The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-04-24
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFICE OF THE EVENING THLEaRAPH,l I
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wednesday April "a, 1857.
The Stock Market opened very dull this
morning, but prices were rather frmer.
Government bonds continue in fair demand.
August 7'30s sold at LOG, no change, and July,
1865, 5-20s at 1913, no change. 98b was bid for
lO-40s; 1898 for 6s of 1885, and ITO for 1862
5.2Os City loans were also in fair demand;
the new issue sold at 1909, an advance of 1.
Railroad shares were the most active on the
list Reading sold at 508 no change; Camden
and Amboy at 1903, no change; Pennsylvania
Railroad at 572@57t, an advance of 4; and
LChigh Valev at 81 no change 60t was DID
for Norristown; 81 for Minehill; 81 for North
Pennsylvania; 80 for Blmira common; 40 for
preferred do. IL for Catawissa commons ~
for Catawssa preferred; and 2S4 for Phila-
delphia and Erie.
In City Passenger Railroad shares there was
nothing doing.
Bank shares we're firmly held at tull prices,
but we hear of no sales.
Canal shares we're dull. Lehigh Navigation
sold at 533 slight decline, and Delaware Dtyl,
sion at sc, no change. 81 was bid for Schuyldll
Navigation common, 3O4 Tor preferred do.; aau
l55 tor Sus squehanna Canal.
Quotations OF Gold-l0s a. NJ, 1885; ii A. M,
1889; IL NJ, 1885, l p. NJ. 1891, an advance OF u
on the closing price last evening.
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALES TO DAY
Reported by Dehaven q Bro, No 40 s. Third street
BEFORE BOARDS.
100 sh Read R......,. 5O7S 100 sh Read R.int 5O7S
siOOo 5-aOs 's5Jycpio7,l loo sh Reading R.trE 5Os
S7OU U S 7-8Os- Au....l06 100 do......... b6- BOA
,SS iSSS qy Fs a. r. iSS iS SS sS
$1,000 do.-smRll- lOO& 100 do-...s30wn- 5044
$1,000 Pa II m 991s 100 do........... 5O1a
$1,000 0O.....,...., 9915 100 uO..'...s.... 0U1a
Union Cl Bs.....- o. . dO..... -S30- 6O1a
800 GA IS, 'Sa...... gOIl 100 do .....s30- 501a
ssh Cam IL Am.....-l3lA 40e do....ls s0O- 5O5a
4S sh Leh stk.-...- 6S16 100 sh ia Kopg&int- pa
10 sh Leh R-....... 81 "a doopgtSint 572G
II sh Del Div.....-b5- Sc
-Messrs. De Haven & Brother, No. 40 South
Third street, report the following rates of ex-
change to-day at P. M.:-U. s. 6s of 1881, 1904
@lO9B; do. 1862, 109b@110t; do, 1864, 10sB@lO82;
do, 1866, 1885 @10S!; do, 1865 new, 1O7b@1O7S;
DO 5s, l0-40s, 97S@97b; do. 7'3Os, August, LOG
@1O6b; do, June, l05s9lO5l; DO, July, 1O53@
1869; Compound Interest Notes, June, 1864, list
@ll9t; do, July, 1864, 1ls5@1lSl do, Aug. 1864,
l175@1l9t; do, October, 1864, ll6b@117t; do,
Dec, 1864, ll55@ll6t; do, May 1885, l13@113i;
do, Aug, 1866, ll2@ll24; do. September, 1865,
1llB@lll9; do, October, 1865, 1l14@l115. Gold,
13s8@l39I. Silver, 133@l35.
-Messrs. William Painter d Co., bankers, No.
36 South Third street, report the following rates
of exchange to-day at IL o'clock:-U. S. 6s, 1881,
coupon, 1O94@lO9B; U. s. 6-2Os, coupon, 1862,
l09b@l10t; do, 1864, l088@l084; do, 1885, lO8S
@lOsb; do. new, l074@lO7t; IS, 1O-40s,
9s6@9SH; U. S. 1905, lst series, 1O6@1O64;
do, I'd series, lO5A01O52; Sd series, 1864 nlO6l.
Compound Interest Notes, December. 1864,
16f Nav, 1866, ,12&; August, 1865, III; September,
1866, III; October, 1865, IL.