gained ground.

The BSE index gained 3.08 points or .30 percent to close at 1,013.50 on volume of 12,533 shares worth $102,918.

Bank of Butterfield closed up 12.5 cents at $11 on volume of 1,500. Bermuda Press gained 12.5 cents to close at $8.125 on volume of 5,600.

Trading unchanged were: Argus, $6.75, 4,379 shares; Bermuda Home preferred, $11.75, 904; and Bermuda Home, $7.50, 150.

Bermuda Commercial Bank announced a 7.5 cent dividend payable May 22 to shareholders of record May 11.

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