The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
COALERS ARE ACTIVE
THEY LEAD THE TRADING ON THE
NEW YORK sTOCIx EXCHANGE.
The Hallway List Heavy, with Vol
Markets Open Dan for April.

At New York yesterday money call
was active at Pa per cent; last loan, 9;
closed, per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. Au5ls per cent.
Sterling exchange was strong, with
actual business in bankers bills at s4S9A0p
4.S9ls for demand, and at s4 Ssl40l4.S Sls for
sixty days; posted rates, s4.s8.l614.S9 ana
$49019: commercial bills, $4.S7s4@4.S7la
Silver certificates. 67lx@6Sc; sales, $4,000;
bar silver, 674c; Mexican dollars norn,lally
&c.
including: American Sugar, 52.soo Amer
lean Tobacco, 300; Atchison. $500; Bur-
lngton, 9,7d0; Chicago Gas. 1900; c., c.. c.
& st. L.. 4500; Distilling and Cattle Feed
ing, 1o,So0; General Electric. 500: Kansas &
Texas. 5000; Louisville & Nashville, 6TO0.
New Jersey Central, 200; L., n. A. & c..
6,70o; Reading, 1850; Rock Island, S,10o;
St. Paul, 1880; Northwest, 500; Silver
Bullion certificates. 10000 Southern Rail-
road. $500; Southern preferred 5000; United
The speculation on the Stock Exchange
yesterday WAS unsettled in tone, but the
volume. of, business was fairly good AS
general rule the railway list was heavy,
the coal group was in good demand The
chief gains over Monday were in these
strong, and in the first half hour advanced
1sn2 per cent, the latter in Bay State
1dS, OIL a purchase OF IlV SIlAreS. Tobacco
rose ~ per cent, and the other gains were
merely fractional, except that Denver Il
Rio Grande preferred rose per cent. New
Jersey Central, which had advanced 1a per
cent, was subjected to bear pressure and
sold down IA per cent; and the general
tinuing drl force until a short time before
noon Then came an advance ranging up
ing most prominent. Exceptions to the ap
probation in values were Bay State Gas
and La CleGe Gas preferred, which recedeG
o'clock a realizing movement in Sugar
jis per cent. and some other shares gave
way fractionally. At this time, too Met
ropoitan Traction, on a sale Of 100 shares.
dropped 4la per cent, to &c. subsequently
q rally OF lsMlh per cent. was made, with
Canada southern in the lead, but before :
grangers suffered most but the losses did
not exceed a fraction, except that New
Eng land broke per cent, making the total
Ing 27s I1ackawanna receding Ia and New
Jersey Central liz, and Baltimore & Ohio
cent. In the final trading there were some
few slight recoveries, but the market
way list are IN the main lcwer than at the
close Of Saturday. the grangers beirg down
DeIawar 9no IA New an Eng Nan.
ropolitan Traction Az per cent. Pacific
Mail shows a loss of l per cent. and La
the day ara Chicago & Eastern Illinois
preferred and Edison Electric of New
York, per cent, and Canada Pacific. Nor
folk & Western preferred, Minnesota Iron
and Sugar q per cent. This last named
stock was, as Isl al, most active of the
entire list and sold up to 10434, the highest
point yet touched, but closed l per cent
below the highest.
Speculation in bonds during the early
session. was strong. particularly for the
active issues. Kansas seconds were in re-
quest and moved up liz per cent. There
was subsequent sales to realize profits
which caused losses in Kansas & Texas
seconds / per cent, the general market
giving way to lesser extent. The closing
however, was firm with most issues, show
ing an Improvement on the Cay. The total
sales were Si.730,000. The more important
gains are: Toledo, ST. Louis & Kansas
City firsts. 3 per cent; Norfolk e Western
100-year fives, s; Erie second consols "a;
Erie trust receipts, stamped. q
Government bonds were firm. State
bonds were firm but dull
The following table, prepared by James q.
Berry, Room Is, Board of Trade. shows the
range of quotations.: