The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-01
NEW YORK MARKETS.

NEW YORK, n. y, May 3l.-This has been a
dull day on the Stock Exchange, and the intensely
hot weather was, TO some extent, responsible for
the inactivity. At the opening speculation was
strong, and the first prices made generally
fraction higher. During the first hour general
advance was made, rubber selling up 25s same,
preferred, US, Pacific Mail 49, same, guaranteed,
e ! ~. Colorado Fuel, National Linseed l and
the rest OF the list 1904 per cent. Susquehanna
and Western preferred exception, and on
bear rumors broke 3ss per cent. After II o'clock
the general market became heavy on realizing
sales.
Among the recessions were National Linseed l,
Sugar Is, Colorado Fuel "a. and other shares in
smaller fractions. After midday the trading be-
came stagnant, and from that time up TO O'Clock
the only changes OF note were an advance OF ia
per cent in New England on clique buying and
decline of "A per cent in Cotton OIL During the
last half hour trading was more active and hrmer,
and very general appreciation in values took
place. Pacific Mall and Cotton Oil rose IA, Lead
receded rs and rallied 81 per
In the final sales Tobacco and Long Island Trac-
ton declined l per cent from the highest OF the
day. The market closed strong, and in the main
1sG14 per cent higher than Wednesdays closing
prices, but some shares show losses ranging from
rs to 214 per cent, the latter Susquehanna and
Western preferred.
The bond speculation during the day was quiet,
and in the main devoid of feature The sales were
Government bonds strong. State bonds in
active. Railroad bonds firm. Petroleum weak,
Grain and Merchandise.
bbls; sales, 14.0G0 pkgs. Market weak to sell
and demand poor No export demand Millers
indifferent.
Rye flour quiet but firm: sales 400 bbls.
Wheat - Receipts, 110,466 bushels; exports,
10000 bushels; sales, 5,975,000 bushels futures
5000 bushels spot. Spot weak. No. . red,
store and elevator, 1890; afoaI, Sic; +. O. b.,
S11s9Sli4c afoat; No. hard S51ac delivered.
Options were decidedly lower to-day under local
liquidation. Gables lower and foreigners sold
early. No. 2 Red-June closed soc; July, S034 a.
S21ac, closed Sic: August, S1@S234c, closed
Sl$sc; September, 81 7-l6@S314c; December,
S3@S434c, closed S312c.
Hops-Dull.
Wool-Firm.
Parliamentary; United closed 81 81 asked ;
refined New York, 81 70: Philadelphia and Balti-
more, 81 20; do bulk, SIS 20.
Pig iron-Steady; Scotch, $4,000; American,
SO 50C612 so.
Copper-strong: brokers' price, $40 so; Exchange
price $40 so.
Lead Firm; brokers' price, So O71a: Exchange
price, So 80.
Tin-Easy; straits Sl4 25; plates, mfrket steady:
spelter. quiet; domestic, So 90. Sales Change,
10 tons september tin, $14 30; 10 tons spot tin,
$l4 30.
Coffee-0ptions opened irregular with prices firm
ct 10 points higher TO points lower ruled gener-
ally slow and featureess, with the tracing entirely
local; closed dull at points advance to 5 points
decline. Sales, $3.50 bags, including: July
Sl4 %; September, SIS; October, SO 05; Deem
Der, $l4 S5o14 80.
Spot Cofee-Rio, quiet: No. z, l6c
Sugar-Raw, quiet sales. 800 tons Muscovado
SO test 15-l6c; refined, dull and unchanged.