The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-02
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
New York stook market.

NOW AorA StOCR market.
New YORK. Nov 1.-The speculation
stocks to-day exhibited falling off in
volume. The movement OF prices,
taken as whole. was less feverish
then on The preceding day. Sugar stock
counted in the days business for 70, 900
shares, leaving only ON aggregate of
100000 shares for the total of the other
market. The stock was excited on pool
manipulation and was attended by
various rumors and reports. The gen.
eral market opened quiet and fairly
steady. In the early dealings, aside
from Pacific Mail, the market displayed
strength and, on light trading, Tobacco
advanced u per cent, Tenn. Coal 1
per cent, and the list generally frac-
tione. The bears, however, made their
now usual drive after IL o'clock and
effected declines in Sugar 2A, Tobacco
l u and Louisville and Nashville, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Tenn. Coal.1 per cent.
The selling pressure abated about mid
day and on support tho grangers rallied
to the best figures of the day. The
market closed dull and f1rm.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atchison, 1875; Adams Express, $50;
Baltimore and Ohio, 6O6; Chesapeake
and Ohio, 10; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, s4A Chicago Gas, 66%; @, @. c.
and ST. Louis AK; Del. Lackawanna
and Western, 1874; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 229s; Erie, 12A; Erie
preferred, 81; Great Northern pre-.
ferred. 122; Lake Shore, 140; Lead
Trust. BIZ; Louisville and Nashville,
57H; National Cordags, TX; National
Corda9e preferred, ID; N. j. Central,
1oe]s; Norfolk and Western preferred,
II; Northern Pacific preferred, 1885,
Northwestern, l054; Northwestern pre-
ferred, LAT; N. Y. Central, 1ooA; NY.
and New England, As; Pacific Mail,
2sA; Pullman Palace, 1671<; Reading,
1855 Rock Island, 75H; st. Paul, 75ss;
St. Paul and Omaha, 411f; Southern
Pacific, ASK; Sugar Refinery, IOOX;
Union Pacific, Tx; Western Union,
90}5; General Electric, 31H; Southern,
ll%; Southern preferred, 1864; Tobacco,
9OA; Tobacco preferred, los.
New York Money Market.
New YORK, Nov. Money on call
easy at 2@2H per cent, last loan 2k,
closed 2M. Prime mercantile paper
4@5A per cent. Sterling exchange firm
actual business In bankers bills at
ssM@4.S9 for demand and 4s7s1@
4.ss for sixty days; posted rates
4.sSS@4.S9N. Commercial bills, 4s6M.
Silver certificates. 67%@esA. Gov
eminent bonds weak. State bonds in
active. Railroad bonds firm.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The Northwest
Still continues 10 vomit heavy receipts
of wheat. This and the fact that the
Liverpool market failed to repond to
ChioaRo's big bulge yesterday caused o
decided slump in this market to-day,
December closing 80 lower. after
selling 1 &c lower at ono time during
40
oats &c and provisions made moderate
losses.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat No. s-November, opening,
5sM@5sS, closing. 5sA; December,
opening, 59A@59ss. closing, 50; May
opening, 63%@6aA, closing. 63sS.
Corn, No. 2-November, opening, 2ess,
closing, 29h; Decemb Der, opening,
27A@27T. closing, 27h; January,
opening, 27H. closing, 97@e7S; May.
opening 2sN@2sS, closing, 29H.
1879, closing, 1871; December, opening,
ls%@1s&. closing, 1sN@isx; May,
! opening, 20M, closing. 2OH@9O%.
opening, s.ssK, closing, Is; January,
opening, 8 Is, closing, 9l2N; May,
opening, 9.45, closing, 9.4s1f.
Lard, per 100 lbs. November open
ing, $50. closing, 5 so; January, open.
ing, 671s. closing, SOS; May. opening,
S s7H, closing, 6.s5.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-November,
opening, 40, closing, AJAX: January,
opening 400, closing, 4.o7x; May.
opening, $50. closing, 4.sO.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour fair, demand unchanged; win
ter patents, 3.l5@3.50; ssrsighus, 2.s5@
$50; spring patents, 3.15@3.50; spring
straiRh,s, 5.65@s .90; bakers, 1.S5@2. 80;
No. spring wheat. 5sA@59; No.
spring wheat, 57H@5s; No. Q red,
59@62; No. Q corn, 29%@29X; No.
yellow. 29%@29%; No. Q oats, 1sX;
No. white. 20@20N; No. 8 white,
1871; No. Q rye, 81; No. Q barley, nomi-
nal; No. ss@3l; No. 4, 9a@2S; No. l
fiaxseed, 921f; prime timothy seed, $50;
mess pork per bbl., s.19H@s.25; lard
per 100 lbs, 55@557x; short ribs
sides Qoose) 445@4.5O; dry sailed
shoulders, (boxed) 4H@4X; short clear
sides (boxed), 4H@4H; whiskey, dis
tillers' finished goods, per gallon, l %;
sugars, cut loaf, 5.57; granulated, 4. 95;
standard A. 4.S2
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov. 1.-Flour
In good demand. Wheat firm; No.
red, Cox. Receipts, 500; shipments,
$500. Corn steady; No mixed, &c.
Oats steady; No. mixed. 2O@2oH.
Rye. dull; No. 9, Al. Provisions steady.
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