The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-24
STOCKS WERE ACTIVE
FRESH TO THE UPWARD
MOVEMENT THAT IS IN PROGRESS.
Chicago Gas and Reading Among the
Leaders In the Trading-Local
Grain Markets More Interesting.

At New York. yesterday, money on call
was easy at 1lsq2 per cent; last loan, IA
per cent, closing at liz per cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 3AG5 per cent
Sterling exchange was firm. with actual
business in bankers bills at S4.s9ss44S91a
for demand and at S.SSss64.Ssla for sixty
days; posted rates, $4,000. s911h and $4,000
1901; commercial bills. aS7hn4s7%.
Silver certificates. 66AQ67c; bar silver,
6ssc; Mexican dollars, soc. Bar silver, 9oAd
per ounce at London.
Total sales of stocks were 3of, 700 shares,
including: American Sugar, 1920; Atchi-
son, 5000; Burlington, 8.100; Canada South
ern. 300; Chicago Gas, 81, 400; Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago q st. Louis, $500; Dis
filling certificates. $500; Erie. 400: Louis
vile & Nashville 4, 500; Missouri Pacific. $500;
New Jersey Central, {, 100; Northwestern, H.
400; Reading, $1,000; st. Paul, 1900; United
States Cordage. 400; Wabash preferred.
$500: Western Union, $500.
The upward movement on the Stock Elk
change received fresh impetus yesterday,
and a higher range of values was estab-
tablished in the greater number of shares
dealt in. Speculation was active at the
opening of the business, and the first prices
made were generally higher than Monday
ing fractional gains were made, except in
the coal shares, against which a bear
demonstration was made, sending the quo
Central and a fraction for the rest of the
group, The general market soon became
Bay State Gas advancing q: Manhattan,
~, and Quicksilver preferred, / per cent.
ward turn. New jersey eiaes P central i0p pisin ns IL IL;
Pullman and Baltimore & Ohio Southwest
Duluth. South shore G Atlantic preferred,
rs and other shares. k@7s per cent. Sub
sesouently Chicago Gas fell back y and
Cincinnati ChicnC on 2. CT I otrir nrQfnrrn6
1 per cent. but before noon the market had
recovered its tone. In the early afternoon
not exceed a fraction except in New Jersey
Central the loss in that stock being 1A per
developed strength under good buying. the
common moving up 70; the preferred IA
acted i at the close. LacIede Gas also
rose | per cent. The changes between | and
z o'clock were unimportant, excepting a re-
delivery hour approached speculation grew
ers. Northwestern rose 2Is; Northwestern
preferred: 2; Rock Island, "; st. Paul, u,
i'm ina good ,eddrli bnying. Del awe coa 4 Hudson Msre a ado
vanced Reading. If: New Jersey Cen
tra1 w ana Lackaw van z. and susauehan1 ma
sold up MMiN. the latter Pullman and Mis-
souri, PACIFIC. AT the close the market was
other stocks at the best prices of the year.
Among the more important gains on yes
~[AaGAy . AnoL la 60 dAC. 1CldWdF C l1uu-
son, Bay State Gas: Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern, Rock Island and Ohio South
ern. Fer cent; Sugar, Denver & Rio
Grande preferred and Laclede Gas, 1M;
st, Paul, Missouri Pacific and Manhattan,
": Northwestern, ~; Northwestern pre-
ferred. Quicksilver preferred and Cordage
preferred. 1%: Cordage guaranteed. Long
Island Traction and Duluth. South Shore &
Atlantic. 2. and Duluth, South Shore &
Atlantic preferred, rs per cent. Pullman
recovered ~ per cent. of the early loss of
? per cent, and shows a decline of only
"a on the day. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago & st. Louis is down l per cent. and
= there are a few other stocks which are
dawn h@& per cent.
The trading in bonds was again heavy,
sues at the close. The aggregate sales were
1920 GOO. in which Atchison seconds figured
for $377, 600 and the Reading bonds for
$3.50 .oOo.. Chicago & Erie incomes brought
y, against 1879 on March l. Other adj
vances, were: 81. Louis & San Francisco
general hves, az: Baltimore e. Ohio fves,
6: Colorado Midland firsts, 2. Declines:
Hannibal & st. Joe consols. 21a per cent;
Peoria e. Eastern incomes, 2.
bonds were inactive.
The following able. prepared by James F..
Berry. Room 49,. Board of Trade. shows the
range of quotations: