The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
Now York stock Market.


New YORK, March e7.-The all.
important topic in financial circles to-
day WAS further advance In the rates
Of sterling exchange to within nequar-
ter cent. of the figure at which IL IL
estimated gold could be exported With
out loss Tho general market presented
but few features of interest. The open
ing was weak and lower on the foreign
selling previously noted. Business was
quite moderate and fractional losses
occurred In nearly all of the leading
shares. The activity soon subsidized and
. slight rally In prices was succeeded
by fairly stesoy tone. In the final
hour fractional gains were general,
Sugar recovering most Of the early loss.
Ihe nst changes were general slight de-
olines.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atehison, lax; Adams Express, 147,
Baltimore and ohio. 1sK; chesapeake
and Ohio, 1bx; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, TAX; Chicago Gas, 67X; O, O. @.
and st. Louis, 36A; DEL, Laokswanna
and Western. l6l; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, Tx Erie, II: Erie
preferred, 3yx; Great Northern pre-
ferred, los; Lake Shore. ASK; Lead
Trust, a3X; louisville and Nashville.
ASH; National Cordage, 5H; National
CordsHe preferred, 9H; n. j. Central,
los; Norfolk and Western preferred,
6H; Northern Pacific preferred, 11H;
Northwestern, l02H; Northwestern pre-
ferred. ASK; N. Y. Central, SO; NY.
and New England, 80; Pacific Mail,
26&; Pullman Palace, 1854; Reading,
9H; Rock leland, 6914; st. Paul, TAX;
st. Paul and Omaha, 37X; Southern
Pacific, 1s&; Sugar Refinery, 1141<;
poo H.{4
SO; General Electric, 55H. southern,
sX; Southern preferred. s9X Goa, SEQ,
67H; Tobacco preferred, 100.
New York Money Market
New YORK, March 27.-Money on sail
cent, closed 3@3k per cent. Prime
mercantile paper SOC per cent; ater.
ling exchange strong with actual busi-
ness In bankers' bills ct 4 SSx@4ss%
for demand and 4.s7H@4. SIX for sixty
days. Posted rates 4.Ss@4.sSH. Com.
mercial bills, 4.s6N@4 s6X. Silver GER
tificates, 6s4@6sX. Bar silver, So.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
firm. Railroad bonds easier. Petroleum
weak, closed 127 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, March 27.-Wheat was err
ratio to-day. After many changes it
closed % lower than on the day before.
-Four out Of every five traders believed
that the market was being worked In
the interest Of the elevator men. Corn
and oats closed shade lower for the
day and provisions ct alight advance.
The leading futures ranged to-day AZ
follows.
Wheat. No. s-March. opening, e1X;
closing. 61%; May, opening. e3A. clos
ing. 63H; June, opening, 63ss, closing.
~; July. opening, 63ss. closing, e3%,
Corn No. s-Msrch, opening. -,
closing, 2sx; May. opening. a9%,
closing. ssS; July. opening. aoX, clos,
Ing, 3oN; September, opening, 31%,
closing, 51X.
Oats Nc. s--Aarch, opening, -,
closing. 1885; May. opening, l9H, clos
ing, 1879; July. opening, COX, closing.
1913; September, opening, 20%, closing.
2O3s.
Mess pork, per bbl.-Msrch, opening,
s.77h, closing, $50; May. opening,
S.s2H, closing, $50; July, opening.
9.02H, closing, 9.07H.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-March, opening,
$40. closing, 6.12H; Nay. opening,
5.77H. closing. $40; July, opening,
5.32H, closing. 5.35.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-March, OPEN
ing, 4.72K, closing, 4.72N; May, OPEN
ing. 4.77<. closing. 4.s0; July, opening,
4.s5, closing, 4.92K.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour nominal; winter patents, 8. 500
$50; winter straits, 3.OO@3 so; spring
patents. 3.4O@3 60; spring straits,
2.60@2 90; bakers, 2.1O@2.4O. No. 2
spring wheat, 61%@6s1s; No. spring
wheat, 6195@62B; No. Q red, 65 1s@65%;
No q cnrn No uoll0u, WA
2s%; No. Q oats, 10; No. Q white,
35N; No. Q barley, nominal; No. 8, =;
No. 4. -; No. 1 faxseed, s9A;
prime timothy seed. $40; mess pork
per bbl., s.s0@s.9O; lard per 100 lbs.
5.10@5.12H; short ribs sides (loose)
4.75@4 80; dry sailed shoulders, (boxed)
4x@4%; short clear sides (boxed),
4%@4%; whiskey, distillers' finished
goods, per gallon. 1.22; sugars. cut loaf,
600; granulated, 5.37; standard A, 5.25,
Cincinnati Produce market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 27.-Flour
steady; fancy, 3.25@3.5O family, 2.75@
800. Wheat quiet; No. 9red, 70. Re-
ceipts, -; shipments, -. Corn
firm; No. mixed, 80. Oats slow, inactive;
No. mixed, %. Rye little demand;
No. Q, AZ. Lard firm. 100. Bulk meats
firm 4.s7h. Bacon firm, steady. 5.75.
Whiskey. quiet, steady; sales 545 bnr.
fels at 1.22. Butter firm; fancy Elgin
creamery. 90; Ohio, 15@1S; dairy, II.
Sugar firm; hard refined, az. Eggs
steady, $4,000. Cheese steady, good
to prime Ohio fat, o.
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