The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-20
ADVANCES NUMEROUS
ToaE or SPECULATION NOT STRONG
HUT DEMAND ENCOURAGING.
Sugar Trnxt shares Continue TO Lead
In Activfty-Locni Grain Market
Firm and Prices Strong.

At New York, yesterday, money on call
was easy at ll1@2 per cent; last loan, 1ts;
closing, liz per cent.
Prime mercantile paper was 4@5ia per
cent.
Sterling exchange was quiet and firm,
with actual business in bankers bills at
"a. SSssGF4. 1914 for demand and at s4.SSssD
Assn for sixty days posted rates. s4ss1k@
4s91s and $i.9o949o1s; commercial bills
$i.S71hGi4.s734.
Silver certificates. 66Gs7c; bar silver. G6ssc;
Mexican dollars. 5sc; at London, bar silver.
ena.d.
Total sales of stocks were TIA shares,
including: American Sugar. 3S.40o; American
Tobacco. 1850; Atchison. 5000; Burlington,
1900; Chicago Gas, l0.100; c., c., G. e. st.
L., 5000; Distilling Certificates, 11.lc0; Cen
eral Electric. II 900; Louisville & Nashville
$500; Missouri Pacific $500; National Lead
Company, 1900; Northwest. $500; Reading
$500; Rock Island, 1900; St. Paul. 1880;
United States cordage, AGO; Wabash pre-
fered, 400; Western Union, 1900
Stock market yesterday was less active
than on Thursday, and the tone OF specula-
ton was not SO strong. although there
were more advances than declines. There
were twenty-six. of the stocks traded in
which stand unchanged on the day. Inc
London market for Americans was in good
tone and the foreign buying in the New
STk market was In ldiT NOluIIe, DOiH Oh
which circumstances exercised a favorable
influence in the dealings at the opening.
During the first Quarter Of an hour FL prices
& Eastern Illinois, preferred gained per
cent. Sugar was an exception, and after
opening rs per cent higher, broke sharply
Ia on sales to realize profits. The general
market fell off fraction in sympathy with
Sugar, but under a brisk demand for Gen
eral Electric that stock advanced IL per
cent. and the rest of the list 1sQ1 per cent.
The market became weak. shortly before II
rasr uxnd 1,a fral line int f..-o
ularity. some shares receding. Baltimore
q Ohio advanced per cent, bringing 1t up
the passing of the dividend, and in the
early afternoon the stock moved up ! per
cent. further. In the late dealings there
ment in the day only ss. Towards noon
there was a general strengthening of the
the grangers values appreciated steadily.
but only slightly. In the last hour the
acting fraction. Some Of the specialties
recorded advances in the final trading. but
the. general market closed heavy in tone,
pared with Thursdays final sales the clos
Ing prices are Irregular. Advances are re-
ered rane
Central preferred, Des Moines & Fort Dodge
and cordage guaranteed ! per cent; Mich 1
igan Central, rs; Canadian Pacific IA;
American Gable, 1l3, and Erie preferred,
BY per cent. on purchases Of 300 shares.
The declines range from Is to q, the latter
There was less activity to the bond trad
Ing than on Ihursday but IT. the e. trend ,o OF
S2,347,000. The main advances are Union
Pacific collateral trust SKIES, s per cent;
ton debenture fves, Missouri Pacific consol
skies and Houston g. Texas Central general
fours, per cent
Government bonds were firm. State bonds
The Following table. prepared by James p.
range Of quotations.