Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-19
ON WALL STREET.
The Stock Market Shows no Especial
Change of Features in Dealings.
The Marke: is Dull and Narrow, but With q
Firm, strong Fealing-Pr,css at the
Close Tended Upward.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME.
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NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Mouey-
at easy rates to-day; the highest was 6 4,
the lowest 8, and closing at 8.
/ Exchange-Steady; posted rates IN
| changed.
Silver-107I.
Sugar-Raw and refined continue dull
! at previous prices.
Wheat-Options moderately active to-
day; prices finally closed weak 4 and 4
cent decline. and spot lots dull.
Wool-Dull but steady at previous
prices.
Cotton-Spot lots steady: middling
uplands $3.50. Futures closed 2 to 3
points lower.
Hides-Frm. Buenos Ayres, dry,
l2lac; dry Texas, 9l5c.
Coffee-Spot lots steady; fair Rio car
goes. zoo. Futures steady, points
higher.
Stocks - Dali to-day, only IT'S, l4l
shares changing hands for the entire
day. Prices very irregular, but changes
mostly confined TO narrow limit. Prices
at close were generally fractionally
were no features.
Atchison, 2s =.
Dry goods-The market to-day was
extremely dull. only a few jobbers in
the market and no feature developed.
RAILROAD BONDS AND CERTIFICATES.
Bonds, dull.
Denver, Texas aud Fort Worth certin-
Gates, 37lo
Fort Worth and Denver g, 991n.
Atchisou general mortgage AS, S0L
Atchison incomes. 5O12.
Kansas and Texas Is. 72Is.
Kansas and Texas 2's. 81.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas rs, 72T.
ST. Louis, Arkansas aud Texas rs,
II.
Texas and Pacific IS, 81.
Texas and Pacific 2's. 80.
CoTToN-FUTUREs AND SPOTS.
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NEW ORLEANS. La, Dec. 1S.-At-
Wood, Violet & Co. SAYS:
Futures-A leading exporting firm
writes from tine North under date Of the
18th inst. 1.-The continent has bought
largely. England has got her full guam
titv and American spinners are short Of
cash, and, except for moderate spurts,
We see no chance for market at pres-
ent.
Both sides are awaiting developments,
and to-day changes are slight. Liver
pool about / and New Orleans and New
York points lower. Port receipts to-
day are AZ ,4l4, against 80, 09s last year.
Stocks Ut Memphis, St. Louis and Au-
gusta are 26 900 larger than last Friday.
We think the port and interior move
ment will continue. Large receipts are
likely to have more effect on the market
than any other influence.
Free on board-Demand still for mid
ding and above, good color. Sales,
1900 bales.
Spots-Steady at quotation. Sales,
1000 bales.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AND BONDS.
New YORK, Dec. ls.-The stock mar
ket to-day showed no change in its gen.
eral characteristics from those of the
previous few days, being dull and mar
row, but with firm to strong feeling,
and the final changes of to-day,
while somewhat irregular and gen.
orally for fractional amounts only,
are in most cases in the direc ton OF
highar figures. The opening was made
at a decline of from b@3s per cent,
generally, With special losses of l per
cent. in Pacific Mail and Il in Louisville
and Nashville. The market, however,
rallied from 6rst sales and there was
good though light. buying throughout
the entire day. which kept prices moving
almost steady IN an upward direction.
Notwithstanding the special drives at
Rock Island. Atchison and Lack awanna
in the final rally, Missouri Pacific was
conspicuous, and all grangers made ma
al oina htrt hn ri
vented any marked advances. The close
was dull but firm at close to the best
figures.
Railroad bonds quiet.
Government bonds steady.
State bonds quiet