The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-06
FINANCE AND TRADE.
The Features Of the 9Ioasy aud Stock
Markets.


NEW YORK. Dec. S-Noney on call easy al lai's
per cent; last loan per cent; closed offered a.
per cent Prime mercantile paper 2lsaiper cent
sterling exchange frm with actual business 10
lznEs-.' bItls stSt Sssl So for demand. silver
certificates s9jsc bid. The total SALes Oi 1sVeAA
To-day were Es.31O shares
Speculation on the stock exchange today was
confined 10 sugar. Chicago Gas aud the GFangefs
shares. Outside OF these securities the tfansae;,
tons did not reach 1000 shares. aud oil tue toIAl
sales OF the day nearly two-thlrds were OF sugar,
l10l0D0 shares Of which changed HANDS, being
about the heaviest ules Of any single stock on
the exchange IN one day. An opportunity Wa
afforded for this very lively trading by ne IN,
certainty which prevailed up 70 the Close ~
business as 10 the dividend. The stock rose anu
fell as the operators therein viewed the situA.
ton. except that a reaction was brought ABOUT
AZ one period OF the day by the receipI OF NJ
vices from Warrington that senator quay , naa
introduced bill 10 take oA the dinefenual GUY
on sugar. The controlling influence. however,
was the probable action OF the directors o. me
company. who went into session shorty MIe5 !
O'Clock and did not announce theit 1eelslon ue,
claring the regular dividends on ooth common
aud preferred stocks until after the close OF
business The course OF the shares today Wa
even more erratic than usual. An ADVANCE OF :
per cent Was made In the INST fifteen minutes,
which was quickly followed BY decline oil PEI
cent and promot rise OF ~ per cent 70 es14
which figure YVES reached about noon.
After midday. q loss Of IL per cent was HlAuo:
In the late dealings when the impression grew
strong that the regular dividends would be 90
clAred, an advance 10 50 was effected; the Cos.
ing sale being within y per cent OF the highest
point Of the day and 81 per cent above the maj
transaction Of yesterday. The preferred slock
gained ia per cent. In Chicago Gas the move
ment OF prices was governed entirely 6y an IN.
side clique. which changed from one side Of me
market 10 the other, presumably In the hope OF
attracting outsiders TO deal In the stocks Inc
shares fuctuAted within range OF IA per cent,
opening u per cent higher At ~. selling up 70
~, breaking to az aud closing a. q, when u
only :, per cent above Yesterdays closing VI
the granger group. ST. Paul was the weakest on
sales for the foreign account, made In the bellei
that 81. Paul will have TO fall in llne with rs
sister companies In reducing the rate Of dNl;
dend. A decline OF / per cent TOOK place, OF
which y per cent was recovered in tue late ttau'
Ing. Burlington and Northwestern are ehch =
per cent higher The general market was unset;
lied. but was without important feature Ahd
closed fairly firm, the more important changes
on the day being advances OF Consolidation coal
~ per cent and Rubber preferred Ia pereent
There were declines Of IA per cent In norfolk y
Western preferred, ~ in Tobacco preferred ahu
per cent III National Linseed.
There was firm tone 10 the bond market dur;
lug the day and a more general dirtributlon oil
business f6I some time past The total dealings
aggregated 81 ,l9O.5OO.
Government bonds strong.
Stale bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds firm.