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Friday, December 20, 1996 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER C3 Marketplace Shares listed must trade at $2 or more Business News in Brief Dow Jones Industrial Average Index of 30 industrial stocks. Low For NYSE footnotes, see next page. 52-wk. Note Hi Lo P-E Sales Civ YkJ. ratio 100a Lo Last Chg imiu 4 6500 rf.f j.

Low 6.34370 14 6400 Close 6473 64 JIllY fl1M Chang. 12687 lllf 63 ji 6200 -y 6100 6000 i4-M "00 RHnn r48 1.8 "2f ,40 J6 405 WWk 2644 i3J6-LliiiJ6 20'. 13' ABM if 60 36' XcTuT .72 1.2 10 3839 58 1 5 57 1041 9i i ACMIn 10 10 533 10' a 7t 61 9'. lit 7' 6 1241 9V 9' 841 .90 9,0 .57 1.0 90 9.9 .66 10.2 1.26 10.3 .90 9.2 .90 7.1 ACM Or ACM Sc ACMSo ACMMD ACM Ml ACMMu 253 7V 7 7't 1090 9 9 9' 4 1303 6 6 6 3030 12 12'12V 266 944 9 914 170 124 12 12 2136 14 14 14 22 139 19 19 19 24 21832 23'. 22 23 30 1993 46 46 46 13V.

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AGCOs .40 1.0 18 2155 42 41 4144 12 1595 28 28 28'. 04 .1 High Low (52 ttrkl, txd Thur.) Clow Ply chg. 52-wk. chg 96 ctig. 22 17' AGL Relf 1.08 S.I IS 635 21 2044 21 NYSE Winners Nasdaq Winners Stock Close Chg Chg Stock Cloae Chg Chg TilanCp 3 '2 17.4 nlicrenr pt 4V4 47.1 TBWoodn 10 tlH 15.3 FSthwtA 2V? 371 BJS wt 25 278 12.8 RawsnKo 2 33.3 DeanFd 29 3'4 1 24 Miltope 3V; 33.3 Farah 7'2 in CitatnCpt 7V2 14 30 4 NYSE Losers Nasdaq Losers Stock Close Chg Chg Stock Close Chg Chg LCI Intl 217b -37a MuiBnsn ToV2 -7 25 MidwGmn 19 -2 MicroWre 12'2 -7V; -37J5 ZenithE 10 -1 SSTn 5 -2 -32 HiilStrjrf 6 Celeritk 9 -41, .30.4 GRCInt 9 -I'a Autofrf 4 -1V2 NYSE Most Active Nasdaq Most Active Stock Volume Close Chg stock Volume Close Chg LCI Intl 8,455.100 2V8 vWridCrn 15.626,800 2Z BAMrchn 5,319.200 17 unch MicroWre 12.560.300 12te -7'2 CocaCIs 5,177.900 51 '8 2l Microsrt 11,826100 PepsiCo 5.023.400 28fr unch Intel 11.230.700 137Vi 1t WalMart 4,822,000 23 Oracles 7.816.900 42'8 -Vb NYSE Diary Nasdaq Diary Yesterday Wed Wk Ago Yesterday Wed.

Wk Ago Advanced T844 1,610 911 Advanced 2,249 2.248 T965 Declined 778 951 1.644 Declined 1,805 1.738 2,063 Unchanged 728 803 771 Unchanged 1,716 1.788 1,716 New Highs 160 88 New Highs 163 122 114 New Lows 53 52 43 New Lows 139 J5Q 99 AdvVol(mils) 418.01 366.91 155.10 3197 9 389.42 219.64 DecVol(mis) 139 68 166.90 369.41 DecVol(mils) 263.38 170.13 287.19 ConsVol(mils) 623.47 596.28 592.99 fotVoijmils) 645.66 617.59 581.25 Block Trades 12,209 11,023 11,022 388 16 16 16 7 689 39 39 39 20 1156 22 2144 21 II 3848 87 8544 87 Dow Jones Averages 6589.53 5014.52 30 Indus 2324.10 1871.40 20Transp 6473.64 126 87 27.02 26.51 2241 16' AJL 1.44 9.0 444 32'a AK Steel I .80 2.0 23 18ft AMLI Rs 1.72 7.9 6 AMR 29Vt 20 APL Ltd .40 17 14 13 APT Sal S4 ARCOCh in S.I 50' 3S' ASA Lid 1 20 3 5 2255 67 19.11 15.05 13 87 Elf Aquitaine expects profitable '96 Elf Aquitaine SA, France's largest oil company and parent of Philadelphia's Elf Atochem North America said this year would be its most profitable since 1992, with earnings before exceptional items rising 40 percent. Elf also said it may seek partners for its Sanofi SA drug unit, adding that it did not have a partner in mind and was not in talks with another company. Elf stock rose 2.5 percent in Paris trading; shares of Sanofi, owned 52 percent by Elf, rose 1.2 percent. Asked to comment on Elf's statement, and rumors of a merger between Sanofi and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer the Collegeville pharmaceutical arm of Rhone-Poulenc SA of Paris, Rhone-Poulenc president Igor Landau said his company was "not interested in any alliance or acquisition in pharmaceuticals." His statement followed published comments by Jean-Rene Fourtou, the Rhone-Poulenc chairman, v. who said the company had no plans to link with Sanofi, take over another drug firm or spin off Rhone-Poulenc Rorer.

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer I' NYSE close: $76.63, up $2.13. Peco, decide against seeking rate increases In what officials called the first benefits of Pennsylvania's new law promoting electric competition, Peco Energy Co. and Pennsylvania Power Light Co. have decided not to seek rate increases to offset higher fuel costs. Peco and would have been entitled to increases of about 2 percent effective April 1, Under the plan approved yesterday by the Public Utility Commission, the utilities could seek to recover those costs later but the charges would have to be offset by other savings resulting in no net increase to consumers.

Phila. Suburban closes deal with Bristol Borough 20 370 23 22 22 6204 13 12 13 12 3 41 1 47 41' 1538 35 34 34 238.96 203.32 15 Utils 232.53 4.05 4.10 316 Other Market Indexes 40 34569 3944 3B' 39 49'. 33V. AT8.T1 1.32 3.3 36! 35' wd 7833 37 36 37 15 748 22 22 22 293 30 30 30 .22 1.0 321.41 NYSEComp 392.16 6.99 20.44 19.01 27' 16 AVXCpf 3114 25V. AXA I 16'.

Aemess 578.53 3.57 7.64 5.53 J510.91 Amex ,20 .6 II 3589 36' 34 35 401. 08 "61 6.32 1328 95 762.12 269 25 25 25 25 25 AbbvNII ol 31 978.17 Nasdaq Comp. 1295 86 10.48 .96 1.1 22 19234 52 51V. 52 23.17 21.08 24.53 22.16 5741 384 AbtLab 27 1644 AberFitn 597.29 745.76 14.22 578 1644 16 16 1299 IS 14 15 7 95 20 20 20 52 2239 21 204 21 dd 622 7 644 6 dd 1128 2244 22V, 2214 259 19 19 1944 72 11904 27 26 26 8 97 10 10 17'. 12'.

Ab.MBi .40 224 13! Acptlns 31 lit AccuSlfft 13 ft 6 AcmeE 24 12 Acuson 2IVi 1744 AdaExl 1.72 8.7 28 10'. AMD UH 8' AdvMl 14' 9'i Advolncs 13 57 Advocal 564 41'. Aegone 171 3.1 (4, 3' Aerotlex 28. 264 AelnaC of 2.37 8.7 7844 55 Aetna Inc .80 I.I 7744 62V. AelnaolC 4.76 6.3 II 15 8' AgSvcs 20' 12 Asnicoge .10 .7 I II 259.29 206.34 252.89 3.02 18.11 16.09 364.96 258.82 Russell 2000 356.10 3.02 14.62 12.70 37Z41321.64 Value Une 372.60 3.72 13.69 12.55 7295.57 5850.20 WilsWSOOO 7202.50 119.25 20.27 18.91 171.33 134.28 InqBloom Phil 168.91 4.03 21.31 19.46 Local Winners Local Most Active Stock Close Chg Chg Stock volume Close Chg AmSvce Wt 1 14.5 Merck 3,786,700 81V44 ntegCirc 13Vz -1-fe 14.4 Centocor 2,114.000 35'2 VlyFrg 2V? 'A 11.1 MBNA 2,023.500 3878 unch MothrWk 10V2 'Vt6 9.8 Conrail 1,840,200 lOfffr 1 7 7 S4 55 1V.

4 4 41 1403 12 10 186 744 11 67 56 10 64 4 104 27 27 27 AmexJWnners Amex Diary Stock Close Chg Chg Yesterday Wed. Wk Ago 22 6888 76 75 75 381 76V. 75 76 17 185 16V. 154. 16 240 14 13V.

14 Vi elphla Officials representing Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. .11 16V. 11 Agrium 1173 1344 13 13 HllhPros 2'4 4 50.0 SabaPets 21 4 IntsiGC 27e 7i8 17.9 said the firm siened the closing documents to acnuire the 88 2.7 63 1606S 37 31 .171.4 33 21V Ahmans 70 SO AlrProd 28 19Vi AirFM 1.10 1.1 20 1866 47 .1 Dmparty assets of the Bristol Boroueh Authority water svstem. Local Losers Metals .30 1.4 Yesterday Change 16 I0S4 22 21 22 Amex Losers 27Vi 14 Airgass 18 13'. Airlease 1.8011.4 Advanced 334 295 230 Declined 222 244 316 Unchanged 210 198 203 New Highs 23 14 21 New Lows 28 11 22 AdvVol(mils) 16.71 17.77 9.17 DecVol(mils) 12.97 7.16 14.30 ConsVol(tTiils) 35.79 29.72 29.07 Close Chg Chg London p.m.

gold $369.25 0.30 33 Comex oold (oz) 369.90 -0 10 33 24 Ait-Touch Stock Close Chg Chg Stock Tseng RegntBc NMedia BSNk wt97 -1 578 Am. Eagle (troy oz) 392.06 1,03 29 27V. AlrTch pfB 1.74 6.0 49Vi 45'. AlrTch ptC 2.13 4.5 25Vi 22 AlaPC olQ 1.84 7.6 19 1344 AlamoGp .40 2 4 218 -12 AlldDgtl 7 NY Merc, silver (oz) 4 833 007 Weston PC Quote 2i6 31 -t4 NY Merc Platinum 373.80 37 1924 24' 24 24 II 180 16 1544 1544 78 12223 26 26'. 26 1557 28 28 28 185 47 4644 47 125 24 24 13 107 16 16 16 I 2071 23 22 22 15 177 22 22 22 16 1386 IB1.

16 18'. 67 23 22 23 22 274 48 4744 48'. 18 302 40 40'. 40 18 3845 35 34 35 22 7849 34V, 33 34 Foreign Exchange trades of a least $1 mmon- 40 I .28 l.S .36 .7 .36 .9 .60 17 .60 1.8 Widely Held Stocks 3044 IS AlskAir 23 17' Albnyln 244 14 Albemar 24Vi 15Vi AlbrlE SO 32Vi Alberto 42V. 29 AlCulA 434 31 Albertsrt 36't 28 Alcan l9'a 14'.

Alcatel 37 AkoStb 42 38' AlcoSt wi Dollar in Dollar in Foreign currency Foreign currency Dec. 19, 1996 31 1.9 dd 1S86 16 15 16'. 1.1 33 3704 49 1 49 49 1 503 38 38 38 1 00 l.S 70 39 AlexBrn 21 13 AlenAlx .10 .6 1.02 8.1 13 12 AIIAmTar 31 27 AllgPowf 1.72 5.7 l-Argent Australia Austna c-Belgium Brazil Bnlain Canada y-Chile China in dollars foreign currency Thu. Wedi. Thu.

Wed. Singapore .7149 .7152 1.3988 1.3982 So. Africa .2142 .2137 4 6690 4 6800 So. Korea .001185 .001186 843.70 843.30 Spain .007638 .007645 13093 13081 Sweden .1459 .1462 6 8529 6.8400 Switzerlnd .7472 .7521 1.3383 1.3296 Taiwan .0364 .0364 27.50 27.50 Thailand .03908 .03908 25 59 25.59 Turkey .000009 .000010 105268 00 104924 00 U.A.E. .2724 .2724 3.6705 3.6705 y-Venzuel .0021 .0021 474.5000 474 0000 8 979 67 65 67 27 1146 1 7 17 17'.

0 487 12V. 12 12 16 1 598 30 29 30 2629 22 21V. 22 10047 26 25 25 22 708 21V. 20' 20 17 2665 35 34 34 104 21 20 21 12 693 26 26 2644 dd 2181 2 2V 2'. a 91 13 13 13 179 14 14 14 Sto Last Chg.

Chg. '96 Chg. 39 '3i6 2.1 -146 Ameritch 56 1 25 BeMAtl 6IV2 fa 14 BellSo 3731 Exxon 99 2 2.4 23.8 GTE 42V2 .9 GenElec 10231 3'2 3.5 42.7 GnMotr 54 -V8 2.8 BM 158V8 -V2 73.1 Nvnex 46 1.4 PacGE 23 V2 2.2 Pacjel 35 V2 1.4 4.5 SBC Com 4930 1'4 2.6 Sears 45 1'4 2.8 17.0 USWest 31 Ve Va .4 That system serves 30,000 residents in three Bucks County municipalities: Bristol Borough, Bristol Township and Bensalem Township. The transaction, which cost $25.4 million, becomes effective Jan. 1, when PSW actually assumes operation of the Bristol water system.

Adult Communities completes debt refinancings in 3 states Adult Communities Total Services West Point, said it had completed a refinancing of $142.2 million in long-term debt, involving the issuance of tax-exempt bonds in Pennsylvania, Florida and North Carolina. It operates 15 continuing-care communities for the elderly in those states with 6,000 residents. National Media expects third-quarter loss Philadelphia infomercial-producer National Media Corp. said it ih Jill expected to lose up to S5 million, or 16 cents a share, in its third VI quarter because of a drop-off in business. It also said chairman L- Brian McAdams would step down at year's end, to be replaced by interim chairman Ira M.

Lubert, a director. No explanation was given, ahd the announcement was made after the market closed. NYSE close: $7.38, down 75 cents. N.C. jury awards $347 million to Meineke franchisees A jury in federal district court in Charlotte, N.C, has awarded $347 million to a class of franchisees against their Charlotte franchisor, Meineke Discount Muffler Shops parent company British conglomerate GKN PLC; and several related corporations.

The award could be greater after trebling under North Carolina law. The jury found that the auto-arts maker skimmed millions of dollars in ad fees 1 contributed by franchisees of its Meineke discount muffler servicing unit. Wayne A. Mack and John J. Soroko of the Philadelphia law firm Duane, Morris Heckscher acted as class counsel.

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37 AIISI98 d-Egypt Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary 1065 7' 46 47'. 575 25 24 25 25 24 AllitolA in dollars foreign, currency Thu. Wed. Thu. Wed.

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Daily High Low Index Yesterday chg. 1896 55 1544 92 Brussels (b) 1864 61 58 2909 91 2235 62 Frkfrt(dx) 280775 13530 95 9705 86 Hong Kong 12846 56 .63 2894.20 2605.10 London (30) 2780 80 .66 4087.70 3558.50 London (100) 4051.30 .82 343375 265660 Mexico (ipc) 3330.14 1.74 10733 00 9108.00 Milan (m) 1C478 00 .69 2358 65 1795.90 Paris (CC) 2248.70 1.34 239470 209610 Sydney (0) 2331.70 .34 22666.80 1914049 Tokyo (ndj) 19570 67 -2 60 6018 65 4613.35 Toronto (t) 5844.30 2.04 3924.50 3191.40 Zurich (sm) 3880 80 .18 6444 64 21 22 23 23 57 58 43 2466 58' 21 15' AmbssAot 1.60 7.3 25V. 16 Amcast .56 2.4 60 47 AmHes .60 1.0 25 22 Amercot 2.13 8.6 71 22 AmerOn 234 10' AmWest 13 44. AWesI wt 25 24 AAnnupfT2.31 9.1 Prime rate 8.25 Fed-ftjnds rate 5.31 Discount rate 5.00 Phila. 3-mo.

CD avg (as ot Dec. 19) 3.52 Phila. 6-mo. CD avg (as ot Dec. 19) 4.06 Phila.

1-yr. CD avg (as of Dec. 19) 4.50 30-yr. fixed, 2.10-point mortgage 7.51 1-yr. 1 mortgage 5.10 (at auction on Dec.

16) 4.76 (at auction on Dec. 16) 4.99 (in secondary market) 5.45 30-yr. T-bond (in secondary market) 6.58 Taxable money-mkt funds (as of Dec. 17) .4.82 Tax-free money-mkt funds (as of Dec. 17) .2.94 EE U.S.

sav. bonds held up to 5 years 4.56 sav. bonds held 5-1 7 years 5.53 713 24' 24'7 24 38'l 35 dd 2281 15 14 15 108 7 7V. 7 Japan Malaysia z-Mexico Nethrlnd N. Zealand Norway Pakistan y-Peru z-Philpins Portugal a-Russia Saudi Arab 2S 25 4 746 25 CC 356 4 16 2385 48' 17 71 25' 48 48' 25 1 5 AmBknt 49 39' ABrand 28 19 ABusnP 44 38 AEP 56 38 AmExp 38' 28 AFnclGp 4144 32 AGenCp 26 24 AGC pIN 13 5161 40 39' 40 16 1 2212 5444 53 54 2.00 4.1 .58 2.3 2.40 5.9 .90 1.6 1.00 2.6 1.30 3.3 2 03 8.0 b-Bel 20: dx-deutscher Aktjen; 30-Finandal Times; 100-Financial Times; ipc-rndice de Precios Cotzaciones; rrt-MIB Telemalico; cc-CAC-40; o-AII Ordinaries; ndj-Nikkei Dow Jones; t-TSE 300; sm-Swtss MM 7 1048 38 '4 16 3008 40 89 25 169 54 976 22 289 S' P-E Sale Dir.

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CCB Fn 37V. 171 CDI 1434. 1004. CIGNA 2509 27' 264 17 832 254 25' 2514 15 213 6444 67 37 104 281 2SVi 10 1783 135 I34V.I3SV1 808 81 8' 81 First-time jobless claims on the rise U.S. Labor Department said the number of Americans filing first-" time claims for state unemployment benefits last week rose to the highest level in five months, posting an increase of 1,000, to 351,000.

Pennsylvania reported an increase of 12,974, due to layoffs in construction, food, lumber, transportation, transportation equipment, and service industries. New Jersey reported an increase of 2,790 due to the return of a five-day workweek after a shorter previous reporting 'period, as well as layoffs in trade and service industries. Five-year Treasury-note yields up Yields on five-year Treasury notes rose in an auction yesterday to the highest level since October. The high yield was 6.165 percent, up from 5.95 percent at the last auction on Nov. 20.

It was the highest yield since five-year notes sold for 6.325 percent on Oct. 23. The notes will carry a coupon interest rate of 6's percent with each $10,000 in face value selling for $9,983.00. A total of $12.5 billion in notes were sold, out of bids totaling $34.9 billion. Mortgage rates up Thirty-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 7.74 percent this week, up from 7.57 percent last week, according to a national survey by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

The increase pushed mortgage rates to their highest levels since late October. On one-year adjustable-rate mortgages, lenders were asking an average initial rate of 5.53 percent, up from 5.52 percent last week. Fifteen-year mortgages averaged 7.21 percent this up from 7.06 percent a week earlier. Japanese executive sought in price-fixing case A federal magistrate ordered the arrest of a Japanese executive who failed to appear in court to answer price-fixing charges. Three former "Archer Daniels Midland executives, including government informer Mark Whitacre, did appear before Magistrate Rebecca Pallmeyer and entered not-guilty pleas to charges of conspiring to fix prices for the livestock feed supplement lysine.

Charged are Michael Andreas, son of ADM chairman Dwayne Andreas; Whitacre; retired ADM executive Terrance S. Wilson; and Kazutoshi Yamada, an executive of the Ajinomoto Japan. GM expects its 4th quarter to be below expectations 20V. Amerigas 2.20 9.9 27'. CINergyf 1.80 5.5 384 25 CircCty .14 .5 444 254 Circus 1094.62 Cilicorp 1.80 1.7 26il 25' CltcppfO 2.27 8.9 26' 241 CilcpolE 2.00 7.7 14 5327 89 86 891 321 26'.

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increased its quarterly dividend and share-repurchase program and announced a 2-for-l stock split. GE's board voted to boost the quarterly dividend 13 percent to 52 cents a share from 46 cents a share, marking the 21st consecutive year of increased dividends by GE. The dividend is payable on Jan. -27 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 31, the company said.

NYSE close: $102.75, up $3.50. Caliber System plans to cut 1,500 jobs, close 30 truck terminals Caliber System Akron, Ohio, whose Viking trucking line has been plagued by losses, plans to eliminate 1,500 jobs next year and close 30 terminals. The company also announced a wage freeze through at least July 1 for nearly 6 percent of its 26,000 full-time employees. ValuJet gains approval for holiday charter flights After selling tickets for flights it didn't have planes to fly, ValuJet -received eleventh-hour approval to have charters run the routes through the holidays. The airline was forced to cancel seven of 17 scheduled 1.

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CenHud 2.12 7.0 12 7884 2544 25' 25' -4 153 19)4 19) 274 76H 264. 26. 10 193 30 30 i before the Federal Aviation Administration came through with approval of the charters. ValuJet had announced plans Nov. 25 to expand its service to West Palm Beach and Fort Myers, and Dallas-Fort Worth, though it did not have approval from the FAA to add the five planes it needed to do so.

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Lawrence M. Thompson Jr. has been named chief operating officer of Sovereign Bank, Wyomissing. Boeing Co. said it would boost production of its 737-model airliners to 21 aircraft per month by late 1997, more than twice the current rate and the highest ever for any single Boeing jet line.

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