The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-21
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
New York Stock Market

NEW YORK, Feb. 90 The stock mar
kes displayed o considerably improved
tone to- day. Business was on an in
creased scale and the dealings were
fairly we'll distributed. The specula-
tive sentiment, aside from the purely
local factors was favorably Influenced
by renewed foreign "buying" of our
securities, which was reflected in sharp
advances In the international stocks,
Ine closing was strong at general frsc
tional net gains.
Closing STOCKS wore as follows:
Atohison, 1919; Adams Express, l4s,
bait1mo'e and Ohio, SO; chesapeake
ana ohio, i7E; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, SIX; Chicago Gas, esS; O. q. G.
and st. Louis, 3sA; DEL, Lackawanna
and western. liz; Distillers and Cat
tie Feeders Co.,, 1885; Erie, 17H; Erie
preferred, 90; Great Northern pre-.
ferred, Ito; Lake Shore, l45x; Lead
TRUST, s7xi Louisville and Nash Vile.
osS; National Oordage, 5}6; National
CorosSe preferred, IL; N. j. Central,
1o7H; Norfolk and Western preferred.
9; Northern Pacific preferred, 15K;
northwestern, 104s1; Northwestern pre-
ferred, las; N. Y. Central, 9sss; NY,
ana New England, as; Pacific Mail,
29N; Pullman Palace, 100; Reading,
lSS; hook Island, 73A; st. Paul, 7sa;
81. Paul and Omaha, Al; Southern
racine 20; Sugar Refinery, 1l6;
Union Pacific, SIS; Western Union,
s8M; General Electric, aux; Southern
l0%; Southern preferred. 32x; Tobacco,
81; Tobacco preferred, 101.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-Monev on Gall
easy at 3k@4 per cent, last losn ak
per cent, closed az per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5x@7 per cent. ster.
ling exchange steady with actual bus.
ness in bankers' Sbills at s7M@
4 s7N for demand and 4s6A@4 sex
for sixty days. Posted rates 1870
4.s7H and 4ssH@4s9. Commercial
bills, ass. Bar oliver, 67%. Silver
certificates, 68@68M. Government bonds
strong. State bonds dull. Railroad
bonds strong. Petroleum easier, closed
135 bid.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20.-Wheat which
was galvanized into some show of &C.
tiVity yesterday by the heavy spot
grain business relapsed to day into
almost complete lifelessness and more
from lack OF trading than anything else
closed ut e cline. Corn, oats and
provisions were equally dull and made
but little changes in value.
The leading futures ranged TODAY as
follows.
Wheat, No. s-February. opening,
658, closing, e2ss; May, opening. e5X,
closing, 65; June, opening, 65X, clos
ing, IS; July, opening, 65N, closing,
Corn. No 2-February, opening, -.
closing, 2S; May, opening, 30,
closing. 80; July. opening, 81, clos
Ing, 81; September, opening, ssH,
closing, s21S.
Oats No. s-February, opening, -,
closing, 1917; May. opening, 81. olos-
Ing, 81; July, opening, 2lH, closing,
9iS; September opening. 81, closing.
Mess pork. per bbl.-February, opsn.
ing, o 80, closing. 9.s5; May. opening.
1000, closing, 1905; July, opening,
10.17H, closing, 10 90.
Lard, per 100 lbs February, open.
Ing. 8 40. closing, 542; May. open.
Ing 5.57h. closing. 5736; July, open.
Ing, $40. closing. $40.
Short ribs. per 100 lbs.-February,
opening, 500. closing, sos; May,
opening. 5.2sk, closing, 592k; july.
opening. 5.27x, closing, 5.523s.
Cash quotatlons were as follows:
Flour barely steady; patents, 1850
$40; soft. 10@3.50. No. spring
wheat, 62s@63sa; No. spring wheat,
63@64; No. red, 66X@67sS; No. Q
corn, 80; No. yellow, SO; No. oats,
1917; No. white. 21N@224; No. 3
white. 11H@s1M; No. rye, 3s; No.
barley, nominal; No. 3, 97@s6; No,
4, 26@27; No. 1 faxseed, 91%; prime
timothy seed, 8 rs; mess pork per bbl.,
9 s7x@1o 90; lard per 100 lbs, 5000
42K; short ribs sides (loose) $3.50
$40; dry sailed shoulders, (boxedl
4H@5; short clear sides (boxed),
6A@5as; whiskey, distillera' finished
goods. per gallon. 1,22; sugars, Gu.
loaf, 6.s77S; granulated, 5.25A; stand
ard A, 5.92A.
Cincinnati Produce Market.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 2O.-Flour
easy; family, 29o@3,15; fancy, 4O@
8 60. Wheat easy; No. red. 73%.
Receipts, 1900; shipments, none. Corn
active; No. Q mixed, 30. Oats quiet;
No. mixed. 22<. Rye nominal; No.
3. 4lh. Lard steady; 5.22N. Bulk
meats steady; 512M Bacon steady at
600. Whiskey. quiet; sales 45s
barrels at 1.s3. Butter quiet; fancy
Elgin creamery. 81; Ohio, 49,; dairy, 9.
Sugar firm; hard refined ills.
Eggs firm, higher, lilo. Cheese steady,
good to prime Ohio fat. 9@9h.