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AV G2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2004 THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA WWW.THESTATE.COM BUSINESS Marketplace NEWS YOU CAN USE JOAQUIN BEACH) SUN NEWS Curtis Lee, right, and Cotton Williams pour a basket of shrimp for sizing at Independent Seafood in Georgetown. Shrimpers hope new labels will boost ailing industry By KELLY MARSHALL BACKGROUND Knight Ridder Newspapers GEORGETOWN While local commercial shrimpers are battling bad weather conditions and an influx of foreign imports, fishermen are hoping that new foodlabeling regulations for seafood and shrimp will help the industry survive another year. The labels rule, which went into effect Friday, is an effort to curb the flood of imported shrimp and increase sales of local catch. Under the rule, grocers and large retail outlets are required to provide information about where the seafood comes from and how it was harvested, said Eddie Gordon, a member of the Southern Shrimp Alliance and S.C. Seafood Alliance, which supported the new federal legislation.

"I understand that they are catching shrimp (in South Carolina), but the price paid for the shrimp is still low," Gordon said. "We're still getting paid 1960s prices for shrimp." Foreign imports are just one of the factors causing local shrimpers to have a bad season. Fuel prices and weather have played a big part. Shrimpers hope the new labeling will counteract the low prices of foreign imports. The seafood labeling law helps define the term "wild" fish.

Seafood, including salmon, shrimp and shellfish, will have "country of origin" labels. Seafood caught in South Carolina will have a specific label, IMPORTS FROM Asia mestic dockside prices in 2002 and the value of the $1.2 billion to $559 million. ment has proposed tariffs Asian and South American THE SOUTHERN Shrimp eral legislation that would shrimp shipped from Carolina, South Carolina, Texas have joined the against eight countries that and South America cut dohalf between 2000 and domestic harvest from The Commerce Departon imports from six countries. Alliance is pushing for fedput tariffs on -priced overseas. Shrimpers in North Georgia, Louisiana and alliance and filed a lawsuit produce foreign imports.

Gordon said. Shrimp boats remained idle in August a and September, during several hurricanes and tropical storms. While fishermen were waiting for the weather to improve, the shrimp migrated from the bays to the ocean. "It's unreal," said Leona Bostick, whose husband, T.C. Bostick, is a longtime commercial fisherman.

"It hasn't been good for the past few years, but due to the price of the shrimp and the fuel, every year it's getting worse." The Bosticks are not expecting to make a profit this year from their trawler, Miss Whitehall. New ad campaign: Buy American, buy wild By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY The Associated Press Do you want to eat tame, flabby shrimp raised on a farm somewhere, or yee haw! wild shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of Mexico shrimpers are trying to regain market share lost to cheaper farm-raised imports by advertising theirs as better: Wild American shrimp. The campaign financed by the eight-state business that includes South Carolina shrimpers coincides with a new law requiring that many foods sold in supermarkets be labeled with the country of origin. Shrimpers are pushing their catch as more natural, tastier, fresher and more tender than the farmed imports that have taken over 87 percent of the U.S. market.

"Fished directly from the open ocean, wild-caught American shrimp has a special taste," said Elaine Knight, president of Wild American Shrimp Inc. Imports from Asia and South America cut domestic dockside prices in half between 2000 and 2002, and the value of the domestic harvest from $1.2 billion to $559 million. The Commerce Department has proposed tariffs on imports from six Asian and South expands services Columbia eye-care practice Eye on Gervais recently added hearing services through company Precision Hearing. The two will share space at 530 Lady according to Dr. C.

Earl Loftis who opened Eye on Gervais 10 years ago. Precision Hearing has certified audiologists, testing equipment and hearing devices using the latest digital technology. INBOX Eye on Gervais and other units resources on will our further most productive and strengthen our brand," he said. Other Saks Fifth Avenue stores to be closed are in Carmel, La Jolla, Pasadena, Mission Viejo, Palos Verdes, Garden City, N.Y.; and Fort Worth, Texas. Off 5th stores will be closed in Worcester, Grove City, and Nashville, Tenn.

Video-rental chain expects sales decline Video-store chain Hollywood Entertainment on Friday said it expects third-quarter rentals to drop 8 percent at stores open at least a year. It didn't provide a reason for the decline, but analysts say the video industry in general is seeing declines in rental revenue. Hollywood Entertainment has five stores in Columbia. The company, the secondlargest video-store chain after Blockbuster, doesn't have the capital to compete in the online business. It continues to cede market share to businesses such as Netflix, which sends rental DVDs through the mail.

Netflix recently opened a distribution facility in Columbia to handle the DVDs sent to most of South Carolina and part of Georgia. From Staff and Wire Reports STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST 52-hi 52-low Stock Div. YId 100s Close Chg 52-hi 52-low Stock Div. Yid 100s Close Chg 19.12 11.13 AVX Cp 0.15 40.46 33.02 Cp 1.40 44.99 36.22 BkotAm 1.80 14.75 11.35 BankSC 0.44 54.10 35.21 BectDck 0.60 31.00 23.15 BellSouth 1.08 48.00 34.53 Bowatr 0.80 36.29 28.80 CSX 0.40 15.82 10.89 CstlFncl 0.20b 53.50 39.23 CocaCl 1.00 39.76 18.02 CmclMti 0.40 20.92 16.80 CmtyBSC 0.40 23.40 18.96 CmtyCap 0.52 48.98 36.80 CompSci 23.20 14.47 DanaCp 0.48 9.52. 5.98 Datastr 46.25 38.60 DuPont 1.40 23.00 17.05 DukeEgy 1.10 43.25 35.75 DichFrk 47.55 31.05 EastChm 1.76 65.88 43.76 Eaton 1.08 24.50 19.60 FCmtyCp 0.20 1.1 33.14 25.75 FstFHid 0.88 2.8 48.15 34.29 Fluor 0.64 1.4 91.38 77.20 Gannett 1.08f 1.3 38.60 23.17 GaPacif 0.50 1.4 3.43 2.10 GolfTrst 18.10 15.05 GrPeDe 0.62 35.50 27.77 HampGp 48.78 37.06 Harsco 1.10 2.3 45.01 36.57 IntPap 1.00 2.5 30.99 22.09 Kaydon 0.48 1.6 1.2 dd 2980 3.5 19 10188 4.1 12 87165 3.3 21 1.1 25 12109 3.9 12 49965 23 dd 12164 1.2 43 12700 1.4 18 74 2.5 20 77669 13 3186 2.1 15 60 2.3 16 17 14606 2.6 9 8875 24 546 3.2 47 33135 4.8 dd 25682 29 3.7 dd 4247 1.7 20 13868 12.32 40.18 44.16 13.27 52.85 27.66 39.09 33.80 14.58 40.31 40.45 18.90 22.80 48.33 18.19 6.50 43.15 23.11 39.75 47.68 64.41 18 17 19.00 16 108 31.87 19 5110 44.48 18 8392 84.07 16 16640 35.97 dd 76 2.53 22 15.50 40 31.56 19 1837 46.91 45 33623 40.76 23 1151 30.32 16.70 7.80 KemetCp 80.00 62.24 KnightR 51.79 39.13 LibtyCp 31.90 24.92 MeadWvco 52.58 31.31 NCR Cp 14.83 9.75 NetBank 91.82 45.35 Nucor 45.10 38.32 PiedNG 47.95 40.09 ProgrssEn 33.59 29.24 RegionsF 18.82 12.57 RyanRest 38.09 32.80 SCANA 33.49 26.18 SCBT Fncl 23.75 18.28 SaraLee 68.81 33.88 ScanSource 87.50 59.01 Siemens 26.75 20.55 SonocoP 31.09 24.50 SouthFncl 14.97 9.21 SpanAm 10.75 5.50 Synaloy 29.25 22.50 Synovus 0.69 41.27 29.48 Sysco 0.52 76.00 63.62 UPS 1.12 16.85 13.35 UnumProv 0.30 17.80 12.75 Volume un 1.56 49.49 33.60 Wachovia 1.60 61.31 50.50 WalMart 0.52 10.81 6.38 Wellmn 0.20 25.75 13.34 WidAccep DAILY MARKET REPORT dd 8164 8.29 1.38f 2.1 17 2613 66.15 1.00a 2.5 36 516 40.32 0.92 2.9 52 7695 32.15 23 7051 50.69 0.08 .8 11 4160 10.20 1.04f 1.1 18 17156 93.02 1.72 3.9 15 1296 44.40 2.30 5.4 15 6526 42.41 1.33 3.9 14 15092 33.70 13 1647 15.44 1.46 3.9 15 1873 37.73 0.68 2.3 15 92 29.49 0.75 3.2 15 32322 23.19 32 960 66.56 1.29e 1.7 2005 75.21 0.88 3.3 17 4103 26.73 0.60 2.1 14 1948 28.67 0.16f 1.5 16 14 10.74 dd 50 9.85 -15 2.6 20 8308 26.94 1.7 22 34552 30.67 1.5 28 32375 76.76 1.9 dd 29906 15.80 10.7 221 14.60 3.3 13 38088 47.82 24 91451 53.13 -07 2.3 dd 3337 8.72 15 698 23.93 Optimism gives stocks boost By MICHAEL J.

MARTINEZ The Associated Press NEW YORK Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday, propelling the Dow Jones industrials 112 points higher, as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing and the departure of PeopleSoft chief executive raised hopes for a merger in the tech sector. The major indexes closed the week with respectable gains. With the Institute of Supply Management's manufacturing index posting the 16th straight month of growth in that sector, investors' faith in the economic recovery was renewed. Strong increases in construction spending also improved NYSE GAINERS Name Last Chg Pct. UnvTinst 32.94 up 9.1 Alpharma 19.85 up 8.5| WidFuel 38.75 up 8.2 Esterline 32.97 up 7.8 QuiksivRs 35.10 up 7.4 LOSERS Name Last Chg Pct.

Cytec 45.61 off 6.8 FredM pfL 42.70 off 5.1 XcelE pfA 64.00 off 4.8 AllegTch 17.45 off 4.4 ChoiceH 55.39 off 3.8 MOST ACTIVE Name Volume Last Chg Merck 56992100 33.31 Lucent 32158400 3.16 Pfizer 30633900 30.97 Agere 29487400 1.08 EMC Cp 20374800 12.02 SUMMARY Today Prev Advanced 2,414 1,943 Declined 831 1,315 Unchanged 142 165 Total issues 3,387 3,423 New Highs 325 197 New Lows 17 23 EXCHANGE RATES Foreign currency Dollars in in dollars foreign currency Today Previous Today Previous Argent 3367 3367 2.9700 2.9700 Australia 7252 .7274 13789 1.3748 Brazil 3498 3503 2.8590 2.8550 Britain 1.7989 1.8123 5559 5518 Canada 7920 7937 1.2626 1.2599 Chile .001638 001649 610.50 606.43 China 1208 1208 8.2781 8.2781 Colombia 000381 000385 2623.98 2595.38 Czech Rep 0395 0390 25.34 25.65 Denmark 1667 1669 5.9972 5.9926 Dom. Rep. 0288 0288 34.70 34.70 Egypt 1608 1608 6.2201 6.2201 Euro 1 2407 1.2433 8060 8043 Hong Kong 1283 .1283 7.7969 7.7958 Hungary 0051 0050 197.78 200.32 India 0218 0218 45.870 45.800 Indnsia 000109 .000109 9137.00 00 9156.00 Israel 2232 2232 4.4803 4 4803 Japan 009058 009097 110.40 109.93 Jordan 1.4104 1.4104 .70900 70900 Kuwait 3.3944 3.3944 2946 2946 Malaysia 2632 2632 3.7995 3.7998 Mexico 088191 .087873 11.3390 11.3800 N. Zealand 6745 6777 14826 1.4756 Norway 1489 1488 6.7149 6.7183 Peru 2994 2992 3.340 3.342 Philpins .0178 0178 56.28 56.26 Russia 0342 0342 29.2130 29.2200 Saudi Arab 2667 2667 3.7500 37500 Singapore 5950 5942 6807 16829 Sweden .1373 1374 7 2820 7.2793 Switzerind 8000 8028 1.2500 1.2457 Taiwan .0294 0294 33.96 33.98 CBOT Open High Low Settle Chg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 04 30712 3033 -3 Mar 05 31912 32012 313 316 May 05 326 320 321 CORN 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 04 20512 205 206 Mar 05 216 218 217 May 05 2231 Jul 05 DATS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Dec 04 145 144 Mar 05 152 153 150 151V2 May 05 15712 15712 Jul 05 SOYBEANS 5,000 bu minimum- cents per bushel Nov 04 527 53412 Jan 05 534 534 542 Mar 05 541 May 05 548 548 55312 SOYBEAN OIL.

60,000 lbs- cents per lb Oct 04 20.60 21.05 20.60 20.77 Dec 04 20.74 21.24 20.60 20.90 Jan 05 20.88 21.27 20.85 20.95 SOYBEAN MEAL 100 tons- dollars per ton Oct 04 156.20 158.40 156.20 157.70 Dec 04 160:00 162.30 159.70 161.70 Jan 05 162.30 163 20 161.10 162 70 Mar 05 164.70 166.20 164.00 165.30 10 YR. TREASURY $100,000 prin-pts 32nds a hall 32nd Dec 04 112-19 112-19 112-01 112-05 15 Mar 05 111-19 111-19 111-10 111-14 16 Jun 05 110-105 110-17 110-106 110-145 165 Oct. 1, 2004 Dow Jones industrials 10,192.65 JUL Pct. change High from previous: 10,198.62 the mood on Wall Street. Oil prices could remain a problem, however, as futures trading closed at more than $50 per barrel for the first time because of uncertainty over the political situation in Nigeria, one of Africa's top oil producers.

A barrel of light crude settled at $50.12, up 48 cents, on the MARKET HIGHLIGHTS AMEX GAINERS Name Last Chg InterOil gn 25.18 up Wellco 19.20 up MSTXN04 23.13 up PeoplHIds 34.44 MLcsco04 n23.12 up LOSERS Name Chg 20.30 off ExcelM 40.11 off Riviera 18.53 off PcEn pfD 84.65 off AMtgAc 16.00 -45 off MOST ACTIVE Name Volume Last Nasd100Tr11498970036.10 SPDR 61355300 113.65 SemiHTr 27701500 31.69 07693100 116.72 DJIA Diam 7234700 102.16 SUMMARY Today Advanced 591 Declined 304 Unchanged 89 Total issues 984 New Highs 54 New Lows 6 10,750 10,250 9,750 9,250 AUG SEPT OCT Low Record high: 11,722.98 10,082.04 Jan. 14, 2000 New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude futures prices rose 2.5 percent for the week. "We've gotten through September, traditionally the worst month for stocks, in pretty good shape," said Joseph Keating, chief investment officer at AmSouth Asset Management. NASDAQ INDEXES GAINERS DOMESTIC Pct.

Name Last Chg Pct. Close Chg 13.7 51job 26.30 up 26.7 Dow transports 3298.80 12.6 ParkOh 20.97 up 17.2 Dow utilities 298.32 NYSE composite 6663.18 6.3| Jamdat 27.00 up US 100 5692.78 5.8 SI Intl 25.25 up 15.2 NYSE energy 7584.82 5.1 Peoplesoft 22.83 up NYSE finance 6843.29 LOSERS NYSE healthcare 5850.41 Pct. Name Last Chg Pct. AMEX Index 1279.27 Nasdaq100 1452.94 4.7 JillGr 16.42 off 17.3 100 543.11 4.7 RenaisLen 18.66 off 13.9 500 1131.50 Cyberonic 18.85 off 7.9 Value Line Arith 1605.43 Russell 2000 585.03 3.8 ICOS Vis 20.41 off 6.2 Value Line Geometric 365.71 2.7 AmrDntl 18.91 off 5.5 DJ Wilshire 5000 11058.70 MOST ACTIVE FOREIGN Chg Name Volume Last Chg Close Pct. Chg Peoplesoft7327450022.83+2.98 Amsterdam 330.87 Intel 73142700 20.85 Brussels 2725.12 Siriuss 69040000 3.14 Frankfurt DAX 3994.96 London (FTSE) 4659.60 Oracle 68752900 11.90 Hong Kong Idx 13120.03 Microsoft 65394800 28.25 Paris 3730.16 Mexico 11078.26 SUMMARY Tokyo (Nikkei) 10985.17 Prev Today Prev Seoul 846.01 514 Advanced 2,178 1,737 Singapore 1981.14 351 Declined 898 1,331 Sydney 3669.00 105 Unchanged 391 401 Toronto 8747.09 Milan 21387.00 970 Total issues 3,467 3,469 Johannesburg 11871.82 25 New Highs 145 102 Stockholm 717.10 14 New Lows 31 37 Zurich SPI 4100.13 American countries.

To save the domestic shrimping business, according to a recent federal report, the number of shrimp boats must be limited and the higher quality of wild-caught shrimp needs to be publicized. "To be successful, domestic shrimp would have to be differentiated from imported shrimp based on its quality, freshness, flavor and texture," the study said. Shrimpers and processors in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas are behind the campaign. It plans labels to make the U.S. product easy to find.

LOCALLY New barbecue eatery to open in Columbia By TANYA FOGG YOUNG Staff Writer The Columbia area's first Smokey Bones barbecue restaurant opens Tuesday on Columbiana Drive in Harbison. About 120 employees will work at the $3 million restaurant resembling a rustic, mountain lodge. The menu includes full- and half-racks of baby back ribs and St. Louis-style ribs, hand-pulled pork, brisket, steaks, grilled chicken, fish, buffalo burgers, salads and veggie burgers. The restaurant's signature dessert is a bag of fresh-baked cinnamonsugar doughnuts.

The Florida-based chain, owned by Darden Restaurants, also has a restaurant in North Charleston. There are no immediate plans for additional restaurants in the Columbia area although officials will consider expansion depending upon community response, spokesman Joe Chabus said. The restaurant serves lunch and dinner, although it will only serve dinner Tuesday. MONEY S.C. OTC STOCKS Due Apr 2005: Dec 2004: Dec 2004: Dec 2004: Dec 2004: Dec 2004: Feb 2005: Feb 2005: Feb 2005: Feb 2005: Jan 2005: Jan 2005: Jan 2005: Jan 2005: Mar 2005: Mar 2005: Mar 2005: Mar 2005: Mar 2005: Nov 2004: Nov 2004: Nov 2004: Nov 2004: Oct 2004: Oct 2004: Oct 2004: Oct 2004: TREASURY BILLS Bid Ask Yield 2.00 1.99 2.04 1.55 1.54 1.57 1.58 1.57 1.6 1.59 1.57 1.6 1.62 1.61 1.64 1.66 1.65 1.68 1.77 1.76 1.8 1.82 1.81 1.85 1.84 1.83 1.87 1.86 1.85 1.89 1.70 1.69 1.72 1.72 1.71 1.74 1.74 1.73 1.76 1.76 1.75 1.78 1.90 1.89 1.94 1.93 1.91 1.96 1.93 1.02 1.96 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.93 1.98 1.48 1.46 1.49 1.47 1.46 1.49 1.53 1.53 1.55 1.56 1.55 1.58 1.52 1.51 1.53 1.47 1.46 1.48 1.62 1.61 1.63 1.45 1.44 1.46 MONEY RATES NEW YORK (AP) Money rates for Friday as reported by Moneyline Telerate: Prime Rate: 4.75 Discount Rate Primary: 2.75 Discount Rate Secondary: 3.25 Broker call loan rate: 3.50 Federal funds market rate: High 1.9375 Low 1.9375 Last 1.9375 Dealers commercial paper: 30-180 days: 1.67-2.05 Commercial paper by finance company; 30-270 days: 1.25-1.35 Treasury Bill auction results: average discount rate: 3-month as of Sep.

27: 1.710 6-month as of Sep. 27: 1.950 Treasury Bill annualized rate on weekly average basis, yield adjusted for constant maturity. 1-year, as of Sep. 27: 2.14 Treas. Billmarket rate, 6 Mos: 1.95-1.94 Treas.

Notemarket rate, 10-year as of 4pm :4.19 Fannie Mae 30 year mortgage commitments: 30 days, 5.60; 60 days, 5.66 Fed Home Loan 11th District Cost of Funds: As of Sep. 30: 1.875 Money market fund: Merrill Lynch Ready Assets: 30 day average yield: 1.01 n.a. not available COMMODITIES 5 YR. TREASURY $100,000 prin-pts 32nds a hall 32nd Dec04 110-235 110-24 110-13 110-155 -085 Mar 05 109-21 109-21 109-18 109-185 09 2 YR. TREASURY NOTES $200,000 prin-pts 32nds a quarter 32nd Dec04 105-195 105-202 106-17 105-19 -007 US TREASURY BONDS $100,000 prin- pts 32nds of 100 pct Dec 04 112-05 112-05 111-07 111-15 -24 Mar 05 110-20 110-21 110-11 110-13 -24 Jun 05 109-15 109-15 109-12 109-12 -24 10 YR.

MUNI NOTE $1000x index-pts 32nds Dec 04 102-20 102-20 102-10 102-10 -14 30 DAY FEDERAL FUNDS $5 million- pts. of 100 pct. Oct 04 98.25 98.25 98.24 98.25 Nov 04 98.10 98.10 98.10 98.10 Dec 04 97.95 97.95 97.94 97.95 CHICAGO MERC Open High Low Settle Chg. CATTLE 40.000 lbs. cents per lb.

Oct 04 84.95 85.95 84.70 85.87 80 Nov 04 85.00 Dec 04 87.10 88.40 87.00 88.27 Feb 05 88.90 89.90 88.60 89.85 FEEDER CATTLE 50.000 lbs. cents per lb. Oct 04 111.65 112.60 111,25 112.52 Nov 04 109.00 110.50 108.90 110.20 Jan 05 106.05 107.00 105.60 106.90 Mar 05 102.30 102.90 102.25 102.80 40 HOGS-Lean 40,000 lbs. cents per lb. Oct 04 74.85 75.00 74.32 74.75 25 Dec 04 68.85 09.15 68.55 68.67 -45 Feb 05 67.80 67.95 67.35 67.82 Apr 05 64.60 65.00 64.50 64.90 Here is a look at several stocks of local interest.

Stock Bid Ask Alfinity Tech. 0.06 0.07 First Citizens 507.00 510.00 First Reliance 11.75 13.00 Glassmaster 0.30 0.43 Polymer Gp. A 11.10 11.70 UCI Med 1.10 1.24 S.C. GRAIN South Carolina grain prices reported Friday by the USDA-SCDA. Com: Country Elevators- 1.89 at Alcolu; 1.93 at Bennettsville; 1.89 at Coward; 1.89 at Florence; 1.89 at Kingstree; 1.96 at Latta; 2.16 at Springfield; 1.96 at Hamer: 1.89 at Lynchburg; 1.90 at Estill; Processors- 2.06 at Orangeburg 2.06 at Orangeburg 2.36 at Monetta: 2.21 at Sumter; 2.26 at Cassatt.

beans: Country Elevators- 4.94 at Alcolu; 4.94 at Bennettsville; 4.94 at Coward; 4,94 at Fiorence; 4.94 at Kingstree; 4.94 at Latta; 5.15 at Orangeburg 4,94 at Spnngfield; 5.10 at Hamer: 4.94 at Lynchburg; Processors- 5.60 at Kershaw; 5.40 Wheat: Country Elevators- 2.53 at Anderson; 2.24 at Alcolu; 2.24 Bennettsville; 2.24 at Coward; 2.24 at Florence; 2.24 at Kingstree; 2.24 at Latta; 2.24 at Spnngfield; 2.65 at Hamer; 2.24 at Lynchburg; 2.38 at Estill; Processor- 2.64 at Orangeburg 3.40 at Columbia. Saks to close stores in 1S.C., other states Saks said Friday it would close 11 underperforming stores in seven states including South Carolina affecting 700 workers. The Birmingham, chain with nearly 390 stores nationwide said it would close eight Saks Fifth Avenue stores. A store in Hilton Head will be closed and converted into an Off 5th store. Also, three Off 5th stores will be closed.

Workers will be offered transfers or severance packages, the company said. CEO Fred Wilson said the stores make up about 7 percent of the company's square footage but less than 4 percent of its revenues. "These actions will permit our team to focus capital, inventory, PORK BELLIES 40,000 cents per lb. Feb 05 97.00 98.00 96.40 96.95 -42 Mar 05 96.50 May 05 96.55 Jul 05 100.90 LUMBER 110,000 bd. per 1,000 bd.

ft. Nov 04 340.0 342.4 330.5 332.0 Jan 05 341.9 343.0 335.0 335.5 Mar 05 344.8 344.8 340.5 340.5 May 05 341.0 343.0 340.8 343.0 LIBOR 1-MONTH $3 million- pts of 100 pct. Oct 04 98.09 98.09 98.08 98.09 Nov 04 97.92 97.92 97.92 97.92 Dec 04 97.76 97.80 97.73 97.80 Jan 05 97.68 97.72 97.68 97.70 -01 EURODOLLARS $1 million-pts of 100 pct. Oct 04 97.92 97.92 97.91 97.91 Nov 04 97.78 97.78 97.76 97.78 Dec 04 97.70 97.71 97.67 97.69 Jan 05 97.60 NEW YORK COMEX Open High Low Settle Chg. GOLD 100 troy dollars per troy oz.

Oct 04 419.10 419.50 417.00 419.50 Nov 04 420.40 80 Dec 04 420.40 421.90 418.50 421.20 80 Feb 05 421.90 423.00 420.00 422.80 80 SILVER 5,000 troy oz. cents per troy oz. Oct 04 691.8 Nov 04 692.8 Dec 04 695.5 700.0 688.0 694.3 Jan 05 695.6 HI GRADE COPPER 25,000 cents per lb. Oct 04. 140.10 140.80 139.50 140.80 Nov D4 140.00 140.70 139.50 140.70 Dec.04 139.30 140.40 138.50 140.40 Jarf05 137 50 138.40 137.50 138.40 BUTTER AND EGGS CHICAGO (AP) USDA-Eggs: Trade sentiment steady on larger sizes, barley steady to weak on mediums Friday.

Sales delivered to volume buyers were unchanged on all sizes. Grade A extra large 60-68, large 59-67: mediums 44-51. COTTON Open High Low Settle Chg. COTTON 2 50,000 cents per lb. Oct 04 48.10 48.50 47.50 48.00 10 Dec 04 46.60 47.03 46.10 46.98 Mar 05 48.55 49.10 48.10 49.08 4.56 May 05 49.45 50.10 49.35 50.10 GOLD Hong Kong late Closed for holiday London morning fixing 418.15 up 1.50 London afternoon fixing 418.10 up 1.45 London late 416.95 up 0.30 Paris afternoon fixing 408.09 up 7.17 Zurich late afternoon 417.03 up 0.50 NY Handy Harman 418.10 up 245 NY Handy Harman fabricated 451.55 up 2.65 NY Engelhard 419.46 up 245 NY Engelhard fabricated 450.92 up 2.64 NY Merc.

gold spot month Fri 419.50 up 080 NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Fri 419.50 up 0.80 SILVER Handy Harman silver Friday 6900 up 0005 fabricated 8.142 up 0.006 Bullion price for London silver 6.850 up 0.185 London late silver 6.880 up 0.030 Engelhard 6.910 off 0.020 Engel art fabricated 8.154 off 0.023 NY Merc silver spot month Friday 6.918 up 0.002.