New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-17
Nelu Orleans Monep Narket.
CRESCENT OFFICE, No. "a CANT STREET, !
e "a Monday Evening, April l6, 1866

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#-t n "a Monday Evening. Aphll6. 1895. j.
The movement in financial circles to-day has dis
closed no marked alteration Of any kind, in rates
of Gold, exchange or securities. Gold opened Ian
guild and doping under the latest advices from
New York and it continued neglected and depressed
with no evident tendency to lower figures, up to
the close of business. The market was only mod
eratey supplied, hut offerings, nevertheless, were
in excess of the demand, and operations were
restricted to the subjoined actual sales, viz s2ooo
$4,000, $4,000 and $4,000 at 1854 and $40 00o sl5ooo
and II 900 at 125. Sales of Silver confined to TWO
or three round amounts of Mexican Dollars, az
prices that have been withheld, and we now queue
Gold at l25M1254, and Silver at lls@l2o for
American halves, and 1875 @ 1859 for Mexican
Dollars. st.I.s,...
FOREIGN ExcHANGE-The movement IN forelgn
bills showed further reduction to-day "ithoue
however, any quotable decline in rates. onerinss
appeared to be somewhat smaller than heretofore,
while the demand was unusually restricted, anu
sales were confined to the following amounts VIZ
10000 bill of lading bills at 1901 14ooo 40. at
fl3O1; f15OO fl500, $4,000, and f50oo cear oliis a
1924 and $4,000 and 1850 at l32@l334 sales OF
Francs included 600O0f at 4264f. 7o,ooof and
100, Oo0f. at 427a, and 100000 at 4.3of. we still
quote bank Sterling at 1344@l35 clear bills 1874
0l331 hill of Iading bills l300l3l bank Francs
4,224f. 04,2O, and outdoor Francs 430f. "a .25f.
DOMESTIC EycHANGE-There is no material
change of any kind to notice under this head Of
ferngs of private and commercial continue limited
and the demand for checks over the counter shows
marked falling off as compared with the average
daily movement during the past week. The pur-
chases by banks and bankers since our last, have
been confined to the following, viz: $50 900 New
York sight at ! y cent. discount; 100000 and
$4,000 do at ZIG u cent. discount, and $4,000
and s2S 900 90. at u cent discount. Quotations
still rule at 5B II cent discount at bank and lot
u cent. discount out of doors for New York sight
8} for five to ten days sight E0l for fifteen to
twenty days. sight; ll@l4 for thirty days. sight,
and l3012 t3cent. discount for sixty days sight.
STOCKS AND BoSDs-The demand for the better
classes of securities is still active and steady with
a uniformly upward tendency in prices, and the
srestrcted only by the limited character
of the supply Sales to-day included 20 and SO
shares City Railroad stock, at l96; 5, Is and 100
do at prices that have not TRANSFERRED; 600 shares
Opelousas Railroad in several lots, at 5; and Is,
and % shares Gas Light stock at prices that have
been withheld.
UNCURREST BANK NoTEs-There is still very
active inquiry noticeable for most of the issues Of
the banks in liquidation, and prices rapidly tend in
favor of holders. Offerings show no uniform in
crease however, and sales since our last have been
confined 70 $1,000, Bank of New Orleans, at 93c.
and $1,000 and Si3 500 Bank of Louisiana, at 645c.
per dollar. Reliable quotations cannot be obtain
ed, and we therefore omit rates of all classes.