The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-12-09
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at ths
Two Great Business Centers


Two Great business Centers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8-Flour heavy; receipts,
%, $50 brls; exports, 9,955 brls, 1S, 1873 sacks
Wheat-Receipts, 70. 700 be, exports, 9s,614
bu. Cash 40sc lower. Options opened firm
and advanced 04c, afterwards declined 3 sc,
closing unsettled with areaction of 0ac Sales,
10,624, 600 bu futures; 168 600 bu spot; and to
arrive; mo. 2 spring, 9oc; No. hard, 90! a $3.50
store; ungraded red, SO 924c; No. red, size;
No. 2 red, SOC elevator; 904 a 90ac delivered; No.
red. 92c; No l white S85c: No 2 red. Decem-
Der. SO 08Ssc closing at 8Ssc; January, 665 q
S9sc, closing at Sole: February, 90a 9l2c closing
at 9Oic March. 925 a 925c, closing at 92lc April,
81 94ac; closing at 94c; May. 80 095sc, closing
at 95zc: june 954 q 96ac, closing at &c.
Corn 302c lower; closing heavy. Receipts:
1880 bu; exports, 80, 265 bu; sales, GA, 900 bu
futures, 100000 bu spot; ungraded, $50 48ac;
steamer, 462c TO arrive; No q All 48c elevator.
4S9 049c afoat, 1890 (. o. b.; No December
nominal; January 4S04Ssc, closing at 4ssc;
February, 495 a 499c. closing at 49sc May, 51s a
5c4c, closing at 5l2c.
Oats-Lower and more active Receipts. 30. 100
bu; exports, 1897 bu; mixed Western, 30 031c;
white Western, 81 043c.
Hay firm and in fair demand; shipping, 800
Soc
Hops dull; Pacific coast, 12030c.
Coffee-Fair Rio firm at ID &c; options active and
higher. Sales, $4,000 bags; December 1880
II soc; January, IL 80 q II 55c February, II. 400
IL Zoe; March. II 40 a II Coo; April IL As IL Csc;
May, IL so 0l2 Csc; June, H. 012 Zoe; July,
IL. 75c. Sugar firm refined firm; G, Al a 44c;
extra c, AZ 04sc: yellow 4a04Sc; standard A,
5 916; cut-loaf and crushed, &c; mold A,
l5-l6c; confectioners' A, 1866 Molasses
dull Rice steady
Talow steady. Rosin quiet.
Eggs ir fair request and firm; receipts, 1885
packages Pork firm and fairly active.
Mess, $l1. 90 for one-year-old, and $10750n
for two-year old. Cut meats firm picked bellies,
6ac; picked hams, 9094c fresh hams. &c.
Lard heavy; Western steam, spot, 6.429 a 6. SOC;
December, 47c; January, 6 40d 06 SOC;
February, 648065 Sic; March. g. Sc 06.65c; April,
g. 60 06. Zoe; city steam, 6. 20 06. 25c.
Butter firm, and in fair inquiry; Western, IL
029c; Elgin creamery, Doc. Cheese firm and
rather quiet
Copper dull; lake, III 012c.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8-The amount of wheat on
ocean passage showed decrease of 1850, 900 bu
Tor the week, which impaired some strength to
the market early in the session. May delivery
started at S5fc. where it closed last night, ad-
vancing several times to 854c, and once touching
S5sc, but broke off from that point and declined
in the afternoon to Acc, or Il under the best
prices of the day. The Liverpool cable quoted
dull and easy market and some of the large
| local operators who have been talking bulllsh
were supposed to be unloading their holdings
The offerings were certainly very free, and
prices broke off sharply under the pressure
Near the close there was a rally of &c from in
side prices, and the market closed for the day
&c under the latest prices of yesterday. Corn
developed considerable weakness. the MAY OPP
ton declining to 422c during the day, but rally
ing S03c toward the close. The receipts were
fairly large, with the estimated receipts for to-
morrow smaller. The shipping demand was
good, but mainly for the lower grades. Oats
ruled slow and easy, and about 4c lower Pro
visions were active, but the feeling was nervous
ana unsettled. Mess nOrk 0nanp0 hG74c
barrel lower, after which fluctuations were coz
fined to range of 15c, closing for the day 100
lac under yesterday Lard was quiet and easy,
closing l00123c per 100 pounds lower Short
changed, with buyers holding off, The leading
futures ranged as follows.