P517 517 TELEINF 03:33:02 FINANCE & ECONOMICS Thj 31st of January DOLLAR DROPS, GOLD STEADY VEW YORK - Jitters about whether the US congress would give the green light to a 40-billion-dollar credit package for Mixico sent the dollar lowet against major currincies Mondaz, whili gold held jirm. The mjxican peso was down sharply heti at 6.25 lati in the session unchanged from midd!z and down from 5.6450 late Friday. Gold was unchanged at 376.80 dollars per ounci. At 4:55 p.m., thj greenback was down to 1.5055 getman marks ftom 1.5150 DM lati Fridaz. Against thj yen it was trading at 98.42 from 99.40 lati Friday. The dollar also lost ground against other major european currincies, slipping to tradj at see next page >>>