61.   An analyst with a European investment house said fuel prices will remain high because of rising demand with the onset of winter.

62.   Dealers said blue chips were in demand with bank stocks in particular boosted by stronger-than-expected November industrial output data.

63.   We agreed that negotiations should take place on Tuesday to discuss our demands with the management, said Roland Riesmann of the pro-socialist CFDT union.

64.   Of the three precious metals, platinum has the best prospects, thanks to a rise in industrial demand with growing interest in its use in catalytic converters.

65.   Press reports said queues formed at gold dealers and banks where the US dollar was in heavy demand with tense members of the population.

66.   The Bhutto government has countered the MQM demands with accusations that the group and its leaders are behind a terrorist campaign in Karachi.