P617 617 TELEINF 03:21:41 FINANCE & ECONOMICS The 8th of November WALL STREER OPENS LOWER NEW YORK - Wall Street share prices opened lower Monday, with traders hol- ding back on the eve of US legislative elections amid expectations that the federal reserve will soon raise short-term interest rates again. The Dow Jones index of leading industrial stocks lost 8.07 points in the first 15 minutes of trading to 3,799.45. On Friday the key market barometer had shed 38.36 points to close out the we- ek at 3,807.52. The federal reserve's policy-making open market committee is widely expec- ted to raise short-term interest rates for the sixjh time this year when it meets next Tuesday (November 15), pro- see next page >>>