The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-31
FINANCE AID COMMERCE.
Now York Stock Market.

NEW YORK, March 30.-A fair degree
of activity charac terized the specul alton
on the stock exchange to day and the
trading was strong In tone. A large
number of foreign buying orders were
on the board at the opening for the ar
bitrage account, only part OF which
could be expected. owing to the rapid
advance in prices. In the London mar
ket American securities were in good
demand at higher figures, and this fact
influenced the market here very favor
ably. With the exception Of brief
period of depression, the tendency OF
the close. On buying credited to inside
interests. sugar rose "a per cent clos
ing H per cent below the top figures.
The principal gains in the general
list on the week are: Baltimore and
Ohio, SD; Cedar Falls and Minnesota.
Az; G:eat Northern preferred and
Starch, 4; do. 2nd preferred, 5; New
England, az; Sugar, 2Sl; Reading, 29s;
Hooking Valley, tx; do. preferred, 4s4;
Canadian Pacific, 21S Cordage gusran-
teed. 2. Dacltnee: Metropolitan Tracs
ton, z; St. Paul and Omaha preferred,
5%, and Bay State Gas, 2%.
Closing stocks were as follows.
Atchison, 61s; Adams Express, 143;
---; American Express, liz; Balti.
moro and Ohio, 50; Canada Pacific,
391s; Can,da Southern, 49K; C3ns
trail Pacific. l7sl; Chesapeake and
Ohio, l7s6; Chicago Alton, l46; Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, "a;
Chicago Gas, 7lss; Consolidated
Gas, 1871; Chicago. Cincinnati aud ST.
Louis, 80; Colorado Coal and Iron, SIX;
Cotton Oil Certificates. 26T; Delaware
Hudson, 1873; Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, i62K: Denver ana Rio
Grande preferred, 3715 Distillors' and
O,tt!o Feeders Company, l4T; Eass
Tennessee.-; Erie, 1n4; Eric preferred,
20; Fort Wavnc, 15415; Great Northern
Illinois preferred, 9iA; Hooking Valley.
81; Illinois Central, s7h; st.Paulsnd
Duluth 2S; Kansas and Texas pre-
ferred, 25sl; Lake Erie and Western.
17%; Lake Erie and Western Preferred.
TAX; Lake Shore, 1874; Lead Tcnst.
80; Louisville snd Nashville, SIG;
Louisville and New Albany,71<; Maniac
tan Consolidated, 1899; Memphis and
Charleston, 10; Michigan Central, 90;
Missouri Pacific, 241s; Mobile aud Ohio,
16; Nashville Chattanooga, 70;
National CordaRe, 516; National Cord.
age preferred, %; New Jersey Central,
97H; Norfolk and Western preferred,
1875; North American Company, Az;
Northern Pacific, AS; Northern Pacific
preferred, 1913; Union Pacific, Denver
and Gulf, Al; ST. Paul. NJ & RI, log;
Northwestern, 921S; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 1885, New York Cen % -; New
York and New England, as25; Ontario
and Western, 16M; Oregon Improve
ment, 1917; Oregon Nav, 10; Otegon
Short Line and U tab Northern,5 4 Paci.
fic Mail, 90; Paoria. Dac. AMI Evans.
X; Pittsburg, 1855; Pullman Palace, 1877:
esdiDg, 1a]6; Richmond Terminal, =;
Richmond Terminal preferred, -; Rio
Grande Western. 1885, Rio Grande
Western, preferred, 81; Rock Isla sd,
6i9s; ST. Louis and San francisco. 1st
PREFERRED -; ST. Paul, $50; ST. Paul
preferred, 1i514; ST Paul and Omaha,
32A; st. Paul and Onaha preferred.
los; Southern Pacific, 17N; Sugar Re-.
hnery, 1025G: u nion Pacific, 11A; West
ern Union, ss95; Goneral Electric, 35%;
Southern. IL; Southern preferred,
332s; Tobacco, o35s; Tobacco preferred,
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