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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: |
Schedule of short-term investments | Short-term investments were as follows ($ in millions):
|  | At March 31, |  | At December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Trading securities |  | $ | 55.6 |  | $ | 49.5 |
Weighted average interest rate |  | 1.9 | % | 1.8 | %
Available-for-sale |  | $ | 0.9 |  | $ | 1.0 |
Weighted average interest rate |  | 0.7 | % | 0.7 | %
Total |  | $ | 56.5 |  | $ | 50.5 |
Summary of activities of short-term investments | The following table summarizes the activity of these investments by category (in millions):
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
Trading: |  |  |  |  |
Interest earned |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | 0.2 |
Unrealized (loss) gain at the end of the period |  | $ | (0.1 | ) | $ | (0.1 | )
Available-for-sale: |  |  |  |  |
Interest earned |  | (* | ) | (* | )
Investment redeemed |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | (* | )
(*) Less than $0.1 million.

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