The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-27
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York Stock Market.

FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
Now York Stock Market.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-The market
opened with fair degree OF activity.
but prices were irregular. An INQUIRY
soon appeared for Sugar and the
Grangers, which gained substantial
fractions, and Minneapolis and St
Louis second preferred gained lie. Near
IL o'clock the bears made demonstra..
ton on the industrials, particularly
Leather and Sugar. The raid was effec-
tive and weakness was also impaired,
though In lesser degree, to the rail-
way list. The more extreme losses
were in Leather preferred. az; Sugar,
Ia, and Pacific Mail and Chicago Gas.
e per cent. The market closed weak
at the lowest prices of the day.
closing stocks were as follows:
Atohison, SoAi Adams Express, 1871;
Baltimore and Ohio, 60; chesapeake
and Ohio, 1873; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, SSH; Chicago Gas 6s; @. @. G.
and st. Louis, AN; Del, Lackawanna
and Western, 167; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., 1885; Erie, 13M; Erie
preferred, ST; Great Northern pre.
ferred, 1913; Lake Shore, $50; Lead
Trust, 32%; Louisville and Nashville,
5sN; National Cordsge, ~; National
CoruaRe preferred, lax; N. j. Central,
NIX; Norfolk and Western preferred,
I3; Northern Pacific preferred, 1873;
Northwestern, 1O64; Northwestern pre-
ferred, 14716; N. Y. Central, lOO1; Ny.
aud Now England. SO; Pacific Mail,
3OA; Pullman Palace, III; Reading,
1875; Rock Island, 1913; S.. Paul, 76H;
81. Paul and Omaha. 42%; Southern
Pacific, 23s; Sugar Refinery, 1o3%;
Union Pacific, 12%; Western Union,
81; General Electric. 35%; Southern,
ny; Southern preferred, Sc; Tobacco,
93A; Tobacco preferred, JOG.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 90 Money on call
easy at Q per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 4@5H per cent. Sterling
exchange steady with actual business
In Dancers bills at 4.ssH@4 ss3S for
demand and 4.S74@4 s7H for sixty
days; posted rates 4.ssa4.ssh md
4.s9@4.s9N. Commercial bills, 4.s6%.
Mexican dollars, 54. Government bonds
steady; State bonds inactive. Railroad
bonds weak.
Weekly Bank Statement.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, increase, 81, 800. 525:
loans, decrease, S1,s27 500; specie, in.
crease, 81, 500, 800; legal tenders, de-
crease, S30s, 900; deposits. decrease, ST.
270,9 800; circulation, decrease, $50, 500.
The banks now hold SIG, $3.50, 700 in OK
cess OF the requirements of the 25 Der
cent rule.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26-Provisions alone
OF the speculative markets was firm to-
day from first to last. The grain market
started firm, but failed ignomintously
in the end in their bullish pretensions.
The wheat bulls are afraid of rain be-
fore Monday. At the close to-day the
market was weak at 4 in the decline.
October and November corn each lost1c
per bushel, oats declined u and proyio
sions averaged slight gain.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. s-October, opening,
6oB@o0A, closing 59H; December,
opening, e1I@61A, closing, 0o16 @6oeS;
Msy opening, q, closing, GAS.
Corn, No. 2--October, opening, 31X,
closing. 30T; November, opening, 3oX,
closing, 29N; December. opening, 2s%
@2s&, closing, 274@2s; May, opening,
S9T, closing, 29ss @29N.
Oats No. 2-October, opening, 1oA,
closing, 1914; December, opening, 1897,
ing. 201S.
Mess pork. per bbl.-October, open
ing, -, closing, sos; January, OPEN
Ing, 124. closing, 12H; May, open
ing, 9.45, closing, AK.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-October, opening,
5.55, closing, 5 35; January. opening,
567s. closing, 67}6; May, opening,
5.S5, closing, 5.s5.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs October,
opening, SIS, closing, 1925; January,
opening, 4.t7k, closing. 400; May,
opening, 4.S0, closing, so.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour eteady; winter patents, 1850
$50; straighss, 2. $500 so; spring patents
3.15@3.b0; apring strsights, 2.65@2 90;
bakers, 1.s5@2.30; No. 9 spring wheat,
59S@601<; No. 8 spring wheat, $4,000;
No Q red. e0@634; No. corn,
3OB@31H; No yellow. 3OA@3oA; |
No. oats, 1s1<; No. white. 201 |
@201; No. white, 1s@19N; No. rye,
3sA@3sN; No. barley. nominal; No.
8, 26@41; No. 4, $1,000; No. 1axseed,
90H; prime slmothy seed, 3.60@3 70; |
mess pork per bbl.. s.19x@S 25; lard |
per 100 lbs, 57H@5 go; ebert ribs |
sides Qoose) 452H@4.55; dry sailed |
shoulders. (boxed) 5H@5X; short |
clear sides (boxed), 1905; whiskey,
distillers' finished goods. per gallon, |
1.22; sugars, cut loaf, 5.57; granulated, !
4.95; standard A, 4.S2
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Oct. 28-Flour |
steady. fancy, O5@3.25; family. 2 500
$50. Wheat flrmer; No. Q red. 66@66%. |