The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET

TLIURSDAY EVENING.—The funds remain with scarcely
any variation and little doing. Consols are now quoted ex
dividend and closed at 891 to for the opening. Bank Stock
158 to 9. India Stock 240 to 2.

The market for Foreign Securities was dull, Spanish
Active with the Coupons were 24 to 4. Portuguese Two-
and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Fives) 344 to 4, the One-
and-a-half per Cents (falsely called Threes) 24 to 4. Dutch
Two-and-a-half per Cents 514 to 2, the Five per Cents 984
to 9. Belgian 974 to 81. Brazilian 71 to 2. Mexican 30
to I. Colombian 26 to 4.
London and Birmingham Railways were 77 to 9, Great
Western 22 to 3 premium. South Western 53 to 4 per share.
North Nidland Old Shares 28 to 6, the New 4 to 3, Blackwall
4 to 34, Brighton 4 to 34 discount.

FRIDAY EVENING.—Money on the whole was rather
easier, but notwithstanding this, there was some mistrust
about the maintenance of prices, and the sales that followed
caused a decline of 1 per cent. in Consols ; the Reduced
stocks suffered in like proportion. The highest price of
Consols for the account during the day was 894 ex. d iv., but
declined to 884 to 9, which was the quotation at the close of
the usual hours of business. After that they were quoted
884 sellers. Bank Stock has undergone a further decline,
leaving off 1564 to 1571 ; 3 per Cents. Reduced left off at
884 ;3+ per Cents. Reduced, 971 to ; India Stock 236 to
238, ex. div. ; and Exchequer bills, 2s to 4s premium.
Under this depression the foreign stocks gave way to a cer-
tain extent, and the average fall is about 4 to 4 per cent.
Spanish Actives were finally marked 23+ to ; Mexican.
291 to 30 ; Colombian 254 to 26 ; Portuguese 5 per Cents.,
34 to 4 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 214 to 221; Belgian Scrip
to 1+ premium ; Danish, 77 to I ; Brazilian, 71 to 72 ; and
Dutch 24 per Cents., 514 to 4.
SATURDAY EVENING.—Very little real business was
transacted in the English funds to-day, but a sort of contest
existed between the speculators for the rise and the specu-
lators for the fall, to produce a temporary action upon the
market. Consols for the account, which opened 884 to 89,
closed 89 buyers ; Bank Stock was last quoted 1561 to 1571;
India Stock, 236 to 238 ex. dividend • and Exchequer-bills,
3 to 5 premium ; 34 per Cent. Reduced shut at 974 to 4, and
3 pe- Cent. Reduced, 884 to 89. Money at the Stock-Ex-
change commands 4 to 5 per cent.
Although the prices of some of the speculative foreign
stocks are quoted higher, there has been no feature in the
market. Spanish Actives closed at 24 to 4 ; Portuguese 5
per Cents., 344 to 4' • Portuguese 3 per Cents., 22 to 4
Dutch 21 per Cents., 514 to 4; Dutch 5 per Cents., 984 to 4;
Belgian Scrip, I to 14 premium; Colombian, 254 to 26; and
Mexican,_294 to 30.

Great Western shares left off at 21 to 22 premium; Great
Western New Shares, 9to premium ; Birmingham, 77 to
79 premium ; South Western, 53 to 54 per share ; North
Midland, 28 to 26 discount ; North Midland, new, 3i to 21
discount ; Eastern Counties, 15 to 14 discount ; Blackwall,
41 to 4 discount ; and Brighton, lot to 10 discount.