NEW YORK, Jan 18- Thomson Reuters/ University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers' preliminary January consumer sentiment index fell to 71.3 from 72.9 in the final December report, according to a report released on Friday.
*U.S. shares on loan up 3 pct to $358 bln in wk to Jan. 4. LONDON, Jan 9- How durable is the Wall Street bounce following last week's U.S. budget deal? The news triggered sharp gains in the S&P 500 index, which rose 2.5 percent to 1,462 points on Jan. 2.