The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-20
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market.

NOW AoEk StoCk mhrk0Cs
NEw YORK. May 19.-No improvement
WAS discernible in the character of the
stock speculation to-day. The volume
Gale and the distribution of the trading
was very poor. Sugar figured for one.
half OF the entire total. The list gen.
orally exhibited . better tone In the
late dealings and some recoyeries in
prices were made. The closing was
steady with the net changes slight losses
In most cases.
Closing stocks were as follows:
Atchison, 14H; Adams Express, lat;
Baltimore and Ohio, 10; Chesapeake
and Ohio, l6h; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy 7sA; Chicago Gas. 67x; o. O. @.
and st. Louis, 33A; DEL. Lackawanns
ana Western, 160; Distillers and Cat
preferred. SO; Great Northern pre-.
rerred. lis; Lake Shore, las, Lead
Trust. rs; Louisville and Nashville,
49X; National Cordage, Az; National
Oordage preferred, 9N; N. ]. Central,
lo4; Norfolk and Western preferred.
8; Northern Pacific preferred, 11x;
Northwestern 04H; Northwestern pre-
ferred, l4S; N, Y. Central, 96Ss; N. Y,
and New England. As; Pacific Mail.
IS; Pullman Palace, 1877; Reading,
l0%; Rock Island, 69H; st. Paul. 77]S;
81. Paul and Omaha, 4aN; Southern
Pacinc, 1ek; Sugar Refinery, 126H;
Union Pacific, 7sS; Western Union,
san; General Electric, 33N: Southern,
IN; southern preferred, 29ss; Tobacco,
$685. Tobacco preferred, 90.
New York Money Market
NEW YORK. May 19.-Money on call
essy at 2@Sh per cent. last loan 3
per cent, closed az per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 4@sk per cent;
sterling exchange firm with actual
business in bankers bills at 4 ssk@
Assn for demand and 4.s7x@4. SEX for
sixty days. Posted rates 4.ss@4 SO
and 4.s9k@4,90. Commercial bills,
4.s6%. Silver certificates. 6s@6sX.
Bar silver. 67H. Government bonds
steady. State bonds dull. Railroad
bonds firm. Petroleum weak, closed
1t 1l1k bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, May 19.-Inseotd amsge gave
little strength to wheat TO day. The
market closed st 61% for July, or Nc
over yesterdays close. Corn and oats
were firm and provisions in an uncertain
condition, going from firm at the OPEN
Ing to weak, and then back again to
firm.
The leading futures ranged to-day rs
follows;
Wheat. No. s-May. opening. soA,
closing 60&; June, opening, 6%, clos,
ing, 6lB; July, opening, 611s, closing
619s; September, opening. 61N, clos
ing, 62k.
Corn, No. Inlay, opening. asx,
closing, ASK; July, opening, 2s%,
closing, 29k; September. opening,
3O%, closing 30H
Oats Nc. S-May. opening. 1875, clos
Ing. 1915; June. opening. 1915, closing,
19A; July. opening, l9A, closing,
1879; September, opening, 1879, closing,
Mess pork. per bbl.-May. opening;
-. closing, 7e5; July, opening,
q 67x, closing, 7.7s1<; September, open
ing, 7S5. closing, 7.s7H.
Lard, per 100 lbs.-May, opening,
-. closing. ASK; July. opening,
A.62H, closing. 4,6o; September,
opening, ATS, closing. 4.72N.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-Msy. OPEN
ing, -. closing. 397k; July, opening,
4.o5, closing, 4.osx; September, OPEN
Ing. $40. closing, 4,17H.
Cash quotations. were as follows:
Flour. quiet; winter patents,
s.5o@s.so; winter straits. soo@
so; spring patents, a.4O@3 60; spring
straights. COCOA 90; bakers, 2.1o@
$40. No. spring wheat, 6oss; No.
8 spring wheat, 59%@61&; No. red.
64N; No. corn, 2sX: No. Q oats,
l9A; No. white, 19%@19H; No. 8
white, 19X@2o%; No. 9 rye. SO; No. Q
barley, nominal; No. 8, =; No. 4,
-; No. 1 faxseed, ssH; prime
timothy seed, =; mess pork per
bbl., 765@7.70; lard per 100 lbs. SIS;
short ribs sides Qoose) 4.O7%@4.1O;
dry sailed shoulders. (boxed) 4@44;
short clear sides (boxed). 4H@4k;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods, per
gallon, 1.22; sugars. cut loaf 25;
granulsted, 5.6aN@5 rs; standard A.
SIS.
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. May 19.-Flour
quiet. easy; fancy 3.2o@3.4O; family.
2.70@3.o0. Wheat easy; No. Q red
81. Receipts. 2,2oO; shipments. -.
Corn easy; No. mixed. 80. Oats
firm; No. Q mixed. 2lH. Rye dull;
No. Q, 800. Lard STEADY; $50. Bulk
meats easy. 4.37M. Bacon easy. 5.95.
Whiskey, steady; sales 500 barrels at
%. Butter good demand. easy; fancy
Elgin creamery, 17K; Ohio. 1908;
dairy. 8. Sugar barely steady; hard
refined, 8 5-16@6 8 16 Eggs steady.
&c. Cheese steady; good to prime Ohio
fat, SH.
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