The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-13
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.


NEW YORK, June l2.-Operations bv
foreign houses played an important part
In to-day's speculation. The purchases
for this account were estimated as high
es $4,000 shares and were mainly for
81 Paul and Louisville and Nashville,
The engagement of SO, 200. 600 in gold
for export to Europe tomorrow had
been discounted apparently as the news
exerted only temporarily depressing
innuence. The industrial list developed
some irreRHlarity as the day progressed,
with sugar moving within q range of a
point. The market shaded off slightly
closed firm a. fractional gains gener-
ally.
closing stocks we're as follows:
Atchison, 14%; Adams Express, LAT;
Baltimore and Ohio, 17s6; Chesapeake
and Ohio, l5H; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, Tx; Chicago Gas, 67X; o. @. @.
and st. Louis, 80; Del, Lackawanna
and Western, 1918; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 15X; Erie, IA; Erie
preferred. IS; Great Northern pre-
Ierred, 11s; Lake Shore, $50; Lead
trust. S4A; Louisville and Nashville,
so; National Cordage, 5A; National
Oordage preferred. 1o1<; N. j. Central,
104; Norfolk and Western preferred,
9N; Northern Pacific preferred. lax;
Northwestern, 1o2H; North western pre-
ferred, l46H; N, Y. Central, e5X; NY.
and New England. 403<; Pacific Mail,
24H; Pullman Palace, 1856; Reading,
9; Rock Island, 70; St. Paul, 76x;
st. Paul and Omaha, ak; Southern
Pacific, 1sX; Sugar Refinery, I22%;
Union Pacific, Tx Western Union,
eoS; General Electric, BIZ; Southern,
y; southern preferred, 90; Tobacco,
64%i Tobacco preferred, 81.
New York Money Market
New YORK. June 12.-Money on call
easy at 2@3 per cent, last loan 3
per cent, closed 2M@3 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4@6% per cent;
!! sterling exchange firm with actual
business in bankers bills at SsHm
| Assn for demand and 4S7N@4 s7& for
sixty days. Posted rates 4.ss@4 ssK and
4s9@4.s9M. Commercial bills. 4.s6M.
silver certificates. 6s%@69 Bar silver,
6sH. Government bonds firm. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds strong.
Petroleum closed strong at 116 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, June IA continuation of
nervousness shown In the wheat market
yesterday was evident to-day and with
| about the same result, July closing
practically unchanged. The market
was rather puzzling in character there
being no apparent reason for the violent
fluctuations. Corn and oats each closed
shade higher. Provisions closed
| 2K@5c lower.
The leading futures ranged to-day as
| follows
Wheat. No. e-June, opening, 56X,
closing, 56A; July, opening, 57@57H,
closing, 573<; September, opening, $50
56A, closing, S.
Corn. No. 9-June. opening. s7H@
27%. closing; 27A@27X; July. open
Ing. 27%@27X, closing, 27N@27%;
September, opening. 2sH, closing,
2sX@2s.
Oats Nc. Gully. opening, 17se;
closing. 171<; September, opening.
17A@17X, closing, 17E; May, OPEN
Ing, 2oS, closing. 2oN@2O%.
Mess pork. per bbl.-July, opening.
7.27k, closing, 7.17N; September. open.
ing. 7.45, closing, 1925.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-july, opening,
4.27x. closing. 4.17h; September, open.
Ing. 4.4O, closing, 4 32H.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-July. OPEN
ing. 3.95. closing. 3 s7H; Septemb Der,
| opening, 4.07H, closing, 4.O2H.
Cash quotations. were as follows:
Flour dull; winter patents, straights,
60@2.90; bakers, 2.1O@3.5O; spring
patents, 3.4O@3.60; spring 3.5O@3.s0;
winter straits, a.00@2.40. No. spring
wheat, SIX; No. spring wheat, SIS;
No. red. 6o&@61N; No. Q corn. 27H@
97ss; No. yellow corn. 27%@27X;
No. oats. 17N@17M; No. white.
lsX; No. white. 1sA@1sA; No. 8
rye. 32H; No. Q barley. nominal; No.
3, 23@29; No. 4, 22%@26; No. l flax
seed, s0H; prime timothy seed, O5;
mess pork per bbl.. 7.1O@7.l6; lard per
100 lbs, 12@4.15; short ribs sides
Qoose) 3.s5@3.9O; dry sailed shoulders
(boxed) 4T@4A; short clear sides
(boxed). 4@ As; whiskey, distillera'
finished goods. per gallon. Lee; sugars.
cut loaf 5.95; granulated, 5. 80; standard
A, -.
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. June 12.-Flour
quiet. easy; fancy 315@3.4O; family,
2.o0@2.s5. Wheat steady; No. red g.
Receipts. 1900; shipments, 5000.
Corn dull; No. mixed, 2sH. Oats
active, easy; No. mixed. 1920. Rye
quiet; No. Q, Sc. Lard quiet. 4O5.
Bulk meats easy. 400. Bacon steady,
Ats. Whiskey, steady; sales 512 bar
rels al 1.2s! Butter firm; fancy Elgin
creamery, II; Ohio. 12@13; dairy. 8.
Sugar steady; hard refined. 365@3 90.
Eggs easy, &C.. Cheese easy; good to
prime Ohio fat. 7@7H.