The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-30
MONEY AND INVESTMENTS.
Ooings OF q Day With Nall Street
Operators.
SUGAR WAS THE STAR PERFORMER
Genctal Market Fsvsrlsh In the Fore.
noon-ActivDty Was Influenced By
Sympathetic Sentiment.

New York. July 2--'rhe stock mako,
today was fairly nctive ami. as usual re.
centiy' sentiment played an importan, INri
III shaping the course OF prices. The trad.
ing was comparatively evenly distributed
although Sugar and st. Paul figured fol
over one-half of the entire total. The frs,
mentioned was the star performer ana IA,
inc general list was decide~ily irregular
lncid. acally II touched par, tho lowest
price recorded for long time. The move
ment of the stock excited n considerably
| sympathetic influence upon the other
| shares. The general market was feverish
In the forenoon operations, averaging IL
| iiitctuaton of nearly ! per cent In the
prominent shares. The opening was weak,
CHIEFLY owing TO London quotations for
American securities and In the early deal
ings declines We're scored cxtenulng to
! 3-s per cent in Rock Island AT the low
level some support became evident in the
ieuding stocks and there Were also en-
tensiNe coverings on shorts, and Improves
merits from the low points occurred rang
ING up 10 ~. per cen. III Chicago n.ts ..ad
Manhattan. About midday some coinniis-
SCR orders appnred, and. together with
covering and some buying OF the inter-
naiiorJal shares, caused further appieeii-
t,on IN prices. The inquiry for the IN
dustrals was quite marked. The more
important extreme advances We're Sugar
rs. Tobacco rs. Leather preferred H..
ana Chicago Si9s 81 per cent. The
srangcrs rose la2 points, the last in Rock
island The closing was strong. but prices
We're generally Il shade below the best
hsurts. Dealings In the low priced
shares constituted a feature Of the mar
ket.
lMe bond market failed to respond to
ths Improvement noted In the share spec
uihtion in the late session and closed weak
with Important declines In many instances.
me Sptcul0tlyA ISSUES assumed rpuslflpr-
able proninence in tho selling move nent,
particularly, In those having an interna-
tional market. The sales were Ss;b 900
The principal losses are International and
Great Northern seconds and ST. Paul, Da-
koia and 1rsat Southern hNes, 3; St. Paul,
Dakota and Great Southern General fours,
~; East tennessee consol h5es and
Northern Pacific Terminal i,Sis, Z: Wa
bash trets and Rock Island extended iives.
IA. Atchison fours and Kansas and TEXAS
Total sales OF stocks today were 2i0,S)a
shares. including sugar $500, Rock Island
ll,6D, ST Paul 1920.
EVENING POST CARLEGRAM.
New York. July 2S.-The Evening Posts
finai cial cablegram stys: The stock mar
kets today were fiat on the difficulties IN
Paris and renewed slump in Americans
The fall in Americans today W uii orch
ably have leon even moro severe, hut Tor
The hcarish closing. AS II is. the market
is demoralized. and the alarm is spread
bette class of shares are ciiieavoring t.
sell. III Is however, almost impossible to
sell bonde at anything like tho quoted
" 'ces ard the fact that arbitrage houses
have found it inposslble large biz ks Of
first class bonds, even IN the IND ed
States had n demoralizing effect here.
Tho Paris and Berlin markets We're flat.
NEW YORK.
New York. July 2a.--Monov or call easy
at 2. last loan .. closed nj 1iam2 per cent;
prime mercantile paper fM7 per cent; steer
ling exchange steady. with actual busi
naas in bankers bills at T. $50, for demand
and 4,Si2m4 81 "a for 10 days. posted rates
Ss1i4 ssh aud Saui S9i2. commercial hills
4.S, bar silver 6S3-4: silver certificates
IS 7-SN 69h; Mexican dollars SO IS.
LONDON CONSOLS.
London July ea.--Clos'ng: roneols for
money 1l3 5-ib; consols for account III as
Bar silver 81 7-16d ncr ounce. Money ~
Ter cent. The. rate of discount in the Open
market for short bills 9-1G per cent, for
hree months bills 5-S.
COMMERCIAL BRIEFS,
Liverpool, July 29.-Next Saturday and |
Monday will be observed as holidays on |
he grain and provision exchanges,
New York. July 2g-Clearngs, ST. SEC. 1854:
alances s.O9l,7l6.
BONDS.
Closing quotations on bond. Mt Now YORK today