Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-16
ON WALL STREET.
The Stock Market Yesterday Was Dull
at Firm Prices.
1ha Close Was From Ia to Per Cent Higher
Than Saturdays Final Figures-Money
Easy at Low Rates.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
srecial to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. l5.-Money-Easy
throughout the day. The lowest rate
vas 2H per cent, the highes. AZ, and
closing g.
Exchauge--Steady.
Silver, 81. 093i.
sugar-Raw dull and refined, quiet
previous figures.
Wheat-Optiors were moderately act
i've and firm. closing fractionally higher.
Spot lots closed steady.
Wool-Duil at unchanged prices; fall,
Texas, l7@20c. j
Cotton-spot lots steady. MiddlipE
upiands, 9$sc. Futures closed frmEnts
TO Z points higher.
Hides-Firm; Buenos Aryes dry,
l2l@c; dry Texas, 9ac.
Cofee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio car,
goes, zoe. Futures closed steady. q
Stocks-DuIl to-day, only SO, ssh
shares changing hands up to the close.
Prices were generally firm, however, on
general impression that the railroad
presidents at their meeting to-day would
4
cent higher.
Dry goods-Market to-day was fairly
active, with prices about steady.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds, dull
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certif-
Gates, 81.
Fort Worth and Denver IS, 99l2.
Atch!son general mortgage As, 30.
Atchison incomes, 81.
Kansas and Texas Is, ~.
Kansas and Texas 2's, IS.
Missouri, Kansas aud Texas 2's, 10.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas .. 1914.
st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas l's,
7G1s.
Texas and Pacific Is, S4!&.
Texas aud Pacific 2's, 6l44.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Dec. l5.-The market in
Wall street to-day was dun ana slug
Eish one, the general disposition being to
await the outcome of the railroad presi-
dents meeting before doing anything in
the market, and narrowne's also marked
dealings from the same cause. Tie de-
mund wGs very light, the shorts having
coy cred to a large extent during the final
days of last week, ana that support to
the market was lacking while London
and all classes of operators were waiting
simply. The market opened from to
! per cent better, but the lack of demand
after the first buying movement had
been satisfied, and which raised the
prices from a TO 3. per cent over those
of the opening.
There was sdgging movement which
lasted throughout the greater part of the
day, wipiug out most of the advances
over Saturdays final figures. The mar
ket dwindied away TO the smallest pro-
portions in the afternoon, but little buy
ing In the last few minutes, and closed
with Il steady to firm tone al about OPEN
ing prices of former stocks. The final
chabges are almost all advances, though
generally for insignificant fractions.
Railroad bonds steady.
Government bonds dull and steady.
State bonds quiet and featureless.
CoTToN-FUTUREs AND SPOTS.
Special TO the Gazette.
NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. l5.-At-
wood, Violet Il Co., say:
Futures-Liyerpool at the opening
showed less trmuess on spots than for
ten days past, but Notwithstanding we
improved three to four points. and New
York eight points, the strength OF The
market here has been tested to-day and
found wanting. There is too wide n
premium and too little demand for actual
cotton Just now to make an immediate
ana lasting improvement likely. AT
least these are our impressions. We
may be mistaken, rs there has been
lately considerable covering of shorts.
The covering of short interests, however,
generally leaves the market IN d weaker
position. Liverpool closed firm ut Sat-
urday's closing prices. Memphis re-
ceipts to-day were very large: $4,000,
and ports receipts 81 200, against 5S,
last year.
Spots were in good demand to-day, one
continental exporter being heavy
buyer of good grades, but no change was
apparent in prices. Sales, %, 400 baies.
Free on board shared in the improved
demand, aud sales amounted 10 5000
bales. Higher grades are only taken
where samples are 10 be seen.