The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-31
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.

New York Stock Market.
NEW YORK. March 5O.-The stock
market scored substantial increase in
activity over recent records. The deal
ings were no less professional than here
tofore, but more confident tone was
discernible despite further advance in
exchange rates to the figures at which
IL had been previously estimated that
gold could oe spared without loss.
Tobacco WAS active. At the outset the
shares developed hesviness and sagged
per cent. to ssh on liquidation OF
speculative holdings and hammerinR by
the room traders. Insiders were pur-
chasers at the low point and @ rally
ensued OF AZ per cent TO 30. The final
price recorded net gain Of Ia psr
cent. The entire movement WAS mantp-
ulased. The general market moved
irregularly. Material gains were scored
In some instances. The closing was
firm at slight concessions from the top
level but with fractional gains on the
day generally.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atehison, 15ss; Adams Express, lat,
Baltimore and Ohio, 1O%; chesapeake
and Ohio, 1874; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 1874; Chicago Gas, 675S; O. @. G.
and st. Louis, 35x; Del, Lackawauna
and Western, 100; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co., l7% Erie, 14X; Erie
preferred. ask; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, los; Lake Shore, 146; Lead
Trust, "a; Louisville and Nashville,
1895; National Cordage, AZ; National
Oordage preferred, on; N. j. Central,
los; Norfolk and Western preferred,
os; Northern Pacific preferred, l1x;
northwestern, 102X; Northwestern pre-
-
ana New England, 40; Pacific Mail,
26H; Pullman Palace, 1853; Reading.
10; Rock Island, 7oX; st. Paul, 74T;
st. Paul and Omaha, 3S%; Southern
Pacific, 19A; Sugar Refinery, l15X;
Union Pacific, IN; Western Union,
sS%; General Electric, 35%. sou thern,
S1; Southern preferred, 29x, r,oa,cc.
sSH; Tobacco preferred, 1Ol.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK, March aO.-Money on sail
easy ut 5H per cent, last loan per
cent, closed 3@3N per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5N@6H per cent;
sterling exchange strong with actual
business in bankers' bills at 4 $500
4:s9 for demand and 4.s7X@4.ss for
sixty days. Posted rates ASK and
4.S9h. commercial bills, 4s7. Silver
certificates. 6s8@6s%. Bar silver, 6s%.
Government bonds firm. State bonds
dull. Railroad bonds strong. Petroleum
steady, closed 127 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHluAGO, March 3O.-The purchase of
1000, 900 bushels of short to-day by
Pardride. helped to make prices cratic.
The market closed near the lowest
point for the day with net loss of l<@
go. Corn lost 40 and oats No. There
was quite decidedly break in pro-
visions.
follows.
Wheat. No. a-March, opening, 6s%;
closing. 62; May, opening, 81, clos
Ing. 63ss; June, opening. 64ss, closing,
65N; July, opening, 64M, closing, 631,
Corn. No. 2-March, opening, -
closing. ASK; May. opening, 29%,
closing, 2sH; July, opening, 5OX, clos.
Ing, so%; September, opening, 3lX,
closing, 31X.
Oate Nc. s-MaEch. opening, -,
closing. 19H; May. opening. 10. clos
Ing. l9A; July. opening. 2OS. closing,
19H; September, opening, 20}S, closing,
go.
Mess pork, per bbl.-March, opening,
IS, closing. s.57X; July, OPENING
9.o2. closing, s.77H.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-March, opening,
6.12H. closing, sos; May. opening,
5,17N, closing. $40; July, opening,
5.32H, closing. 5.q5.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-March, OPEN
Ing, 472]6, closing, AGO; May, open
ing. 4771s, closing, 4 IS; July, opening,
4.s7k, closing, AIS.
Cash quotations. were as follows:
Flour nominal; winter patents, $500
$50; winter straits, 3.OO@3. so; spring
patents, 8 40@3 60; spring straits,
2.60@2.9O; bakers, 9.10@2.4O. No.
spring wheat, 62@6:ss; No. spring
wheat, 611s; No. red, 65%@65%; No.
corn, 2sN @2s%; No. Q yellow, 2sX@
esq; No. 3 oats, 10; No. white,
2oM@21; No. white, 1914; No. rye,
SO; No. barley. nominal; No. 3, =;
No. 4. =; No. 1 faxseed. SsA
prime timothy seed, 3.15; mess pork
per bbl.. s.50@s,62N; lard per 100 lbs,
sos; shors ribs sides (loose) S GOO
$40; dry salted shoulders, (boxed) 4N@
Az; short clear sides (boxed), 4%@
AZ; whiskey. distillers' finished goods,
Fer gallon, 1.22; sugars. cut loaf, 6 90;
graduated, 5.37; standard A, 5.25.
Cincinnati Produce Esnrkes.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. March 30.-Flour
steady; fancy, 3.25@3.50; family. 2.75@
800. Wheat steady; No. 2red. 70. Re-
ceipts, 500; shipments, 500. Corn
fairly active, firm; No. mixed, 3O1.
Oats weak, lower; No. Q mixed, 81.
Rye weak; No. 2, 40. Lard steady. s. 90.
Bulk meats steady, 4.s7%. Bacon
barely steady, 5.75. Whiskey. quiet,
steady; sales $40 barrels at 1.22.
Butter firm; fancy Elgin creamery. 30;
Ohio, 15@1S; dairy, II. Sugar firm;
hard refined, 3S@5 1916. Eggs weak.
SIC. Cheese steady, good TO prime
Ohio fiat, 9@9H.