At the same time average asking rents rose by 15 cents, to $4.97 a square foot, a year.

The November contract rose by 5.7 cents to settle at $2.593.

Their wages rose each year by about six cents an hour, or a little less than one percent, after accounting for inflation.

The shares rose by 75 cents, to $2.375, a gain of 46.2 percent.

And silver prices rose by 4.20 cents an ounce, to $6.5470.

Silver has now risen by 24.9 cents, or 6.5 percent, in four days.

Together, with the other 10-cent-a-gallon increase, the total tax on a gallon of gasoline would rise by 12 cents.

It rose by 3 cents, to $16.32, on top of a 10-cent rise in October.

Martin Marietta's stock rose by 75 cents a share, to $46.

Since the beginning of June, the pound has risen by 10.5 cents, to $1.7865, from $1.6810.