The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-03
PINAN0E nm TRADE
re Fsatures of tAo Money and steel
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TIE Features Of the Money aud Stock
Markets.
NEW YORK. April Mooney on call
easy at 400 per cent; last loan TX
per cent; cloSed offered At lss 2per cent.
Prime mercantile paper Sss04 per cent.
Sterling exchange dull, with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 s7,G for
demand, and at 81 S5&04 ss for sixty
days. Posted rates s. ssh and y SS9
4 SSs. Commercial bills $4lStlSll4 So.
Silver certificates 6s96SM. Bar silver
&c.
To.day's trading was marked By q
stlll further dimlnultlOn In the volume
Of trading on the stock exchange, the
total sales falling below 10000 sh2tes
Western Union became the leader Of
the market In point of shares sold for
the hrst time In a long time. The sales
amounted to almost 10000 shares, The
results OF the days trading left the net
changes IN most Of the active stocks
narrow, nearly oil outside the coaleTS'
showing gains. There was an obvious
undercurrent OF strength in the GFan-
ger group and others Of the Western
and Southwestern roads growing out
OF the agreement which II Is believed
viii prove efiicacIous in maintaining
rates and stlll be within the law Us
construed In the ranS-Mlssourt declS-
lon.
4 noticeable texture OF the market
also was q resumption Of the inquiry
for the Vanderbilt stocks, which was
interrupted by the break in values
caused by the tFRns-A Missouri decision.
The announcement OF the arrival In
London OF individuals Tepr esentlng large
lnN Rn9HNVpnA attention he
dealers on the exchange a. ptoba-
BILE influence towards Improvement OF
prices In the properties which they rep
resent, Northern Pacific preferred was
notably affected by this influence, owe
ing TO the belief aroused that confer
eneeS In London were tending to FUR.
ther a harmonious control OF that road
and the Great Northern. The MARKET
was not entirely dominated, however:
by those favoring conditions but STU
carried the incubus OF q depression 70
the coal stocks and some Of the Could
shares, which the bear8 sought 70 ae-
centuate, The bear attack on these
stocks checked the advance with which
the market opened and caused decAne1.
II was rather noticeable thRs the sub
Neuuent Improvement In Western Union
continued In face OF Q statement Wy
Russell Sage that iG business does not
Improve 90 q point WRFFanttng the
usual dividend rate he should favor q
reduction for the mex: quarter Tie
buying Of the Y0nderbIlts and NORTH
ern Pacific preferred checked the de.
cline and prIce5 were carried 70 the top
prices OF the day, the coAlers participate
ing In the Improvement
Gains os point or more we're shown
In Omaha, New York Central. Sugar,
BURLINGTON. Chicago Gas, st. Paul, Rock
Island. L. & n. Manhattan, Lead and
Pacific Mall, Lake Shore, which ruled
at leo bid at the outset, Jumped to 151
bid on the execution OF orders for 800
Share9 at i65 and 1856 Subsequently a
decline to 1854 bid occurred. Leather
preferred declined on unfAvorable trade
reports, but partially recovered. The
close was irregular.
The bond market firm.
Governments strong.
The total sales OF stocks to-day were
1Sl,9O9 shares,
bleErRm says:
The stock markets were little bet-
ter to-day, but the close was dull on
feeling that eastern politics are draw
ing to a head.
stocks had the best market. Americans
were steady, Mr.. Pierpolnt Morgan Is
understood 10 express favorable views,
but nothing other than what was stat
ed by him before he left New York.
There Is a keen demand for gold from
the continent and Japan at us 40E1d.
Short loans ore easier.
The Paris and Berlin markets were
PoN.ns AND STOCK QUOTATIONS.