National Republican., 1888-05-16
4 TRADERS MARKET.
Very Little business on the Stock EN-
change Yesterday.

NEw YoRK, May lj,-'rhc stock market was
very dull throughout to-day, and was weak
in the forenoon. but recovered its tone later,
though the fluctuations were confined TO its
nauowost limits. The opening was made at
Irregular changes from the closing figures OF
yesterday and for a short time the market
was fcyeriSh though generally, weak, The
professionals were selling, and the temper Of
the room was rather begrish, aud as there was
very little support In the market beyond the
foreign buying of Reading prices quickly
began To WELD Commission houses had few
orders and the market became u regular
traders market after the first few minutes.
"A better tone prevailed after IL o'clock but
there was no animation whatever until the
marked strength. The market again became
extremely dull before the close, which was
firm at close TO he hest figures.
Money on call has bcCn easy, ranging from
! 10 =, last loNnHt ~ and: 2inE ,irercd at T..
sterling exchange Is quiet Hnd steady,
Actual business ut iSJ for G0day bills and
~ for demand, Posted rates lsJ 10 iSgl;
Government bonds have been dull and
steady
Treasury bQlances-coln, sl32isl3s; eur.
The following were the closing bid quota.
tlons;
4s coupon 1e,: als, coupon los; Pacific Gs
So i2l; District uf Columbia Boss. lls; Georgia
=. new, gold, l0il Louisiana Is, t9l: Missouri
Gs 1851; North Carolina consolidated Gs, ilN.
do Is, g3l: Tennessee new Gs. iOi: do. IS, nj
do 3s. 10: Virginia Is. Is: do. y Nat coupon
81; Central Pacific tirsts, ll5; d., II. q. ~ NJ
irsts, ~; Missouri, Kansas and Texas gen. Os
GO; do. 5s ~; Northern Pacific hrsts. us! [;
do seconds, lOG; Northwestern consolidated
iiOl; do dcbCnturc, iO1,; ST. Louis and san
francisco, liGl; 81. Paul consolidated 1885, st.
Paul, Chicago and Pacific irsts, l?l; South.
ern Pacific lrSts, 1l3l; Texas Pacific II. g., GgI;
Union Pacific iirsts. llil; West shore, 1921;
Adams Express. i3s: Alton and Terro ilautc,
80; do. preferred, ~; American Express, 100;
Boston Air Line preferred, %; H. &. ~ X. ~,
%; Canada southern, ~; canton, 80: central
and Alton, l35 do. preferred. 100; Chicago,
BurlingtOn and Quincy. li3t; Clcv. colo. Is;
Consolidated Coal -: Delaware aud Hudson,
l0Si: Delaware Lackawanna and Western,
do. preferred. IS: Fort Wayne Isl; Harlem,
PIG; Houston and Texas, II; Illinois Central,
li0l: Kansas and Texas, l3i; Lake Erie and
Western. 1i.: Lake shore, 0l.; Louisville and
ana Charleston. 55; Mctropolitan Elevated,
l3i!: Michigan Central, -; Missouri Pacific,
| i6,: Mob. & o.. 8; Nor Il T., li!; Nashville
and Chattanooga, iji; New Jersey Central,
| So; Norfolk and Western preferred, iS; North.
crn Pacific, ei. do. preferred, 5ll; Northwest
| tral. 1851; New York. chicago and 81, Louis,
II: do. preferred, Is; Ohio and Mississippi, 20
| do. preferred, SO Oregon Navigation, ~; Pa
| ciic Mail 3li; Pittsburg i5s; Reading, GIL;
West Point Terminal, s5i; Rock Island, 1857;
st. l.. Il $, f. 49,; do. preferred, 81; first pre-.
ferred, 11s: St. Paul, ,sl; do. preferred, III;
| 81. Paul and omaha, IS; do. preferred, 1917;
sOs; Union Pacific, 53i; United States Express,
| %; wabash, ST. Louis and Pacific, II; do.
| preferred, 25.; Wells Fargo Express, 1876:
| Western Union, iG.; Silver Certificates, g!l
American Cotton OIL, 81; Quicksilver, .; do.
| preferred, 81.
| 81 kpl