P518 518 TELEINF FINANCE 17z51:58 EDAY'+ LATE AFTERVOON QUOTE WF 87.53-55 FYEN. THE RATE WAS, H#WEVER, HIGHER THAN NEW YORV'+ LATE THURSDAY QUOTE OF 87o3u YEN. IS5AELJ TRADE DEFICIT LEAPS 25 PERCENT TEL AVIV - ISRAEL'S TRADE DEFICIT FFIRST SIX M#NTHS WF THE YEAR, 25 'PERFEN- U( ON)THE SAME PERJOD OF 19y5, 'THE CEN-RAL BU5EAU OF STATISTICS FANN#ZNCED THURSDAY. EXPORTS INCREASED '11o= PER"ENT TO 8ou? BILLJON DOLL@RS FEOR THE FIRST HALF OF 199 . BUT FIMPORTU, FUELLED BY A CONUUMER BOOM, SOARED 16.3 PER"ENT TO 13.69 BILLIWN DOLL@RS. US WHOLESALE PRICES DROP 0.1 PERCENT IN JUNE WASHING-ON - US WHOLESALE PRICES FELL 0.5 PER"ENT IN JUNE, AFTER see njx¾ pagj >>>