European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 3, 1993 Money matters the stars and stripes Page 13 today a rates following Are fixed Rales at which Community banking and credit Union facilities will sell for eign currencies to . Personnel for personal use. German Mark. 1.60 British Pound 1.48 dutch Guilder. 1.80 greek drachma 215.9483 note the rate Bove Appy of than the Host country. Figures Ere expressed in dollars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar following Are Interbank rates that fluctuate and should be regarded As the approximate value of the . Dollar to foreign Curren cies italian lira. 1,568.00 turkish lira .9,207.10 Spanish peseta .117.75 portuguese escudo .150.67 austrian Schilling .11.55 saudi rial. 3.7495 Bahrain Dinar  0.37675 Kuwait Dinar 0.307 norwegian Krona  6.98 danish Krona. 6.292 British Pound 1.4425 German Mark 646 Swiss franc .1.5235 French franc.5.5725 dutch Guilder .1.8564 belgian franc .33.88 Canadian Dollar 1.2587 note figures Ere expressed in Donars to the British Pound other currencies to the Dollar Gold quote 1326.90 an ounce. Silver quote $3.58 an ounce. New York Exchange Mew York up York Stock Exchange Slock Wal Mart store. Philip Morris Rwjr Nabisco hid Merck amp co inc Texas utilities ism corp Compaq computer Glaxo holdings Chrysler corp Bristol Myersq Tel Fonos it my Conner perish re Abbott labs inc Citicorp at amp to company a the 15 most Active stocks in new composite trading on monday. Tiki 6.825.500 3,854.600 3.103.300 2.838.300 2.700.000 2,624,200 2.407.900 2.164.500 1.664.000 1.735.900 1.731.000 1.711.100 1.695.100 1.564.100 1.435.100 last 33 65 Vuk by 39 Vuk 46 h 54 a 4114 19# 39 a 58 Vuk 50 Vuk 17k 25 Vuk 26 Vuk 55 Knitch. Up vhf on i a on up1 up Vuk tikk off 3 Kkt Linkk off Vuk up 1 Vuk up i up off a off Kkt of Fyk american Exchange new York american Stock stack Ich corp Hasbro inc Hll Haven corp Royal Oak mines Echo Bay mines Amdahl corp themed los inc in o Bochem Chambers Dev a tax corp a the ten most Active stocks in Lange composite trading monday. Sales 591.300 501.000 404.300 462.500 309.600 260,800 259,400 246.000 243.500 227,900 last 6vk 30 a 3116 25-16 .415-16 7 a 13 i 0 Vuk 5 Vuk 24 Vuk nil Che. Linen Pukk Inch unch on 5-16 end up 1 on up Vuk up i Dow Jones new York up Dow Jones closing Range of averages monday 30 industrials 20 transport 15 utilities 65 stocks High 3404.53 1521.93 240.66 1260.25 Lew 3336,23 1476.00 230.04 1232.64 Cloie change 3355 41 on 15.40 14b4.66 on 33.44 239.67 on 1.50 1239.14 on 12 97 the commodities Exchange near the world Trade Center was Back in operation monday despite Friday s bombing of the twin towers.  commodity quickly get Back to business by new Day new York new York City a five commodities exchanges opened on a limited schedule monday amid tightened Security and under the watchful eyes of 30 fire wardens. A the governor told the Public that the Best Way to fight a terrorist attack is to indicate that you re not afraid and go on with your daily lives Quot said z. Leo Gutt Mao chairman of the Board of the new York mercantile Exchange. That is what the exchanges tried to do monday. But it was t quite business As usual. As Early As 7 a.m., Exchange employees began arriving at the trading floors and offices in 4 world Trade Center a nine Story building near the twin towers the target of fridays bombing. The exchanges closed Early. Many exchanges indicated they would operate on abbreviated trading schedules tuesday too. Officials said they considered monday a Success. Volume was Good they said though generally Down the Coffee sugar amp Cocoa Exchange which was open from about noon to 2 p.m., had about 25,000 trades a compared with an average of 49,000 trades a Day in january. Quot but that s pretty Good for a two hour Day Quot said Janet Troy a spokeswoman for the Exchange. Although the building was not physically damaged by the explosion its air conditioning and fire alarm system were knocked out. Fire marshals would allow the exchanges to resume business monday Only with essential personnel. Guttman said the fire wardens were patrolling the building with Walkie talkies and although heating and air conditioning weren to restored the ventilation system was circulating fresh air through the building. The mercantile Exchange greeted jts employees at the Entrance to the building with fliers that detailed such things As the tray to rumours the bathrooms were functioning and there was drinking water. A number of employees at the five exchanges a the commodity Exchange mercantile Exchange Coffee sugar amp Cocoa Exchange the futures Exchange and the Cotton Exchange a said they were still shaken by fridays events. Quot you can see that everyone is a Little edgy Quot said Tommy Valenti a clerk at the Coffee sugar amp Cocoa Exchange. Quot they should have stayed closed. No one wants to be  but others said they Felt safer than Ever because of the added Security. Employees at the five exchanges started out their Day by completing the processing of trades from fridays Early closing. They said the computers and phone lines were functioning. The main concern was that without air conditioning the computers might overheat and shut Down. That was one reason for the abbreviated trading hours. By midday most of the exchanges had resumed trading. The traders wearing Cotton jackets and Large identification tags were Busy gesturing to indicate a sell or buy offer and Yelling out the bids. Despite advanced computer. Technologies the commodities exchanges continue to use this Type of Quot open outcry Quot auction. That makes it important to have traders in one area which is Why the exchanges were relieved about not having to move. During Breaks Exchange employees talked about the bombing. Marc Greenstein a Gold trader said he was in his car in the garage under the Trade Center when the bomb went off. After being knocked into the passenger seat he recovered to drive around the dust and debris until he found an open garage door and sped Over a divider to reach it. A i kissed my wife about 500 times this weekend Quot Greenstein  company to open 50 shops san Rafael Calif. Up super cuts inc. Said monday that it has worked out an agreement with a new franchisee to build 50 company managed stores this year. The agreement represents part of its plan to open As Many As 125 stores this year. Super cuts which pioneered the concept of bargain priced hair salons currently has 773 stores. Super cuts also said it has bought seven franchisee stores in Las vegas and Phoenix for about $2.7 million in common Stock. Quot the fulfilment of this agreement will help us to achieve our expansion goals this year a said David e. Lipson chairman and chief executive officer. Bomb detection Security related stocks get boost from world Trade Center blast by the Washington Post John w. Wood has mixed feelings every time the Stock of his fast growing Little company in Woburn mass., shoots upward. Often it Means that someone has exploded a bomb and that investors have become suddenly enamoured yith a company whose products sniff out hidden explosives. It happened again monday As the medics inc. Climbed s1.62v, to $13.50, in the Wake of the massive explosion under the world Trade Center on Friday. Quot we hate to see that happen As the re thermedics1 also makes biomedical suit of a tragedy Quot said Wood president products and developed a bomb Detector of the medics. Quot but it has happened be after its device to measure nitroglycerine  in blood Quot Drew the interest of Law in other stocks that did Well monday in Force mint Quot Wood said eluded Barringer technologies inc. Up the Stock also jumped after the pan 37vi cents to $3.62vi and in corp. Up am flight 103 bombing in 1988. Wood 12vj cents to $2both of which also said the medics has 55 portable Detec make explosive detection equipment tors in 20 airports in 10 countries but also rising were two Security firms Only one in the United states because of Wackenhut corp. Up 50 cents to the recession bureaucratic squabbles and $15.12/i and Pinkerton a inc. Up 75 the fact Quot we have been blessed with a cents to $20.25. Lack of terrorist