The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-08
DULLNESS CONTINUES
STOCK EXCHANGE BUSINESS LIGHT
AID FLUCTUATIONS WIDER.
Further E-ngngementsl of Gold for
shipment Depressed -Prices-LocaI
Trade Picking Up Again.

At New York yesterday money on call
wat easy at ! per cent. last loan, l per
ce'.t: closed. 2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, sA0fA per cent.
Sterling exchange was firm, with actual
businss So in Bankers bills at sf-90i4d4.9oh for
demand and at s4.s9A@4.sslk for sixty days;
posted rates. s4.90q4.91: commercial bills.
$4.Ssz.
Silver certificates. es%a6sAc; bar silver.
66@c: Mexican dollars. 53Ac. AT London
bar silver was so 5-16c.
Total shares OF stock were 1884 shares.
Including American Sugar. $500: Atchison
Second assessment paid. $500: Burlington.
LOO; Chicago Gas. 5000: ,Distilling, 3,7Co;
General Electric. 1900: Louisville & Nash
vile. $500; Reading. $500; Rock Island, s.
800: st. Paul. 1850: silver bullion certificates.
1000; United States Leather, 400, Wheel
tns & Lake Erie. $500.
There was a very slight increase in the
volume OF business on the Stock Exchange
yesterday. and the movement OF prices was
IN q somewhat wider range than during the
nrst two days OF the week. The gold en-
fragments for to-day's steamer had an un-
favorable influence on the dealings. and led
mads on heavier snlPments would De
preston. The heaviness OF Americans in
the London market was also a factor for
.@@S ia WlLudl LueIe Wd8 DO
great pressure to sell, and some stocks
made gains. General Electric was notably
strong. and on good buying rose rs per
cent, closing at the highest point touched.
Inc general market opened about steady,
out an attack was soon made on the indus
trial group. which resulted in declines of Ia
Per cent. in Sugar and Cotton Oil pre-
1erred and Pullman. 1& In Chicago Gas. la
IN Erie Ielegraph, rs In Lake Shore. L in
Lake Erie & Western, IL in Lake Erie a.
lisI The reaction spent Its force prior to
midday, and, although speculation con-
es1ued very dull, prices improved with the
rise. being most marked in the final deal
1ngs. The recovery from the lowest was:
sugar Ia per cent; Lake Shore and Chi
cago Gas. rs; Lackawanna, 1. and the rest
OF the list a fraction. The market closed
EfronS In tone. The main changes of the
DAY were: Declines-Pullman, 3 per cent;
Cotton Oil. IL. and Lake Erie e Western
are General Electric. rs, and Lackawanna.
Bonds were dull and lower for the specu-
lative issues. The more important changes
trust Ewes. ~ per cent: st. Louis & San
Francisco &c neral fives and seconds. Class
j, q; st Lois * San Francisco seconds.
Class A, Ia: international & Great North
ern hrsts, Ia; Duluth & Iron Range firsts,
IL: West Shore registered tours, la, and
Flint & Pere Marquette fves and Cincin-
natl, Dayton & Ironton fives. l per cent.
Observation-Disclosures consolidated fours. IL
per cent and Seaside & Brooklyn Bridge
lrsts, Suseuehanna & Western generals.
Toledo. Peoria & Western hrsts. 1 per cent.
The total sales were 81, rs, 600.
government bonds were steady. Stare
bonds were steady and more active.
The Following table. prepared by James E.
Berry, Room is. Board OF Trade. shows the
range OF quotations: