Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-22
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Stocks-The European war situation
continues TO largely dominate the course
Of the market for stocks here, as was
shown by the quick adjustment 10 the
London charity in the quotations at the
opening. The day was spent without spe-
Ci8l developments otherwise. outside Of
special movements in individual stocks
London showed q further fractional ad-
vance fer American securities. and this
was probably cue !n part to the fact that
yesterday London prices were somewhat
depressed by the excessive depression eX-
.sung IN New York on Monday Prices
for Americans continued 20 improve in
London during the day and there was
some buying for London account here
Iae result has been that the prices here
nave recovered the loss sustained on Mon
uey 3ad are very generally above Satur-
C4y close 10 the extent OF d varying frac-
u9n. tracing was dull to-day. however,
oulSlle some special cases. dealers having
apparently been convinced by their eX-
p5Fence OF Monday. when they acted
without any foreign exchanges TO take
tnelr cue from and largely Oversold the
market on the war news. that they did
not understand much about the EaST1Tn
question. and that they would prefer TO
await clearer comprehension before buy
lEE or selling further. The Impressive
ness or Mondays experience was demon
Stfa,eQ by the small dealings to-day, by
the uarrOWneSs Of the fluctuations, ana
oy the close adherence 20 the London
shares. The total sales for the day were
less than 10000 shares. \ notable point
~ the days market Tor stocks was tnat II
moved In harmony with the wheat mar
6et, though within a narrower range
This was contrary TO the tendency hither-
10 shown ever since the beginning of the
present war scare, ana was perhaps due
M part TO the influence OF domestic crop
conditions on the wheat market. The
days gains in the railway list generally
We're confined 10 fractions. In the COalers
some larger gains were noticed. due in
some measure TO manipulation TO plncn
Of plans for more economical marketing
Of the coal output. The extreme gains
were. New Jersey Central 2ss. Delaware
and Hudson "a and gains OF q point or
ers Burlington crossed s.. Paul and ruled
q fraction higher during the day. There
were some errauC movements in Illinois
Steel which broke 52s and rallied points.
ON the recovery i. jumped once @ point
and again rs on successive sales. No news
was forthcoming regarding the property.
The local gas stocks also showed some
very erratiC variations on conflicting re-
ports from Albany, but closed with net
gain Of for Consolidated Gas and IL for
Brooklyn Union. Tobacco was weak early
iC the day on reports of opposition pro-
i-cts. bur closed with an Improvement OF
T.. Leather preferred was exceptionally
weak and ended with loss of rs. in spite
of occasional weak rallies. Sugar gained
la on published reports of steps being
taken TO secure control of the best sugar
fluctuations. closed with a fractional gain.
a bid OF Sf5 was registered for New York
and Harlem against the late previous SAFE
q, $40. The stock closed at $40 bid and 10
asked The bond market ruled firm ana
higher with O lack OF feature in the prom
i0tnt issues. Governments gained Sught-
IS on purchases ~ $}ltN. Total sales OF
stocks 1850 shares. quotations closed