St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-07
IN SPECULATIVE PITS.
Yesterdays Trading in Wheat on the
Chicago Bard Was LESS
Liberal
as Compared to the Heavy Deals Made
During Last Weeks Big
Boom.
The Receipts Continue Moderate,
With Good Estimates for
To-Day.
of Wall Street, eneraI
Markets.

CHICAGO, Dec. e.-Speculative trading
n wheat was on a less liberal scale to-day,
Is compared with the heavy transactions of
asst week, still the aggregate trade was
quite large. The market opened &c per
1ushe lower than the closing figures of
Saturday MAY delivery started at SEC. out
rose to Sc 5Sc on good buyIhg, reacted to
3614c. rose again to S63l, but fell off a full
cent in the latest trading i'll the afternoon,
closing at inside figures and 55c under the
last quotations of Saturday. The receipts
continue moderate with larger estimated
receipts for tomorrow. The visible supply
report disclosed decrease of SO 00J bushels.
but the announcement appeared to have no
special bearing upon the COURSE of prices.
Corn was active and tirmer, the May option
advancing to 4tc and closing for the day at
1874, which was the closing price on SaUur-
lay. Receipts were fairly large. The
shipping demand was moderate. but mainly
for the lower grades. Oats developed very
little life and prices eXhlD ted no essential
change ProviS .On5 ruled Irregular, but
generally stronger. and the closing prices
for mess pork were a shade higher than
Saturday. Lard was , &c and short ribs
50755c higher than on Saturday. Flour
was hrm and unchanged.
THE QUOTATIONS..
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows: Wheat-DecenDer opened at IS =,
closing at 775Ic; January opened at 79c, Clos
ing at TS55c; February opened at 1879, clos
ing at 1885,; My opened Il S6c, closing at
85Zc. COrn-December opened at 371sc.
closing at 3I1Sc; Jauu Try Op med at So sc,
closing at 3SAc; February opened at $500,
closing at $3.50; May opened at 1879, closing
st 1870. Oats-Decemoer Opeued at &c,
1IO af az o7ILo
closing ut 2S1sc: Ma: opened at 3l$sc, closing
at 3I36c. POrk-Decem11r opened at
sI090. closing at SI0.95; January opened
at SII.10. closing at Sli l71@; February
opened at SIl.221a, closing at SII.27z;
May opened at S1I.571%, closing at 5l1.5T15
Lard-December opened at $500, closing at
S. 20; January opened at $3.50, closing at
$3.50: March opened at $40, closing at
s6.42%. Snort Ribs-January opened al
H5.6715, closing at S5.6715; February opened
at 500, closing at $50; March opened at
IS. 10. closing at s.. IS. Cash prices were as
follows: No. spring wheat, T754c; No. 3
spring wheat, 7l@TI%c; No. 2 red, 1SAc;
No. p corn 371Sc: NO.2 oats 27c; No. 2, rye, SOC;
No. 2 barley, 500 054c; No. L flax seed. 9312c.
Prime timothy seed, SL79. Mess pork, Sl0.95.
Lard. S6.2S. Short rib sides, loose, S5.55D
$40; sailed shoulders boxed, S4.7504 so; short
clear des, noxed. So. 95GB6. Whisky, Sl.lS.
Sugar firm; cut loaf, 6H@659c; GRADUATED,
55se: standard A, 554c- Receipts-Flour,
I1,O0O bbls; wheat, 10000 bu; corn, 100, 00t bu:
pats, 5000 bu; T e. 1900 bu; barley, 10000
bu. Snipments-FlOur, 1900 bbls; wheat,
1000 bu: corn, $4,000 bu; oats. $4,000 blu;
rye, 1,0JO bu; barley, 20, 100 bu. On the
produce exchange butter ruled easy; cream
cry. 2I027c; dairy. 18024c; packing STOCK
14GI5c. Fresh eggs, 23QD24c.
CIV .GRIGGS. Wires A. c. ANDERSON, Asst C.
1Hk oT. PAUL NATIONAL bANn
CAPITAL S500.000
Cnr1,nr Z ffIl and Jackson straata