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7 8.00 . . . 1970 8 8.00 . . . 1970 9 7.83 . . . 1970 10 7.50 . . . 1970 11 7.28 . . . 1970 12 6.92 7.91 -0.04 -1.58 1971 1 6.29 . . . 1971 2 5.88 . . . 1971 3 5.44 . . . 1971 4 5.28 . . . 1971 5 5.46 . . . 1971 6 5.50 . . . 1971 7 5.91 . . . 1971 8 6.00 . . . 1971 9 6.00 . . . 1971 10 5.90 . . . 1971 11 5.53 . . . 1971 12 5.49 5.72 -2.19 -1.43 1972 1 5.18 . . . 1972 2 4.75 . . . 1972 3 4.75 . . . 1972 4 4.97 . . . 1972 5 5.00 . . . 1972 6 5.04 . . . 1972 7 5.25 . . . 1972 8 5.27 . . . 1972 9 5.50 . . . 1972 10 5.73 . . . 1972 11 5.75 . . . 1972 12 5.79 5.25 -0.48 0.30 1973 1 6.00 . . . 1973 2 6.02 . . . 1973 3 6.30 . . . 1973 4 6.61 . . . 1973 5 7.01 . . . 1973 6 7.49 . . . 1973 7 8.30 . . . 1973 8 9.23 . . . 1973 9 9.86 . . . 1973 10 9.94 . . . 1973 11 9.75 . . . 1973 12 9.75 8.02 2.77 3.96 1974 1 9.73 . . . 1974 2 9.21 . . . 1974 3 8.85 . . . 1974 4 10.02 . . . 1974 5 11.25 . . . 1974 6 11.54 . . . 1974 7 11.97 . . . 1974 8 12.00 . . . 1974 9 12.00 . . . 1974 10 11.68 . . . 1974 11 10.83 . . . 1974 12 10.50 10.80 2.78 0.75 1975 1 10.05 . . . 1975 2 8.96 . . . 1975 3 7.93 . . . 1975 4 7.50 . . . 1975 5 7.40 . . . 1975 6 7.07 . . . 1975 7 7.15 . . . 1975 8 7.66 . . . 1975 9 7.88 . . . 1975 10 7.96 . . . 1975 11 7.53 . . . 1975 12 7.26 7.86 -2.94 -3.24 1976 1 7.00 . . . 1976 2 6.75 . . . 1976 3 6.75 . . . 1976 4 6.75 . . . 1976 5 6.75 . . . 1976 6 7.20 . . . 1976 7 7.25 . . . 1976 8 7.01 . . . 1976 9 7.00 . . . 1976 10 6.77 . . . 1976 11 6.50 . . . 1976 12 6.35 6.84 -1.02 -0.91 1977 1 6.25 . . . 1977 2 6.25 . . . 1977 3 6.25 . . . 1977 4 6.25 . . . 1977 5 6.41 . . . 1977 6 6.75 . . . 1977 7 6.75 . . . 1977 8 6.83 . . . 1977 9 7.13 . . . 1977 10 7.52 . . . 1977 11 7.75 . . . 1977 12 7.75 6.82 -0.02 1.40 1978 1 7.93 . . . 1978 2 8.00 . . . 1978 3 8.00 . . . 1978 4 8.00 . . . 1978 5 8.27 . . . 1978 6 8.63 . . . 1978 7 9.00 . . . 1978 8 9.01 . . . 1978 9 9.41 . . . 1978 10 9.94 . . . 1978 11 10.94 . . . 1978 12 11.55 9.06 2.23 3.80 1979 1 11.75 . . . 1979 2 11.75 . . . 1979 3 11.75 . . . 1979 4 11.75 . . . 1979 5 11.75 . . . 1979 6 11.65 . . . 1979 7 11.54 . . . 1979 8 11.91 . . . 1979 9 12.90 . . . 1979 10 14.39 . . . 1979 11 15.55 . . . 1979 12 15.30 12.67 3.61 3.75 1980 1 15.25 . . . 1980 2 15.63 . . . 1980 3 18.31 . . . 1980 4 19.77 . . . 1980 5 16.57 . . . 1980 6 12.63 . . . 1980 7 11.48 . . . 1980 8 11.12 . . . 1980 9 12.23 . . . 1980 10 13.79 . . . 1980 11 16.06 . . . 1980 12 20.35 15.27 2.60 5.05 1981 1 20.16 . . . 1981 2 19.43 . . . 1981 3 18.05 . . . 1981 4 17.15 . . . 1981 5 19.61 . . . 1981 6 20.03 . . . 1981 7 20.39 . . . 1981 8 20.50 . . . 1981 9 20.08 . . . 1981 10 18.45 . . . 1981 11 16.84 . . . 1981 12 15.75 18.87 3.60 -4.60 1982 1 15.75 . . . 1982 2 16.56 . . . 1982 3 16.50 . . . 1982 4 16.50 . . . 1982 5 16.50 . . . 1982 6 16.50 . . . 1982 7 16.26 . . . 1982 8 14.39 . . . 1982 9 13.50 . . . 1982 10 12.52 . . . 1982 11 11.85 . . . 1982 12 11.50 14.86 -4.01 -4.25 1983 1 11.16 . . . 1983 2 10.98 . . . 1983 3 10.50 . . . 1983 4 10.50 . . . 1983 5 10.50 . . . 1983 6 10.50 . . . 1983 7 10.50 . . . 1983 8 10.89 . . . 1983 9 11.00 . . . 1983 10 11.00 . . . 1983 11 11.00 . . . 1983 12 11.00 10.79 -4.07 -0.50 1984 1 11.00 . . . 1984 2 11.00 . . . 1984 3 11.21 . . . 1984 4 11.93 . . . 1984 5 12.39 . . . 1984 6 12.60 . . . 1984 7 13.00 . . . 1984 8 13.00 . . . 1984 9 12.97 . . . 1984 10 12.58 . . . 1984 11 11.77 . . . 1984 12 11.06 12.04 1.25 0.06 1985 1 10.61 . . . 1985 2 10.50 . . . 1985 3 10.50 . . . 1985 4 10.50 . . . 1985 5 10.31 . . . 1985 6 9.78 . . . 1985 7 9.50 . . . 1985 8 9.50 . . . 1985 9 9.50 . . . 1985 10 9.50 . . . 1985 11 9.50 . . . 1985 12 9.50 9.93 -2.11 -1.56 1986 1 9.50 . . . 1986 2 9.50 . . . 1986 3 9.10 . . . 1986 4 8.83 . . . 1986 5 8.50 . . . 1986 6 8.50 . . . 1986 7 8.16 . . . 1986 8 7.90 . . . 1986 9 7.50 . . . 1986 10 7.50 . . . 1986 11 7.50 . . . 1986 12 7.50 8.33 -1.60 -2.00 1987 1 7.50 . . . 1987 2 7.50 . . . 1987 3 7.50 . . . 1987 4 7.75 . . . 1987 5 8.14 . . . 1987 6 8.25 . . . 1987 7 8.25 . . . 1987 8 8.25 . . . 1987 9 8.70 . . . 1987 10 9.07 . . . 1987 11 8.78 . . . 1987 12 8.75 8.20 -0.13 1.25 1988 1 8.75 . . . 1988 2 8.51 . . . 1988 3 8.50 . . . 1988 4 8.50 . . . 1988 5 8.84 . . . 1988 6 9.00 . . . 1988 7 9.29 . . . 1988 8 9.84 . . . 1988 9 10.00 . . . 1988 10 10.00 . . . 1988 11 10.05 . . . 1988 12 10.50 9.32 1.11 1.75 1989 1 10.50 . . . 1989 2 10.93 . . . 1989 3 11.50 . . . 1989 4 11.50 . . . 1989 5 11.50 . . . 1989 6 11.07 . . . 1989 7 10.98 . . . 1989 8 10.50 . . . 1989 9 10.50 . . . 1989 10 10.50 . . . 1989 11 10.50 . . . 1989 12 10.50 10.87 1.56 0.00 1990 1 10.11 . . . 1990 2 10.00 . . . 1990 3 10.00 . . . 1990 4 10.00 . . . 1990 5 10.00 . . . 1990 6 10.00 . . . 1990 7 10.00 . . . 1990 8 10.00 . . . 1990 9 10.00 . . . 1990 10 10.00 . . . 1990 11 10.00 . . . 1990 12 10.00 10.01 -0.86 -0.50 1991 1 9.52 . . . 1991 2 9.05 . . . 1991 3 9.00 . . . 1991 4 9.00 . . . 1991 5 8.50 . . . 1991 6 8.50 . . . 1991 7 8.50 . . . 1991 8 8.50 . . . 1991 9 8.20 . . . 1991 10 8.00 . . . 1991 11 7.58 . . . 1991 12 7.21 8.46 -1.55 -2.79 1992 1 6.50 . . . 1992 2 6.50 . . . 1992 3 6.50 . . . 1992 4 6.50 . . . 1992 5 6.50 . . . 1992 6 6.50 . . . 1992 7 6.02 . . . 1992 8 6.00 . . . 1992 9 6.00 . . . 1992 10 6.00 . . . 1992 11 6.00 . . . 1992 12 6.00 6.25 -2.21 -1.21 1993 1 6.00 . . . 1993 2 6.00 . . . 1993 3 6.00 . . . 1993 4 6.00 . . . 1993 5 6.00 . . . 1993 6 6.00 . . . 1993 7 6.00 . . . 1993 8 6.00 . . . 1993 9 6.00 . . . 1993 10 6.00 . . . 1993 11 6.00 . . . 1993 12 6.00 6.00 -0.25 0.00 1994 1 6.00 . . . 1994 2 6.00 . . . 1994 3 6.06 . . . 1994 4 6.45 . . . 1994 5 6.99 . . . 1994 6 7.25 . . . 1994 7 7.25 . . . 1994 8 7.51 . . . 1994 9 7.75 . . . 1994 10 7.75 . . . 1994 11 8.15 . . . 1994 12 8.50 7.14 1.14 2.50 1995 1 8.50 . . . 1995 2 9.00 . . . 1995 3 9.00 . . . 1995 4 9.00 . . . 1995 5 9.00 . . . 1995 6 9.00 . . . 1995 7 8.80 . . . 1995 8 8.75 . . . 1995 9 8.75 . . . 1995 10 8.75 . . . 1995 11 8.75 . . . 1995 12 8.65 8.83 1.69 0.15 1996 1 8.50 . . . 1996 2 8.25 . . . 1996 3 8.25 . . . 1996 4 8.25 . . . 1996 5 8.25 . . . 1996 6 8.25 . . . 1996 7 8.25 . . . 1996 8 8.25 . . . 1996 9 8.25 . . . 1996 10 8.25 . . . 1996 11 8.25 . . . 1996 12 8.25 8.27 -0.56 -0.40 1997 1 8.25 . . . 1997 2 8.25 . . . 1997 3 8.30 . . . 1997 4 8.50 . . . 1997 5 8.50 . . . 1997 6 8.50 . . . 1997 7 8.50 . . . 1997 8 8.50 . . . 1997 9 8.50 . . . 1997 10 8.50 . . . 1997 11 8.50 . . . 1997 12 8.50 8.44 0.17 0.25 1998 1 8.50 . . . 1998 2 8.50 . . . 1998 3 8.50 . . . 1998 4 8.50 . . . 1998 5 8.50 . . . 1998 6 8.50 . . . 1998 7 8.50 . . . 1998 8 8.50 . . . 1998 9 8.49 . . . 1998 10 8.12 . . . 1998 11 7.89 . . . 1998 12 7.75 8.35 -0.09 -0.75 1999 1 7.75 . . . 1999 2 7.75 . . . 1999 3 7.75 . . . 1999 4 7.75 . . . 1999 5 7.75 . . . 1999 6 7.75 . . . 1999 7 8.00 . . . 1999 8 8.06 . . . 1999 9 8.25 . . . 1999 10 8.25 . . . 1999 11 8.37 . . . 1999 12 8.50 7.99 -0.36 0.75 2000 1 8.50 . . . 2000 2 8.73 . . . 2000 3 8.83 . . . 2000 4 9.00 . . . 2000 5 9.24 . . . 2000 6 9.50 . . . 2000 7 9.50 . . . 2000 8 9.50 . . . 2000 9 9.50 . . . 2000 10 9.50 . . . 2000 11 9.50 . . . 2000 12 9.50 9.23 1.24 1.00 2001 1 9.05 . .