Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-05
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
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NEW YORK, February t-Cotton duh aud easy;
salos to-day, g bales uplands, 9kc: Orleans.
il-l6c ; net receipts ~ all ports, Asst bales;
exports-to Great Britain, s2,sOi bales; TO
bales stock, S65,76 bales. Southern -four firm
and quiet. WhOat irregular and dull; No
red, sl.l0as In elevator; sl.2AaSl.ls SD anoat;
Sl.I1hasl.12k {. o. b. options advanced sale.
on the cold weather reports and the bullish
West became weak and lost the advance through
realizing, closing easy No. = red, FeDrusry.
slI0& March. $i.l0is May. Si0'As. Corn high
6iss5c. aiioat; ungrsded mixed, 6sXs65c,
steamer mixed, 63h aHSc. No. 3, 6sh a64Hc;
options Arm, unchanged 10 NC. up, aud quiet:
February, 63AG March, Gea6Shc. Oats stronger
ard fairly active: options nrmer and quiet; Feb
ruary. 52Hc. May, 52c; No 2 white, February,
53Nat34c. March. 5ia53sc; spot prices-No
3, 52Aa5]c, Hops quiet and nrm. Conee-Op-
lions opened steady and unchanged 20 10 points
up, closed steady aud unchanged TO 10 up with
TAR demand; February. tlhi5asl6sO; March,
fl6I5atl650; April, fl6.Oi May, $3.50 spot
Rio fair and active fair cargoes, l9c. No. 2,
IKE. sugar-Raw held firmly and quiet: fair
refining, 4Xc; refined drm high grades hide
higher and In better demand; mould A. 3-l6c.:
standard A, l-i6c. cuI-loaf, 6Nc; crushed,
&C.; powdered. &c; graduated, sc. Mo-
lasses-toregn nominal; New Orleans tirm AMI
quiet common % fancy n a3ic'. Rice firm and
quiet. Petroleum steady and quiet; refined, all
ports, 7.20a7.i5c.; DO. in bulk, 4e0c. Cotton
seed oil quiet and firm; crude. of grade, exc
hoSln hfeAly anu Qulft, fuhlDtus cOiuinOh 10
good, Sl.49J4a sl. IS. Turpentine quiet and easy
az 4Is4lkc. Wool-Demand nrm. Pork frm
aud quiet. Cutmests quiet and steady. Mid
dies dull ami weak. Lard dull and barely
steady: western steam, s607k; city, $3.50:
February, f6.07 asked; March, f6.l3 asked
April sG23 asked May, $3.50; July, $3.50:
refined quiet; Continent s6l0as6i1 Freights
10 LIVERPOOL weak and quiet; cotton. 532d.
grain. 30. asked.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, February Cash quotations firm
and unchanged; No. spring wheat, &c. No.
2 red. gSa9sSc. No. acorn, 5ia5Ikc. No. z oats,
4f6c. Mess-pork, 900 Lard, t7.i2H. Shortribs.
SL6OaS470: dry sailed shoulders, t4ati.l0: short
clear. t5ai50& Whisky, $l.l4.
The cold weather and easier cables caused ht
the opening general desire 10 sell at tho price
ruling at the close Of the market yesterday. The
bulk Of tho first trading was done OF from 99hc
20 a.. An attempt of some OF the local shorts 70
cover their previous sales was perceived by tho
local scalpers and they bid tho price up. There
was quick advance 10 tLOOk, reaction 20
81 .O0s<, and these fluctuations were followed by
bulge aud sl.0lH was paid before the excited
traders stopped 20 draw breath The price was
around Sl.00%ati.00zs when dispatch from
san Francisco reported good general rains Ia
California and Oregon. These rains extinguish-
cd the bullish connsgraton then raging In tho
wheAt-plt aud tho advance WAS all wiped out
and May wheat sold down TO 3Ac. and closed NJ
yoAc., or NC. lower than II rested yesterday. The
light receipts were sufficient in their influence
20 keep corn from declining. The opening price
for May was 53zSc and there was one sale at
54c. The lowest price was Sic, and the closing
figures 53Ic. Oats opened dull and continued
so until the bulge in wheat, WHOM the minor
cereals showed slight advance. TRAILING was
only fair however, az tho range Of &c. The pro-
vision market was weak at the start and May
pork was coon selling al si002j(, though tl0iO
was paid Immediately at the opening. Business
was rather quiet with packers sslling on hard
spots and covering shorts on the decline.
The leading futures ranged: