New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-17
FRrpAr, April 1872. N.


Tho business done in stocks to-day amounted to
AO3. 100 shares. against 32sS19 shares yesterday,
and 262, 583 shares Wednesday. The early market
was very much depressed Central and hudson
declining to 1898, Lake Shore to 1O5as Michigan
Central to $685. Erie to Ala, st. ram
TO 753s Northwest to 90, Delaware, Lack
awanua and Western to S7l2. Hew-Jersey Cen
trail to 7614 Hannibal and ST. Joseph to 81
aud the preferred to 65, Missouri Kansas ana Iexas
TO 35ss Iron Mountain TO as, Wabash to 3o14' ana
the remainder of the active list proportion. Al
though the dealings up TO o'clock were varied by
numerous rallies, until after that hour the tone OF
the market was all the time weak.
But little after 2 o'clock rally ofsome I'M
portance began and continued until tne
close of business. leaving majority OF
the stocks with gains upon the closing prices OF
last evening, The stocks which were most benefit
ed nv the last recovery were Hannibal and st.
Joseph preferred, Northwest st. Paul, Union Pacific
Wabash and the coal stocks. In fact, II IS not GER
tain that it was not the coal stocks which turned
the market.
About o'clock it was announced that the coal
comparies had again agreed to suspend mining for
one-half of each of the two succeeding weeks. A.
though this is a confession that the demand 1of
coal is not equal to the supply and therefore
0ueer reason for advancing the prices OF coal STOCKS
It is nevertheless true thai after the announcement
wa made Delaware, lsackaWannA anu NCSUiIn IObO
from SO 70 s97s0s9d@ Delaware and Hudson SI
ssSm ca 81 to from SHTSS to z$S T6s
stocks startled the bears all around heist so that
when the ball was set in motion every g addi-
tiOnal advance for any stock added TO the number
of its buyers. Generally the extreme advances OF
the rally were not fully sustained ut the end the
reactions ranging from g to 2 per cent. But the
market closed strong.
day are az follows: Advances Metropolitan Ele-
waited and st. Paul and Sioux City. each ls Lake
SON. and Ohio and Mississippi each Il; Illinois Cen
tral, Michigan Central, and Ontario and western,
each 80 Central Pacific ST. Paul; Hannibal and ST.
Joseph preferred. and Missouri Kansas ana Texas
each 10; Hannibal and st. Joseph. Erie Northern
Pacific iron Mountain, and Wabash preferred each bs
Northwest NeW-JeTEey Central, Atlantic and Pa
cific Telegraph and Western Union each y hOus-
ton and Texas, Wells. Fargo 81 Co., and Pacific
Mail, each / Wabash, III; Union Pacifc l =; and
Nashville, CHATTANOOGA and ST. Louis per cent
Observation-Disclosures, preferred and Delaware
Cincinnati first preferred. Il; Northern Pacific
preferred, So; Burlington, Cedar Rapids aud North
ern Chesapeake, aud Ohio and st. Louis and San
Francisco, each. q; G., G. and l. G., Chicago
St. Paul and Minneapolis, and St. Louis
and San Francisco preferred, each % !;
Mobile and Ohio. 81; Marietta aud Cincinnati
second preferred Erie preferred American District
Telegraph, and New Central Coal, each Adams
Express 1as; Chicago st. Louis and Rew-Orleans
and St. Louis and San Francisco first preferred
each i q per cent.
RANGE OF THE STOCK Markell
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