Over this period, earnings rose from 18 cents a share, to $1.71 last year.

The cost of a subway token already rose last year to $1 from 85 cents.

Earnings per share rose 7.4 percent, to $1.02, from 95 cents.

The price of oil is rising from 48 cents to between $2.47 and $3.01 a barrel, compared with about $20 on world markets.

The last increase was on Jan. 1, 1986, when fares rose to $1, from 90 cents.

In three trading days, ending last Tuesday, the share price rose from 3 cents to $1.75.

International Paper, which reported its quarterly earnings rose to $1.63 a share from 41 cents a year earlier, finished at 108, up 2 1/4.

The tax on cellular telephones, for instance, will rise to $1.20 a month from 70 cents to get $38 million.

Diluted earnings per share rose to $1.05, from 85 cents.

It has risen from 0.87 cents to the dollar to 1.30.