New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-20
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t..-. f - monday Evening, Feb. 70, 1866. |
Tia ,oost prominent feature in financial circles was an
advance of x ~ in rates Of Domestic Exchange COD
oneped fiat at Saturdays closing figures and continued in
active throughout about the rates The market was
smnly supplied the demand exhibited no improvement
operations restricted to the loiio"s
sIy moderate Sales viz $4,000 in the morning. at loo
sooo an pryate terms $1,000 at 1854 $40 GOO at 1S6s@3ea
con nO ia four equal lots and co., the latter sofa ny
banker at and 1900 in three lots, and Sl G at 1904
Sales Of silver included $500 at 1884 and $1,000 all halves Nv
1s2, we still quote Gold at and Silver az iooee
100 for American coin and for Mexican dollars
FOREIGN EXCHANGE has shown increased weakness
today At the opening of the market appeared to DC
frner the day advanced the demand still continued
little better then nominal Drawers and holders had 70
submit Saturdays figures and in fact hey could not ehec
any but merely nominal sas those rates The only
movement any kind that to knowledge IN an
authentic form, comprised in the following statement u
actual sales e350O 1454@l46 E3Oo0 at
$4,000 and $4,000 at la5 22OOo l45 and e9o
bills ct 14iA Sales of Francs confined 70 ooo' ~
3sssf at s7f and 100o0f in lots at 3sof Inc
closing quotations are bank sterling l, clear ns
145@46 bill ading bills 144@44h BANK 1fahcs oog
1885, and outdoor francs 3s71aL CD va.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE has been In acsive uein4 ' :
the day at steadily advancing figures offerings VI
private and exhibited material decrease anu
inquiry on the part remitters showed very heSy
nent. The Banks checked during the morning 70 . A''u
extent at Saturdays rates. u v cent pas they e
advanced their figures y cent discount and then
to par at which latter quotation the market CLOSED a.
ha,,h one or more banks continued to supply their
tos at u and in exceptional at 4 cent discount
The purchases for tho day by banks and bankers included
s2 goo bank sight bought by bank at a u cent discount
$40 600 bought by ZIG " cent discount Tor private
sybt bank sight taken by another party at S2 o
10000 and $4,000 private sight at 5l6, 70 DO. at
5-l6@1s $4,000 at TIC Sl0,oo, siooOo, SSVoo'
ssGooo and $4,000 New York and Boston sigh'
at v, and sf75Ooo Galveston sights on Bosto n
taken by one bank at " q cent. discount sl2No
,bree days sight at n % discount and SIS 600 thirty
sight at "a cent The highest figures in the
above were paid early the morning. and the movement at
hank was very heavy bank having repo to sales OF
checks over the of half million Of doll rs The ru
ing rates at business for bank igat dis
count to par outdoor sight A}s y cent dseou 1t to
10 days sight, 7aa5s y discount 10 to 20 d. 8, l q
cent discount; 80 days. 1t@lT cent discount, and I'll
days IL n cent. discount. ..
STOCKS AND BONDs-The movement in secrrit es TO-
day has been thirty shares of Gas Light mp my
stock at price that has TRANSFERRED and Si0 w ope
lousa Railroad First Mortgage Bonds with Ave at
tached at s67 q In other descriptions, the move
ent precisely, for several days past the supply
the in is but little better than nominal
whilst all other offerings usual heavy without now
ever attracting any attention = the part Of buyers
UNCURRENT BANK NC rEs continue almost at q stan'
still Offerings very light compared with the preViou
daily supply and the restricted TO the actual want
of debtors who intend to qudste outstanding obligations
The only saea reported to-day $500 Bank Of Lousan
and $1,000 latter mixed lot Bank Of New orleans
Union Bank Crescent City Bank at prices that nav
been withheld but within the Of our pre-
yious quotations follows viz: Union Bank Crescent o
Bank of New Orleans, s5@90c, Merchants BAN
and Louisiana Bank 73s77c, and Bank Of Louisiana
50a55c. u dollar. ...,...