VANCOUVER EXCHANGE MARCH VOLUME RISES
Vancouver Stock Exchange said March
volume was 479.2 mln shares, its highest monthly volume ever
and up from 270.1 mln in March 1986, and share value was 679.1
mln dlrs, up from 381.4 mln dlrs a year ago and second only to
November 1980's 731.4 mln dlrs.
    For the first quarter, it said volume was 1.2 billion
shares, the largest ever for a quarter and up 38.7 pct from a
year earlier, and share value was 1.6 billion dlrs, second only
to 1.7 billion dlrs in the fourth quarter of 1980 and up 47 pct
from last year's first quarter.
 Reuter
