The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-29
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York Stock market.

New York Stock Market.
NEW YORK. April asa considerable
railing OF was noted In the stock spec
ulation to-day and the character of the
market was almost exclusively profess
sionai and the course Of prices resc-
t,onary. Tobacco reacted ~ on sales
apparently for inside account. The
scrip brought 80 but only q moderate
amount changed hands. Manhattan was
Also conspicuous for weakness In the
afternoon session declininy 2A per cent.
VIVID subsequent raily Of Ike. The
closing was quies but heavy In tone at
general fractional net losses.
closing stocks were as follows:
Atehison, 1875; Adams Express, $50;
Baltimore and Ohio. TX; Chesapeake
and Ohio, Tx; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, SIX; Chicago Gas, cox; o. O. G.
ana 81 Louis, IS; DEL, Laokawanna
and Western. 169k; Dissillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 19x; Erie, Is; Erie
preferred, 39x; Great Northern pre-.
Ierred. ITO; Lake Shore, 15Ox; Lead
Trust. ~; Louisville and Nashville,
50; National Cordage. 5ss; National
Oordsse preferred, 10; N. J. Central,
1o6H; Norfolk and Western preferred,
5S; Northern Pacific preferred, I2x;
northwestern, 105x; Northwestern pre-
ferred, las; N, Y. Central, e7k; N. Y.
ana Now England, 40; Pacific Mail.
s7N; Pullman Palace, l63; Reading,
lsS; Book Island, TAX; st. Paul, 7s%;
81. Paul and Omaha. &4x; Southern
Pacific, 19k; Sugar Refinery, 124N;
Union Pacific, sK; Western Union,
80; General Electric, s75s; Southern,
9N; southern preferred, 3l9k; Tobacco,
az; Tobacco preferred, 95.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, April 2s.-Noney on sail
easy at lH@2N per cent, last loan ~
per cent, closed ~ per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4K@5 per cent;
sterllng exchange firm with actual bus
mesa In bankers bills ut $500
4:ss for demand and 4.s7H@4.Ss for
sixty days. Posted rates ASK
and seN. Commercial bills, 4.s6N@
4;S7. silver certificates, 6sH@@esX.
Bar silver. 6s1. Government bonds
easier. State bonds quiet. Railroad
oonos irregular. Petroleum weak, closed
| at 1231 bid.
Chicago Market.
CH1oAeo. April 2s The continued
favorable weather in the spring wheat
| region had much to do with still further
| depressing wheat to-day and July WAS
under Yesterdays closing price. Corn,
oats and provisions all shared in the
| depression and show small losses.
The leading futures ranged to-day az
| follows;
Wheat, No. a-April, opening. go.
closing. 6lX; May. opening, e2A.
closing, SO; July. opening. 63X, clos
ing. 63x; September, opening, 64K,
closing, 64H; June, opening, esx. clos.
ing. g..
Germ. No. s-April. opening. -,
closing, 80; May. opening, so%,
closing. 80; July, opening. so16. clos
Ing, aoX; September, opening, aIX.
| closing, sl%.
oass Ne: s-April. opening. -.
closing. lsk; May; opening. 1sN. clos
ing. 1sN; June. opening, =. closing
19K; July, opening. l9H, closing.
leM; September, opening. 30. closing,
Mess pork. per bbl.-April, opening,
s.17H. closing, SIS; May. opening,
s.s7%. closing. s.35; July, opening,
s.37}<. cloGing, s.55; September. open :
ing, s.57H, closing, s.65.
| Lard, per 100 lbs.-April, opening.
72K. closing, 467x; May. opening
4s7x, closing. sax; September'
opening. 500. closing. 497x.
| Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-April, open.
ing, AIS, closing. 40; May. opening,
4.10, closing, 4. O7H; July, opening. 4.s5,
closing, 4.72x; Septemb Der, opening,
4.40. closing, 4.35..
| Cash quotations. were as follows:
| Flour dull; winter patents. $500
$50; winter straits, s.OO@3 so; spring
patents. 3.4o@5 80; spring siraigh,s,
2.60@2.90; bakers, 2.1O@2.4O. No. 3
spring wheat. 61%; No. spring
wheat, 81; No. ID red, 65@@66; No.
corn. 30; No. yellow, 29H; No.
2 oats, 1s%; No. . white. 19N@2ON;
No. barley, nominal; No. 8. eco
29%; No. 4. -; No. faxseed.
91h; prime timothy seed. 3.25; mess
pork per bbl.. s.l5@s 90; lard per
100 lbs. 4671f@4.7O; short ribs sides
| (loose) 4.05@4, 10; dry sailed shoulders,
(boxed) 4h@4%; short. clear sides
(boxed), 4%@4%; whiskey, distillers'
finished goods, per gallon, 1.22; sugarn,
cut loaf. 81 granulsted, SIS; stand.
ard A. $40.
| Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. April 2s.-Flour
quiet easy; fancy 3.25@3.50; family.
9.75@3.o5. Wheat quiet, easy; No. Q
red. 701s. Receipts, 1000; shipments,
500. Corn steady; No. Q mixed. 3OH.
Oats quiet; No. 2 mixed. 21x. Bye
| qules; NO. q, "a. Lard steady; 4.62N.
Bulk meats dull 4.37K. Bacon dull;
| 5.25. Whiskey. steady; sales 500 bar
rels at 122. Butter steady; fancy Elgin
creamery. 10; Ohio, 1s@la; dairy, 8.
Sugar firm; hard refined 1-16. Eggs
steady. &c. Cheese steady; good to prime
Ohio fat, 9@sH.
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