New Orleans Republican., 1875-10-06
MARKETS.
Domestic Markets.

New YORK, October 5.-The Posts finan-
cial article says: In the Wall street mar
kets gold is higher, foreign exchange lower,
and securities, as rule, steady to strong,
Union Pacific, Pacific OF Missouri and New
York Central being exceptionally weak.
Gold opened at ll7as, advanced Immediate
ly to ll75s and ruled at l17ls a 117ss during
the first hour, since which the sales have
been at 1l7as 01l74s. On gold loans the
rates for the day are lower. Foreign ex-
change opened with posted rates for
prime bankers sterling 81 79 and a SO. q
closing rates. There has since the opening
been reduction to "a syn and "a S2h.
While these are the nominal ra-ss, the act
ual rates for prime bsnkers' sterling have
fallen - - I'M and "a SIN "a 81, rates
which justify the importation of gold. Mo-
ney is unchanged for call loans. Prime
mercantile paper finds q ready market at
5o7 per cent. In all departments the
report is that collections are good
Government bonds are strong aud gen.
orally higher than yesterday. The stock
market opened with slight changes, and
during the first half hour Union Pacific de-
cl'1ed lss, Missouri Pacific ! and Pacific
MAJ 2S, the remainder of the list having
been steady. In the next hour the general
list advanced Y 0lss, the only exception
having been New York Central, which fell
to l03la from l07. Since half-past eleven
o'clock Missouri Pacific has fallen to o5Ik,
Union Pacific to 62as, and the remainder OF
the list has been steady to strong.
Cotton closed quiet and firm; middling
uplands l3lsc; Orleans 1870; sales to-day
$3.50 bales; consolidated net receipts 5l43;
1916; to the continent 1904; net receipts 3l3;
gross 3O76.
Futures closed quiet and steady; sales
5000 bales, as follows: October l2 81 l-32e;
November l2 1882 q l2aac; December 12 2332
012%c; January l2 N.320l2*c; February
April l3 $500 l3l4c; May Is l.l60l3 % $40;
June l3zs 013 1916; July IA l-32014 l-l6c;
August IA $50 q IA 1920.
Flour opened shade frmer for shipping
grades, closed quiet at yesterday's figures,
other kinds dull without material change:
superfine Western and State IS 2O05 IS.
Southern flour steady, moderate inquiry;
choice do " 0509. Wheat opened 102o
better, closed quiet, advance lost, frmness
of freights materially checking export de-
mand; 81 250l 43 for eound new and old
winter red Western; 81 260I As for do
amber Western; 81 350l 60 for do white
Western Corn u 0lc better, moderate de-
mand; So 070c for steam Western mixed; 70
071c for sail do, the latter extreme; Tic
II fo tor high mixed and yellow Western:
66065c for damaged and heated Western
mixed. Oats Q ehade better for mixed
Chicago; 32053c for new mixed and vhite:
Western 40 053c; do State ~ 058c. Coffee
Rio quiet and firm; job lots 1914 022h,
gold. Sugar quiet and heavy; 7% $50 fer
tair to good refining; 6kc tor prime; no
for fair muee ,vado; refined heavy, mod
crate demand; l0ltc for standard A; 103te
for powdered Gnd kranulsted; lllto ~
crushed. Nolsasee- -Grocoxy GrAdAe quiot
and unchanged. Rice steady; TAR jobblpg
inquiry. Tallow firm, 10lAc. Resfa IN
81 70. Turpentine fEmer, SO. PoEk he6vys
new e22 5000 50. Lard bsexy; pef1nn
eteam 14c. Whiaky quist nd Gtea9y =
q ls. Freights nrn; ccten ~ sail, Sle15
Crscnu1ArI. Ostshse 9-Nlspr quise -
81 sol 50. Cssa auis1; 5sp6as. O.
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