The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-26
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, March 25.-The week opened on
the stock Exchange with active speculation
and strong tone the dealings. Not since the
upward movement began was there such heavy
volume of business, and the foreign houses were
large buyers of the international stocks, the ad-
vance in American securities on the London Stock
Exchange stimulating purchases in this market.
During the first quarter of an hour nearly every
stock traded in recorded an advance ranging from
rs per cent, The latter in Great Northern pre-
TERED. A raid made in General Electric induced
by the denial of reported agreement between the
Westinghouse and General Electric companies
broke that stock 21s per cent and depressed the
general market.
Chicago Gas lost .. the selling in the stock being
largely due 10 the decision OF the court holding
Ogden charter could not be attacked except in suit
OF the Attorney-General OF Illinois or the State
Attorney. The other declines ranged from Ia TO
ia per cent tie latter in New Jersey Central,
winch had previously ad vanced 21s. The iepres-
sion Of brief duration and before II O'Clock the
market was again the upward turn with New
Jersey Central, General Electric and Reading In
the lead. Speculation, however soon became IT.
regular. out on brisk buying os Sugar that stock
Is per cent above Saturday closing and the
market generally recorded an Improvement. After
nidday..a few stocks yielded IA fraction which was
quickly recovered and speculation again became
stronger
During ilie last baif hour speculation was some
what irregular, but the market closed in fairly
good tone with great majority of the stocks dealt
in above the closing figures OF Saturday. Among
the more important gains are: Union Pacific AS,
Sugar ia, Cedar Falls and Minnesota 9, Great
Northern preferred 5. The only shares that de-
Pittsburg and Western preferred and Distilling
Trust receipts / per cent. The total sales of the
day were heavier thar or any day for months past.
The bond market during the morning evinced
considerable ir-egularty but in the later session
:nere WAS general upward movement, the clos
ing being about the best OF the day. The sales
aggregated 81, 2S0, 900, of which $4l2, 900 were
Atchison tours and $4,000 Kansas and Texas
seconds. Government bonds strong. State bonds
Inactive. Railroad bonds strong. Petroleum
strong. Pennsylvania oil sales none; April option
sales none; closed 1872 bid
Eroin and
Wheat-March, 605Sc.
Flour-Steady.
Hops-Dull, quiet
Wool-Quiet-
oranges-Steady: California, 50 1893 so: West
Indian, 81 50@3 90
Pig Iron-ouiet; Scotch. $1,000; American
SO 50@112 so.
COpper--steady; brokers' price, SO 37aa; ex
change price, So 80.
Lead-Firm; brokers price, So 05; exchange
price, So 1917.
Tin-steady: straits, SI3 eO@14; plates, quiet
Speiter-Du.l; domestic, So Is.
COifee-Options opened steady and unchanged 10
10 points advance, with light local buying which
was later increased by dealings in March. Foreign
news dull. Closed steady at points decline. Sales
$3.50 bags, including: March, SIS IS: April, SIS Is
S14 7O@14 so; October, Slk 75t@14 80; December
Sl4 SIS.
Spot CofYee-Rio. firm: No. Z, 1890.
Mild-Quiet: CoTdova 1S1y2019c. Sales, 4OC
Central American. private terms.
Sugar-Raw, firm. Sales, 400 tons Muscovado
90 test, 11-i6c; 5000 bales molasses sugar Sc
test, 1850, c. c. and Z. Refined, quiet