The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-17
rlNAvcE AND TRAD.
Tho Feature, OF the Nancy AMI stock
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The Feature, OF the Money AMI stock
.'tl. Blankets,
NEw YORK, Nov, to- Money on call
cnsy at 3AJ4 per cent; last loan per
cent; closed a, sisGi per cent. Prime
mercantile paper sac per cent. sterling
exchange weak. with actual business
In bankers bills at 81 SIgi SS,t for de-.
maud and 81 SGIi Tor sixty days, POST
ed rates 81 S2HTi S3ia and 81 SGGI SIS.
Commercial bills 81 50. Bar silver csc.
Silver certificates 65G65Ac.
Aside from the fluctuations In one or
two OF the Bpcclaltles to-day Specula.
tlon In stocks was a perfunctory affair.
outside interest being at u minimum.
The course OF prices appeared to In.
dictate TINT leading professional Inter.
csts were not yet prepared to encuur-
age the resumption OF the upward
movement, otherwise the exceptionally
favorable statement OF our foreign
trade statistics for October and the ten
months OF the year would undoubtedly
have been made bullSh test. As It
wns,cnorts were again made TO revamp
the Cuban war scare. The advocates OF
lower prices also protcssed great con-
Germ over the business prospects OF the
granger roads. There was little or no
news calculated to affect prices. Lon
don was not much OF u factor. The
market opened Irregular at unlmpOrt-
ant changes In the leading stocks, but
soon developed q rcactionary tendency,
Sugar and the GraagerS being the
weak features. The selling OF the first
named was by powerful Interests md
was attributable to n desire 10 dcpresS
the general list quite as much as that
particular stock. Towards mid-tay. q
buying movement occurred, In which
Pacific Mall rose 81 per cent, the latter
half OF the Improvement was lost. Sub
sequcntly special drive At Sugar
caused another Eeneraldecllne,th tho stock
In question dropping ia per cent. To-
bacco was traded In eX-dlvidend OF
per cent, and scored decline OF %.
per cent. Sharp concessions were made
In the general list. The market devcl-
oped increased activity toward the
close with prices ruling at the lowest
points.
The bond market displayed rcac-
tlonary tendency, but declines were
fractional.
Governments were active and firm on
transactions OF s209,00J.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
20i.4S+ shares.
Evening Posts London financial ca
blegram:
This was a blank day an the stock
markets, although the tendency was
good except for Americans. which were
rather dull. 1t Is believed that n reac-
ton Is necessary TO bring In buyers,
The dealers here are waiting for con-
frmai!on OF the revival OF trade in the
United States In the form OF increased
railway receipts. Mines were hat on
steady rcalizatlonS in Paris. The fea-
ture In the money market Is = growing
possibility OF gold going 10 India
through the dcarness OF money. The
rise In exchange to l6ta pence will
probably induce shipments.
The Paris bOurse was dull. The
feature there IS the sudden notice Of
heavy Withdrawals OF Russian deposits
from Paris. Il Is said that the Russian
government was about TO prcSen: a
large amount OF notes ut the Bank OF
France zoe gold required for coinage
purposes. and that the bank refused &c
part with Its gold Hence the SHARP
rise In exchange In London.
The Berlin market was quiet.