation report.

67.   The stock market closed mixed but essentially unchanged Tuesday, as the bond market continued its rally and the dollar stabilized abroad.

68.   Then the bond market was rescued by the release of the November employment data and closed mixed.

69.   TURKISH stocks closed mixed as a rally by cement companies offset declines in bank and textiles, brokers said.

70.   U.K. stocks closed mixed as gains in British Petroleum Co. Plc and National Power Plc were offset by losses in media shares and utilities.