The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-20
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.

kes 20 day was purely professional and
inc aealings we've unrelieved by news
OF an especially character. london WAS
an indifferent factor, trading in small
way on both sides OF the account. The
opening was quiet and slightly higher
ali around under the influence Of higher
quotations for Americsn stocks in the
London market. The early gains were
mainly fractional and were the more
Important in the granger stocks. The
room traders around midday, assisted
oy realizing sales, succeeded in bring
ing about declines, unimportant except
In the case Sugar, that stock yielding
l Is per cent. Tho close was strong in
tone with fractional net improvements
general.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atchison, l61s; Adams Express, 14s,
Baltimore and Ohio, SO; chesapeake
and Ohio, l7S; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, soss; Chicago Gas, 6s1s; o. O. G.
ana 81. Louis, 3SAi Del. Laokawanna
tie Feeders Co.,, ls1; Erie, I6H: Erie
preferred. Sc; Great Northern pre-
ferred, Ito; Lake Shore, I44K; Lead
Trust S6<; Louisville and Nashville,
6lH; National Cordsge, So; National
Oordsse preferred, IL; N. J. Central,
lol1; Norfolk and Western preferred,
~; Northern Pacific preferred, 15X:
Northwestern, 104; Northwestern pre-
ferEed, las; N. Y. Central, 97sl; NY,
and New England, as; Pacific Mail,
20; Pullman Palace, 159; Reading,
l5H; Rock Island, 70; St. Paul, Tx;
81. Paul and Omaha, 401S; Southern
pacihc' 20; Sugar Refinery, 1859;
Union Pacific. 7%; Western Union,
s5N; General Electric, 81 ss; Southern,
10A; Southern preferred. SO; Tobacco,
sOAi Tobacco preferred, 1O1x.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Money on call
easy at 2@4 per cent, last loan per
cent. closed per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 5H@7 per cent; ster-
ling exchange heavy with actual bus
ness In bankers bills at 4s7k@
4.s7A for demand and s6H for sixty
days. Posted rates 4.s7@4.S7< and
sSH@4.s9. Commercial bills, Assn.
Bar silver, 67s6. Silver certificates,
67H @6S. Government bonds strong.
State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds
bid. "
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-Large sales of
oash wheat to-day were responsible for
closing May wheat IS higher. No one
expected 1t to open strong and higher,
but 1t did and the closing strength, after
drop OF nearly cent from the OPEN
Ing was just as much surprise. Corn
and oats closed firm and a higher. Pro.
visions made practically no change.
The Leading futures ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat. No. s-February, opening,
62}s, closing, 63I; May. opening, 65H,
closing 651l; June, opening, 85A, clos
Ing. 65H; July, opening, 65, closing,
Corn. No: s-February. opening, -.
closing, IS; May. opening, 80,
ing. 81; September. opening, ak,
closing. a21S.
Oats No. 3--February opening, 1e&,
closing, 19H; May. opening, 2OX. clos
ing, Fl; July, opening. 81, closing. 81;
September. opening. 2o26. closing, 81.
Mess pork. per bbl.-February, opsn.
ing. $50. closing, 9 so; May, opening,
1000, closing, 1000; July, opening,
1910. closing, 10.15.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-February, open-
Ing $40. closing, 5.49H; May, open
Ing, 5.55. closing. S SIN; July, open.
Ing, $40, closing. 5.72H.
Short ribs. per 100 february,
opening, SOAK, closing. sos; May,
SA.A6t o'SoS SACbinki Oo6Hy July,
opening. $40, closing, 5.s2K.
Cash quotations were rs follows:
Flour easier; patents, 3.45@3.7O; soft,
3.lo@3.30 No. spring wheat, 63M@
64A; No. spring wheat, 63x; No. 3
red, 671s @6s; No. Q corn, 2sA; No. Q
yellow, 80; No. Q oats. 1879; No. Q
white. 217s@22; No. white, 1890
21N; No. Q rye, SO; No. barley,
nominal; No. 3, 27@37; No. 4, 25@
81; No. haxseed, OIL; prime timothy
seed. 1898 80; mess pork per bbl.,
5000 90; lard per 100 lbs. 5.42x@
5.45; short ribs sides Coose) 5o5@5.lO;
dry sailed shoulders, (boxed) 4X@5;
short clear sides (boxed), 5A@5A;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, 1.22; sugars. cut loaf, $751;;
granulated, $40; standard A, SOC.
Cincinnati Produce Msrhet.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 19.-Flour
firm; family. 2.9o@3.15; fancy. 400
3 60. Wheat quiet; No. red. 73%@74.
Receipts, 6. 900; shipments, 500. Corn
steady; No. mixed, 80. Oats light
dema No. mixed, 92%. Rye quiet;
No. 2. AN. Lard quiet; $50. Bulk
meats dull, 12M. Bacon barely eteady
at 90. Whiskey. quiet; sales sal
barrels at 1.52. Butter dull; fancy
Elgin creamery, 81; Ohio, IS; dairy, o.
Sugar Arm; hard refined Lille.
Eggs strong. 1OHc. Cheese steady,
good to prime Ohio fat, 9@9k.