The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-11
FINANCE AMp .~commesce
Now York stock nrarhe..

SUN oecame evident and general frsc-
tions losses were scored. Before the
expiration OF the first hour, however,
d selling pressure was exhausted and
. VOL defined covering movement en-
6ued under b leadership of the indus
trials, which carried prices up to n ma.
tefisl extent. Later in the dey the
Anthracite Coal stocks and Grangers
were strong features. The general
market was buoyed up by the conviction
that the delay incidental to the pro
gramme for floating the new govern
mont loan Will not result in any seri~
Gus financial disturbance. The fac.
shat only $3.50, 900 in gold WAS en-.
gagged for shipment to- morrow also had
a favorable influence upon the market.
Late in the day realizing sales caused
a general reactionsry movements, in
which Manhattan and Leather Preferred
were the chief sufferers, with the losses
OF about a point. In the closing deal
ings prices again hardened and the
closing was firm, with substantial net
advances general.
Closing STOCKS were az follows:
Atohison, 13H; Adams Express, lao:
Baltimore and Ohio, So; Chesapeake
and Ohio, l4&; Chicago, Burlington and
quincy, l7S; Chicago Gas, 66x; O. O. @.
and st. Louis, 35H; Del, L%acknwanns
western, 159M; Distillers and Cat
Tie Feeders Co., 1873; Esie, 13X; Erie
preferred, 80; Great Northern pre-.
ferred. ITO; Lake Shore, 1879; Lead
Trust, IS; Louisville and Nashville.
43H; National Cordsge, S; National
OoreaHS preferred, 90; N. j. Central,
SSA; Norfolk and Western preferred,
U Northern Pacific preferred, II;
Northwestern, 97&; Northwestern pre-
1ATron- 1d1 L. M W N~-A-I w
snd Q England, As; Pacific Mail,
IS; Pullman Palsce, l5eH; Reading
3; Rock Island, 65A; st. Paul, 67%:
st. Paul and Omaha, 34N; Southern
Pacific, FL; Sugar Refinery, 1Oa%;
Union Pacific, 3ss; Western Union,
o.; General Electric, 25; Southern,
SMi Southern preferred, 25k; Tobacco.
70; Tobacco preferred, 1OON.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. 10.-Money on call
easy at 4%@6 per cent, last loan S per
cent. closed s per cent. Primo mer-
camille paper 600 per cent; sterlinR
exchange dull and higher with actual
business in bankers bills at 4.s9A
ior demand and 4.S7k@4.s7X for sixty
days. Posted rates 4.Ss@4 so and
4S9H@4'9oH. Commercial bills, 4.s6%.
silver certificates. 67@67K. Bar sill
ooI UUHQb HIfOn2
and higher. State bonds Inactive.
Railroad bonds strong. Petroleum
steady, lao bid.
Chicago Iarket.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-The more pacific
character OF European news had itself
on all markets to-day and they relapsed
into \ condition of dullness prevailing
before The war scn,e. Wheat closed x
lower than yesterday. Corn and oats
lost n and q, respectively. Provisions
quilt 2N@7M off compared with last
night.
Tho leading futureu ranged to-day as
follows.
Wheat, No. ~s-January. opening,
571, closing, 81; February. opening,
57H, closing. SIX; May, opening, 57X,
Closing w; July, opening, COX,
Corn, No. 2-January. opening, eek,
closing. 1858; May. opening, 90,
closing. 2SH; July, opening, 29M, clos
ing, 29H.
Oats No. 2-January, opening, -,
closing, IN; February, opening, 1919,
closing, 1879; May, opening. 2OA. clos.
ng, 20; July, opening, 20A, closing,
Mess pork, per hbl.-January, open-
ing, -. closing 8 SO; May. opening,
opening, 9.75, closing, 9 s2N.
Lard, pei 100 lbs = January, opon-
Ing, -. closing, 547K, May. OPEN
Ing, b.7T%. closing, 5.s2%.
Short ribs, per 100 lbs.-January,
opening, 4.57, closing, 60; May,
opening, 4.s5, closing, 4.s7H.
Cash quotations were ss follows:
Flour steady; patents, 40; soft,
8 lo@S:s0. No. 9 spring wheat. $40
Al az Nh 2 QnSfnr upHaA Enl<
No. Q red. 62%@62%, No. Q corn, 26N;
No. 2 yellow, 96%; No. Q oats, 17X@
17&; No. Q white. Go@2OK; No. 8
white, 1sA@19A; No. . rye, a5; No. Q
arley, nominal; No. 8. 23@36; No. a,
ss@25; No. I fiaxseed, 02x@9a; prime
timothy coed, $50; meas pork per bbl.,
9 50@9 6236; lard per 100 lbs, b.47x@
$50; short ribs sides (loose) 4 6o@4.6s;
dry sailed shouldern, (boxed) ~ a
short clear sides (boxed), 4%@4&;
whiskey, dissillers' finished goods, per
gallon, l 22; sugars. cut loaf, S.75 gran
ulated. AIS; standard a. 500.
Cincinnati roduc Mnrket.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. 10.-FIour
hrmer; family, ASSOC so; fancy s.tO@
8 Is Wheat strong; No. Q red, 60;
receipts, 500; shipments. 1000. Corn
easier; No. Q mixed, 2SA@2S%. Oats
steedy; No. Q mixed ,206. Rye dull; No.
2. 80. Lard quiet, 5 AS. Bulk meats
fair demand; ATS Bacon firm, SIS.
Whiskey. quiet; sales $40 barrels at
1.22. Butter quiet; fancy Elgin cream
cry, 25; Ohio, 1920; dairy, 10@l1.
Sugar firm; hard refined, 3T@5x.
Eggs easier, loo. Cheese quiet; good to
prime Ohio fiat. 9k@1p.
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