Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-23
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The sudden fluctuations in Gold during the past
week have had the tendency to unsettle and check
operations in many articles the values of which
based somewhat foreign exchanges; but consider
ing the of the year, business generally has
been quite fair. The demand for produce has been
very active, and we notice upward tendency in
almost every article. while in many q very decided
advance has taken place. closing with good demand
for foreign exports and the South. The weather
having been propitous for the growing crops, espe-
ciay wheat, have much pleasure in noticing
accounts of a most encouraging character of this
very important crop. All to agree that for
the breadth of land sown, in the section of country
from which Baltimore draws her supplies there will
be two-thirds of a crop gathered.
-~Gold to-day was steady, both here and in New
York. the vibrations being between 1875 at the open
ing and l4S19-with sales to the amount of $4,000.
closing steady. Governments were in good request;
note the sale of $4,000 of720s at 1924 and some
SS5 900 of sos ut 1887, down to 1929 Railroad
shares are still very firm and in demand but the
limited quantity Offering checks operations There
were no sales to-day. Baltimore and Ohio may be
quoted at 104. Bank shares are much in demand
but there veryfew offering. The only sale at The
Board was 25 shares Merchants at $l715 Fifty
shares of the National Express Company sold at 81
per share. Miscellaneous stocks not much in
demand, and there was very little done in them.
The foreign imports for the week amount to $685.
res and the exports for the same to S2OS 2iG Money
continues abundant and the rates are tending down
ward. There is no difficulty in obtaining loans at s
per cent. On call with Governments for colaterals.
Foreign exchange is in limited request this week.
and drawers generally anxious to realize high
rates. Through MeSsrs. Graf Il Engler, Exchange
Brokers, we give the following quotations, viz Bank
ers bills on London. 1890 1851; commercial do 10Y
@lO7H; Paris do 6Oday bills. 5l2%@5l6ll; do short
sight, 5O5@5l0; Antwerp $751;; Amsterdam, 10000;
Brennan. 77@7S; Hamburg. 3613; Cologne, 74@75; and
Frankfort ont e-Main. 4l@4ll4.
The New York stock market has been free from
excitement to-day, and the general business of COM
mission houses has been very small. The operations
on Change chiefly confined to brokers individual
contracts and the outside interest in stocks is COM
paratively Insignificant. New ork Central has
been steady at 9S34@9S1s and Michigan Southern
has ruled at 70 at the several Boards Erie has been
better sustained this afternoon. and advanced to 53
at the two o'clock CALL having sold somewhat freely
at 5S5s in the morning Towards the close of business
on the street it remained firm and sold in round lots
at 59% with increased demand. Hudson River Rail-
road opened firm at ll2, but the amount of stock
which subsequently offered for sale far exceeded
the demand and at tho o'clock call it declined to
liz. closing dull at 1ll3s. Pttsburg has worn the
appearance Of exhaustion to-day and has met with
support whatever; it opened at S55s and declined
to S4's at one O'clock after which it subsequently
sold at S43S Rock Island was steady at $50 during
the morning, but was forced on the market between
boards. and at o'clock was offered at 9I5s but
improved at the following call TO 49, and closes steady
at 942s. Fort Wayne has been rather more buoyant
to-day; after selling at 95H during the morning. it
steadily advanced to $50 at o'clock and continued
firm at the same figures until p. NJ.
The Northwestern stocks were also firm, the com
mon" ruling at 1913 and the preferred" at 5S54 A
"bear' movement was observable in Canton this
morning and under pressure it declined to 571I at
the first board. but recovered soon afterwards and
at the Stock Exchange quoted at So later in the
day, however it declined to 5S15 closing dull Cum
berland opened firm at Asa, but declined to 49, in
the afternoon; towards 6 o'clock, however, it adj
vanced to 441s.
State Bonds present no new feature. Tennessee's
have advanced to So. Virginia's are quoted at 81
and North Cardinals at Si34, while small amount
of Mssouri's sold at 1873. Governments are fairly
active. Five-TwentieS of "a declined "a, other
bonds are without any material change since YES
terday.
Gold opened at las, and with but little fuctuation
during the day closes steady 119s@l5O The lu in
speculation is partly owing to the absence of Euro
pean news, concerning which opinions appear about
equally divided. Foreign Exchange is shade frner.
the leading drawers quote 60 days sterling bills at
100 net There is very little inquiry, however far
sight bills on London or On the Continent
Money is without change; call loans are readily
supplied at per cent. stock coateraIs while
Government securities be placed at per cent
Discounts are dull at GOT cent for first class pa
per, and 8 to 10 for lower grades