The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-10
CONDITION OF TIE MARKETS.
A Dull and Spiritless Day On Change,
with Very Limited TRANSACTIONS.
Wheat Steady and Very Slow, with Fluctua-
tions Bounded by Quarter of Cent
Corn epressed-PrOvisions Dull.
MONEY, BONDS AND STOCKS.

ytocks Less Active, bnt Otherwise Practically
MISUNDERSTANDING Bonds Featureless.
NEW YORK, Nov. 9-Money call was
quiet at Sac per cent, closing at per cent
asked.
Prime mercantile paper. 405 per cent.
Sterling exchange was quiet, but steady and
unchanged.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 223, 978
shares, including the following Canada South
ern, 1850; Delaware Lackawapna & Western
7400 Kansas & Texas, 4. 200; Lake Shore, 1885,
Louisville & Nashville, $40; Memphis &
Charleston, 5000: Northwestern, $780, New
Jersey Central, 8,8l1; Reading, 1885, st. Paul,
1864; St Paul e Omaha, 400; Union Pacific.
10, 800; Texas Pacific, 5, 100; Western Union, s.,
$50; Northern Pacific preferred, 4,053; Oregon
& Transcontinental, $780,
Government bonds were dull.
State bonds were dull and firm.
Stocks while somewhat less active. presented
Che same general features that they have for
some days past The labor troubles in Chicago
and London were the important topic of CONVEX
eation and their effect was principally to restrict
transactions. The foreign interests sold little
stock, but not enough TO materially affect prices
Fluctuations were narrow, especially In the
ubu8iIy dcLtV0 uSb ana Jersey Seutrdl, Oh ou1
and Union Pacific were the only stocks coming
under the head of life. A few of the inactive
stocks were advanced sharply, chief among
5 which were Memphis e Charleston, Virginia
Midland and Oregon Improvement Mobile d
Ohio also became prominent in the afternoon. with
the stocks of the bituminous coal companies.
The opening was tame and inclined to heaviness
the declines from the closing figures of last
evening ranging from to per cent, while
large proportion of the active list remained un
changed. There was moderate business in the
first hour, and in the early dealings prices were
firm, Richmond & West Point being notably
strong. The early gains we're generally lost by
noon, after which the market became very dull
bat firm, the specialties coming into prominence
Toward the close the market again steadied
but remained without feature and closed dull
hat steady, close to opening figures. Sales, 223,-
S7S shares; Reading, 1850; Richmond & West
Point, 16, 400: st. Paul, 1854; Union Pacific,
1880, and Hooking Valley IL $751; The final
changes for the day are for small fractions only
among the active list. with the exception of
Richmond e. West Point, which gained IT,
Memphis & Charleston, however, Is up A; Viz
ginia Midland & Oregon Improvement, Il.
Railroad bonds we're without special feature
Sales. 81. 943. 900, of which the West Shore fur
nishsd 1916, 600 The Wabash, Indiana, Bloom
ington &c Western and St Paul issues also
attracted considerable attention. Prices were
firm to strong throughout the day, and declines
are very few The Shenandoah frsts 81
per cent higher, at 90; the general skies 81. at
43; Wabash 1898 g. at 81; Detroit, Mack
mac & Marquette frsts 2, at 90, Evansville 81
Terre Haute, Mount Vernon sizes, %, at 1124:
Kansas City 81 Southwestern firsts 81, at 1917;
Indiana, Bloomington q Western frsts 2, at 90.
Closing quotations were: