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frames- But [ARGM-ADV with the index proving somewhat better than * expected and the widely anticipated report on October employment scheduled *-1 to arrive tomorrow] , [ARG1 stock prices] [rel firmed] [ARGM-ADV only modestly] [ARGM-ADV in response to the report] and then faltered .
- Georgia-Pacific fell 2 1\/2 to 50 7\/8 , but [ARG1 most paper and forest-products stocks] [rel firmed] [ARGM-TMP as market players speculated about other potential industry takeover targets] .
- Pfizer gained 1 7\/8 to 67 5\/8 , Schering-Plough added 2 1\/4 to 75 3\/4 , Eli Lilly rose 1 3\/8 to 62 1\/8 and [ARG1 Upjohn] [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT 3\/4] to [ARG4-to 38] .
- [ARG1 West German bonds] [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT a bit] [ARGM-TMP after Monday 's fall] , but traders said 0 the market remains bearish due to speculation that interest rates could rise again .
- It showed some early resilience after [ARG0 central bank support] [rel firmed] [ARG1 sterling] , but the weight of Wall Street late in London trading , and signs of further weakness in the British pound , proved a hefty load 0 * to bear *T*-1 .
- [ARG1 Other insurance rates such as casualty insurance , which *T*-1 would cover liability claims ,] are n't likely *-2 to [rel firm] [ARGM-TMP right away] , says 0 *T*-3 Alice Cornish , an industry analyst with Northington Research in Avon , Conn .
- [ARG1 The U.S. unit] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel firmed] [ARGM-MNR against other currencies] [ARGM-ADV on the back of sterling 's tumble] , [ARGM-ADV as market participants switched out of pounds] .
- [ARG1 British life insurer London & General] , which *T*-2 [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT 2 pence] to [ARG4-to 356 pence -LRB- $ 5.70 *U* -RRB-] , and composite insurer Royal Insurance , which *T*-3 finished *-4 13 lower at 475 , were featured *-1 in the talk .
- Auto shares were mixed , as [ARG1 Daimler-Benz] [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT 2] to [ARG4-to 723] , Bayerische Motoren Werke lost the same amount to 554 , and Volkswagen inched down 1.4 to 451.6 .
- Mattel added 1 1\/4 to 19 5\/8 , [ARG1 Tonka] [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT 1] to [ARG4-to 18 1\/2] and Lewis Galoob Toys rose 7\/8 to 13 5\/8 on the Big Board , while Hasbro gained 1 to 21 7\/8 on the American Stock Exchange .
- Marsh & McLennan advanced 3 1\/8 to 75 7\/8 , Alexander & Alexander Services climbed 2 to 32 and [ARG1 Corroon & Black] [rel firmed] [ARG2-EXT 1 7\/8] to [ARG4-to 37 1\/2] .
- It was the possibility of [ARG0 this demand] that *T*-1 helped [rel firm] [ARG1 prices] , the analyst said *T*-2 .
- Junk bonds opened as much as four points lower but staged a modest comeback as [ARG1 stock prices] [rel firmed] .
- At one point in futures trading , as [ARG1 the stock market] [rel firmed] , the December contract rose to as high as $ 1.2965 *U* , but it was n't able *-1 to sustain the gain .