New-York tribune., 1879-12-21
n. !. MNTys sToca EXCHANGE SALES
SATURDAY. Dec. 20-P. NJ.


The stock market to-day should have proved
agreeable To all shades of interest. Not only il
active but the fluctuations were wide and frequent.
and the hna changes are as much IN favor of the
bulls rs of the :" bears" At tho opening there
a great pressure to sell, and for few minutes
prices drOaDed Tapidly-tOO rapidly 10 be agreeable
to any one. because il continued there would
have been some difficulty in delivering
stock sold at higher prices. The decline
however. was checked. and then followed irTeg-
ular movements s6me stocks rising at the
time that others failing Generally those stocks
winch show final declines made their lowest prices
after 2:3O o'clock hut IN almost every instance the
closing figures were better tian the lowest. The
weakest stocks of the dav were Lake Shore.
Michigan Central. Canada southern, Lake
Erie and Western and Oregon Railroad and
Navigation. The latter named stock opened
at %, n decline of per cent from the last
sale on Thursday bnt il rallied 100 and closed at
that bid Among the strong stocks. those of the st.
Louljind San Francisco Railroad were conspicuous.
the Boston interest in them coming 20 their rescue
and advancing their prices from 90 per cent.
This movement was not without effect upon the
whole speculation steatying it and partially
storing confidence that the bottom was not
going 70 fall entirely out of values. Erie also
was fairly held, and at no time was il
more than per cent below its closing Duce yester
day. The grangers only yielded by fractions. and
generally recovered thuse. The Southwestern list
was active. but genera ~ shows final gains Wabash
for example sold at 3s3tG39l2a 37li "a 39ieG3sli
a39ls. The coal stocks about the steadiest of
any On the hst the fluctuations in their prices ex
ceptinr 2ls for New-Jersey Central. not exceeding
per cent. The telegraph s.ocks were better; At
lantc ard Pacific closing with a gam of per cent.
aud Western Union At $685. ex dividend. gam OF
l. per cent. The expresses. excepting Adams. arc
lower and Pacific Mail sailed WITHIN a circle meas
ared bv the traction of q per cent.
The final changes from the closing prices yester-
dav are as follows: Declines-tant0n, Is; Ere pre-
TERED J.: Iron Mountain. 3s; Alton and IerTe
Haute preferred. Chesapeake and Ohio. Northwest,
Delaware and Hudson. Central and Hudson, Erie,
s. Paul and Sioux CIty preferred and American
EXPRESS each =; 81. Baul preferred ONO and Mis-
sissi, p and Reading, each %; New-Jersev Cen
tral 4. Chicago. ~. Paul and Minneapolis. g; B0s
ton Air Line, Burlington, Cedar Rapids ana North
ern Chicago. 81. Louis and New-Orleans Louisville
and Nashville. Manhattan Elevated. Mobile and
OHIO. Morris and Essex and 1T. Paul and SiOux
CRY each Union Pacific. III Cana la Southern,
iL,. Illinois Central, IL Wabash preferred and
United states Express, each e; MIchigan Central
aud Oregon Railroad aud Navigation. per cent.
Advances-W estern Union lelecraph and ST. Panl
eaen Is; indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafdy-
ere. Northern Pacific and Adams Express,
and W bash. each y hOck Island, Northern
Paci, preierred and Pacific Mai, each l2 c., c. and
/ a d. Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Hannibal
and - Joscph, aud Atlantic and Pacific lelcgraph
Nissis.inpi preferred, 1Ss st. LonIs and san Fran
CISCO first preferred Il and common stock Nash
vlIc Chai ,anoOga ami ~. Lonis, .; and -. LOUIS
,nd -an francisco preferred per cent.
ne market closed irregular and feyerish-
EAAGR ur STOCK uAESEI.
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