New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-09
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FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER ., 1866.
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The price of Gold and of Foreign Exchange has
gone still lower to-day, owing to q further down
ward movement in rates at New York The Gold
market opened weak at yesterdays closing fig
ures, but it soon exhibited symptoms of further
reduction in quotations, and before the close of
business sales were effected at l560l3 f8 cent de-
cline, as compared with yesterdays quotations.
The supply, however, was of very restricted
character throughout, and under an unusually
limited demand operations amounted to only the
annexed sums, viz: $4,000 and $lOOOO in the morn.
ing, at las; $2O00 $4,000 and $lI 600 at l473;
$4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 at 1473; $4,000 at 1474;
$4,000 at 147E; 900 at 147; $25O0 and $4,000 at
14G3, and 10000 at l4G5. Sales Of Silver com
prised only $500 and $3.50 American halves at l39,
and $500 and $37O0 Mexican dollars at l483. We
now quote Gold at l4Gs0l47, American Silver
coin at l3750l395, and Mexican dollars at l473@
l49.
FOREIGN ExCHANGE-The tendency Of rates OF
Sterling and Francs continues in favor of buyers,
and the market has further declined to-day fully
l61lb u cent. Offerings, however, were light
throughout, and as the demand was still of re-
stricted character, sales have been confined to the
8ubjoined amounts, viz: fl000 Bank Sterling at
1884, 10000, private, at 1881, $1,000 do. at 1873
and $4,000 and $4,000 do at LOT, Operations were
effected in the order in which we publish them
Sales Of Francs comprised l50000f., private al
35s3f. 3O000f. and lOOOOOf do at 36Of and
GO,000f. and 70,000f. commercial do at 3.G5f. The
closing rates this evening were l590L5Jl for Bank
Sterling, l57Qlj81 for clear bills, l540l5G fol-
bill OF ladng bills; 3.571035jf. for bank Francs
and 3.G5G3.G0f for outdoor Francs.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-The tendency Of the
movement under the above heading il still ii
favor OF buyers and remitters Offerings Of pri
yate and commercial disclose no marked increase
however but buyers appear tobe disposed To holt
ali t,ottr
n piled. The banks have checked to-day irregularly
at,par to u cent. discount, and the purchases b.
banks and bankers have been in the following
order, viz: $4,000 New York sight at iG15-l
f3cent. discount; s3000do. at 3G u cent. discount
Slj0000Itakeu by one bank at {Gl2 ID cent discouu
for sight for l5 to 20 days sight ana 4 per cent
discount for u to 30 days sight; $4,000 New Yor
and 500 600 Boston sight at per cent. discount
$4,000, Boston, IL days at 4, 5000, 20 days d. at
and $50, ,0n0, 80 days New York, at lper cent di,
count. We, however, continue TO quote Ne,
York sight, at par 10 per cent. discount at banl
and at 70 per cent. discount IN the outdoc
market Transactions in short sight and III tim
drafts are still too restricted to establish reliab
quotations, and we therefore omit them
UFCURRENT NOTES AND SECuEETIES-Ihe GU
door movement in the former inGInded $1,000 an
$4,000 City of New Orleans Notes to-day
9950gOiC., and 600 Louisiana State Notes
qlc y dollar. While operations in tile latter con
prised 20 shares City Railroad Company stock
2lat, 2i2 Do. Bank Of New Orleans at Az, 200 d
Louisiana State Bank at 35, and 575 do. Upel0lst
Railroad stock in several lots at 81,
i BOARD or BROKERS There has been only
moderate business transacted at the board to-da
/ but prices Of Securities have disclosed no taLlM
of whatever, while the tendency Of all favori
classes was evidently in favor Of sellers throug
out. We annex particulars Of the transactions
the morning and evening sessions Of the boar
as follows, viz:
/ MORNING SESSION.
S+0l) first mortgage coupons jackson Railroad at..,
slIgl} Louisiana state notes