New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-19
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Saturday Evening, Nov. II 1896.
The feature the movement in financial circles to-
day has been further decline of about per cent.
in rates of Gold and Foreign Exchange, influenced
by the continued downward tendency OF 10 in
the Nsw York market The supply of cash Cod
was, if anything, larger than for some days past,
and the demand for the Galveston boats and Tor
the payment of duties absorbed a by no mear9 =
significant aggregate, as may be inferred from the
annexed statement Of actual sales, yiz:-*GO0O in
the morning at 144; s3OOO $4,000 aud $4,000 1t
1875 1000 and 1000 at l43l; $1,000 at 1888 $1,000
at 1881 $4,000 at l435 $lOOO $4,000, $4,000, $5OOO
$4,000 and $4,000 at 143; $40 600, in two lots, q
l425 $1,000, $780, $4,000, $4,000 $4,000 and $2j
900 at l424 $1,000, $4,000, $4,000, $4,000, $1,000
$4,000 and $4,000 at 1929. Sales of silver have
been restricted to some trling lots of American
halves and a round amount of Mexican dollars
within the range of our quotations, which now
rule as follows, viz:-Gold ll2l@l423; Americ N
silver coin l3G0l38, and Mexican dollars 1430lt.
FoRE1GE EXcHANGE-Rates of both Sterling
and Francs have gone still lower to-day in sym
pathy with the movement OF the New York mar
ket. Offerings were only moderate at best but
they nevertheless proved to be in excess Of the
demand, which was of a very restricted character
throughout. The only sales that have come to
our notice in an authentic form are the following
viz &2000 Bank Sterling for Gold at los; $4,000
clear do. for currency at l54; $4,000 do, in two.
lots, at 1881; $1,000, El00O, G2000 and G20O0 do.
at lja3 l00,00Gf. and TO- 0000f. Commercial Francs
at3.70E; l00,000f. do. at 3G75t: I5 000f Bankers
do. at 3.625i.; and lO00Of do, at 3.G0f. The quo
tations this evening are: Bank Sterling, 15G0i57:
Clear Bills l53GSl55 Bill Of Ladng Bills, l5l0
l52; Bank Francs, 3.G003.575f.; outdoor Francs
370093 6I4.
DoMgsTIC ExCHASGE-We have no material al.
teration Of any Kind to refer to id the movement
y of Domestic Exchange, Offerings Of private and
commercial indicated moderate increase, and the
4 Tendency ofrates, though not greatly, was decd
nj edly ia Favor Of rcmtters The purchases by
VI banks and bankers comprised $4,000 bank at
II 5l6 premium $4,000, $4,000, 10000, $50, 900.
Z $6S,000 and $4,000 bank and private sight at /
per cent, premium, in the morning 500 900 at
3G0I per cent. premium $50 600 at Sig per cent.
premium SIS 600 and 100000 New York and
$4,000 Boston at per cent. premium $4,000,
$l5 900 and $40 GOO at par, and $50 900 towards the
close Of business at l-l6 per cent. discount; also
$4,000 one day sight in the morning, at 4 per
cent. premium. We now quote 36lB per cent
premium at bank with the principal move
ment at the inside figure, and par to al per cent
premium for out-of-doors.
UNCURRENT NOTEs AND SECURITIES = The
movement in the former to-day included only
$1,000, $4,000 and $1,000 city Of New Orleans notes
y at 99BW39l; 100 shares Bank Of Louisiana stock al
N II 100 DO Union Bank at GO; % do. Gas Com
pany at i62 80 do. Merchants Bank at 2R5, and 81
do. St, Charles Street Railroad Company at price
1 that has been withheld, and the following at auc
tion by G. =. Girardey u Co.:
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