The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-07-24
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..
New York stocn Market

New York StocR Market
NEW YORK, July 23.-The upward
movement TO prices on the stock ex-
change to day received fresh impetus In
renewed buying for the short account.
Crop adyices continue very favorable
and the weak spots in the market are
few. The market opened active with a
confident tone to the trading which SUBJ
seqaently developed into pronounced
ouoysn:y. The advance at times vas
retarded by sales TO take profits but
these roactions were irconseauentisl
until the last hour when determined
attack was made by tho bears which
caused sharp break IN some shares.
sugar and the Changers were in excell-
emit buying, the latter on crop news and
the first named on orders from . pool of
insiders Railway and miscellaneous
mortgages were strong and active with
sales Of So 100000
Closing stocks were az follows:
Atohison, 1879; Adams Express, lat;
Baltimore and Ohio, 60; Chesapeake
Quincy. sSs; Chicago Gas, 56x; G. g. G.
and ST. Louis, 47ss; Del. Lackawanna
and Western, l62A; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., FL Is; Erie, OK; Erie
preferred. 22H; Great Northern pre-
ferred, l25H; Lake Shore. 152E; Lead
Trust, 34x; Louisville and Nashville.
59S; National Cordage, /; National
Cordake preferred, y; N. j. Central,
lo1 4; Norfolk and Western preferred,
1875 Northern Pacific preferred, 1s%;
Northwestern, 10OA; Northwestern pre-
ferred, lac; N. Y. Central, 1Ol%; N. Y,
and New England, 5O}a; Pacific Mall,
1914; Rock Island, 75N; St. Paul, e9E;
ST. Paul and Omaha, 4O%; Southern
Pacific, 24%: Sugar Refinery, l13k;
Union Pacific, 1873; Western Union,
9lS General Electric, SO; Southern,
IA Southern preferred, 42S; Tobacco,
III Is; Tobacco preferred, Ill.
Chicago Market
CHICAGO, July 23.-Despite plenty of
bullishness the wheat and corn markets
were weak on realizing to day and closed
with respective losses of lie and &c per
oushel. Oats were also weak but less
30 than the more pretentious neighbors,
the decline in its active future being
limited to less than &c per bushel. Pro
visions suffered from bear attacks and
cheaper hogs. Wheat started weak and
remained so despite the fact that there
was much bullieh news afloat
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. 9--July, opening, 66X@
81 u, closing 66$s; September, opening,
e7T @6s4, closing 67A@67%; Decem-
Der, opening, TO- closing 69%@e991.
Corn No. 2-July, opening, 44H@45,
closing, 44S @444; September, opening,
Al @44%, closing 433s; May. opening,
So u, closing, 1885. Oats No. 2-July,
opening, 23s4, closing 231G; Septembe
opening, 22Ss, closing, 22x@22%; May,
opening, 25A. closing, 95ss. Mess pork,
per bbl.-September, opening, il.eo,
closing, 10. 77M; January, opening, lO. 90,
closing, 10 20. Lard, per 100 lbs.-Sep-
tembor, opening, 6 IS, closing, 6.a2N;
October, opening, -, closing, 40;
January, opening, Gas, closing, g.. 30
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-Septem Der,
opening, o 80, closing, 6.1716; October,
opening, $50; closing, 6.l5; January,
opening, SOAK, closing, 572%.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady, unchanged; winter pat
ents, 3.9o@4.00; straighss, 3 4O@3 %;
spring patents, 3.90@4.25; bakers, 2.1O@
$50; No. aspiring wheat, 66S @699s; No.
spring wheat. nominal; No. Q red, &C "
S967 No. corn, 441@44%; No. yell
low, a. GAS; No. oats, 239a; No. 9
white, s7&@2Sx; No. white, 27X@
271; No. 9rye, 4716; No. barley nomi-
nall No. 3, nominal; No. 4, nominsl No
haxseed, 1.97@l.2s; prime timothy
seed, 500; mess pork, per bbl, 10 TO@
TO- rs; lard, per 100 lbs, 6.25@6. 27S:
short ribs sides, Qoose), 6 05@6 10; dry
sailed shoulders (boxed), 5sk@5k;short
clear sides, (boxed), 6H@6%; whiskey,
distillers' finished goods per gallon, l. %;
sugars; cut loaf, 5.13; granulated, 400;
standard A "a