The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-10
FINANCE AND TRADE
THIS Features Of tho Money aud stOcL
Markets.

Ihs fSRtureS OF tho Money ana STOCK
Markets.
NEW YORK, April s.--Money on call
easy at lisg2 per cent; last loan III per
cent, closed offered at ~ per cent
Prime mercantile paper 3isGi per cent,
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business In bankers bills at 81 S1di S1lt
for demand. and 81 SjAl a. So Tor 60 days.
Posted rates 81 SGls and 81 SSui $50.
Commercial bills 81 So. Silver Ccrtll-
Gates Gl5sa62Nc Bar silver GiAc.
Compared with the trading on some
DAYS this week. there was considerable
animation To business on the stock rX-
change to-day. though the market has
by no means attained large proportions
yet, Nearly half the sales to-day were
OF Sugar Chicago Gas and the RrDDg-
ers ana cOalers took up large part or
the remaining half, so that the apparent
Increase in business was largely coniin-
ed to a few stocks. The market open
cd with quite marked upward ten
dcnCy. and rs prices worked upward
there was broadening In the scope Of
the buying. But number OF unfavOra-
Bile Influences developed and induced
the traders to take their profits. This
proved too much Tor the market and
Values sdgEed OF. closing prices show
Ing IN most cases sharp net losses
There was quite a notable demand at
one time during the day for the Van
derbilt stocks which had come to be
looked upon OF late as the first indCa-
ton Of an outside interest In the mar
ket This was largely diminished as
the market gave way to depression,
Some OF the buying Of Sugar In the
early part Of the day seems TO have
been influenced by reports Of protests
against the sugar schedule OF thu tar
III bill by foreign governments. the
dealers in stocks apparently concluding
from this that the tariff bill ms whole
was likely TO fail, and thus leave the
sugar duties as at present This is an
example OF the professional character
OF the dealings in Sugar, and the man
ner in which the price has been manip-
ulated The selling to realize on the
rise was largely effected. though not
only on Sugar. but helped to drive down
prices In general After touching ll5.
the price fell tx per cent, Chicago Gas
was almost MS largely dealt in as SUI
CUR. and was strong nearly all day,
closing at 81 as compared with SOiA at
yesterdays close. The strength In To-
cal gas securities continued feature
also. Brooklyn Union rose 20 per cent.
but reacted IL per cent. The course
upwards OF the ErangeTs WAS checked
BY the renewal OF the weakness In the
wheat market, and they fell on from
* per cent 10 Il point. Missouri Pa
cInc fell point also, while the decline
in the railway list generally did not eN-
coed q fraction. Coupled with the real
iZinE sales in Sugar came renewed
heavy liquidation in the coalers. Under
~ : TnWsH
trail declined "a. Delaware & Hudson
"a, and Reading u per cent, the latter
on very heavy sales Leather preferred
had tts own untavorablc factor to deal
with In the reports that the senate
would place duty on hides and the
stock lost a point but recovered
fraction. The fall In wheat encouraged
n renewal OF short selling In many
shares and the renewed liquidation in
the coalcrs, on account Of the persist.
cnt depression In the coal business, CO.
operated 10 drive prices down. the
closing was weak With the downward
course unchecked,
The total sales Of stocks to-day were
1884 shares
Government bonds strong.
State bonds dull
Railroad bonds firm.
Evening Posts London financial ca
bieSram;
The stock markets continued good to-
dav on cheap money, Gilt-cdSci stocks
were naturally the best and were most
affected uv the chanpc IN the bank rate,
tho speculative markets being d1nPen-
ed by the approach Of Easter, 70 say
nothing OF the unsettled political stu
alton The settlement has been salts
FYDfnrIiv concluded
Americans were good, but the close
was under the best.
There ls some disposition on the par
OF those who bought Americans Just
fter the elections 10 renlt2" ~ soon ls
they ear get fair profit Canada
Pacincs ore bid. Tor In the street.
About 100000 pounds IN : ID from the
Cane have been bought 'Jr Japan and
Tie continent at the precious price quo
ted.
rho Paris bourse opened firm, Pui
closed dull,
The Berlin market was steady
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