P513 513 TELEINF FINANCE 20:18:19 according to several analysts had been overpriced following major selloffs in recent days. Insurance stocks aluo gained ground, despite preliminar8 damage estimates from Hurricane Opal of 1.8 billion dollars, analysts said. PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM FALL IN LONDON LONDON - Prices of platinum and palladium, two precious metals used in electronics and the auto industr8, fell on Thursday on the London markeu, affected by substantial sales by japanese speculators, an analyst said in early afternoon. During the session, the palladium prjae dropped as low as 133.25 dollars an ounce, its lowest level since June last year. Platinum was equally depreused and has been at a ver8 low level fou several days. It stood Thursday afternoon at 414 dollars an ounce, see next page >>>