The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-09
WAS IRREGULAR.
But Prevailing Tone
in Stock Market
Was Heavy.
ONLY A FEW FEATURES.
United States Oil and
Mining Rise in
Boston.

Stock market trading was resumed
with activity after the holiday
The general view of election results
was favorable, the substantial repub-
lican plurality in Ohio being. especially
pleasing. Early trading in Wall street
saw some good gains. while as an off
set there was another smart fall in
United States Leather price breaking
from 40 to 2S1a, preferred actually ris-
ing IL meanwhile and receding but
little from the highest. Pacific Mail
advanced % and Sugar 27s, while Steel
& Wire gained 29s. In the afternoon
the general list softened somewhat
from the best, but taken as a whole
the market held we'll, the average at
2 p. m. being a better than at the close
Monday. Possibly too many had
thought that there would be a rising
market on the election results to per-
init buoyancy The fact is that under
existing monetary conditions, with the
present high level of prices, any mater
1al farther advance in the market as a
whole hardly is likely. 1t is market
of specialties, and in these there seem
TO be ample opportunities for the agile
trader
Boston trading was of good volume.
and prices on the whole We're steady.
even firm. United States Oil and Unit
ed States Mining We're the leaders in
nome specialties rising from Al to A
and from 31A to 3215 respectively.
Later there We're recessions of 1 in Oil
and y in Mining. over 5000 shares of
Oil and 5000 shares Of Mining sold in
the morning Ysabel was active. at 81
per Range l, to AK American Zine
lost 2, to 80, rallied to Al. later selling
at 40 Mohawk was up 11a, to 90 East
Boston Qand) was active, gaining *
to 9B, but falling back to 914; New Ha-
ven & Hartford was X better, at 2151a
Bell Telephone lower at 1868
The New York stock market opened
firm. American Steel & Wire 471s; At
Gibson preferred 66%, c. B. & Q. 1888
Continental Tobacco 43, Federal Steel
5SA. Leather 40 to 37$4, Leather pre-
ferred sos, Louisville & Nashville S7A,
Manhattan Ill, Missouri Pacific so
Brooklyn Transit S9A, Northern Pa
cific So, Brooklyn Transit 89H
Peoples Gas 114%, Rock Island lis
Sugar 157H, st. Paul 1861, Southern
preferred 577s, Tennessee Coal & Iror
119, Tobacco 1929. Union Pacific 4SA
Union Pacific preferred TN The mar.
most stocks. Manhattan Sugar and st
Louis Southwestern We're up a point
Ten thousand shares of Southern Pa
citic sold at 4219@42A, against 412s
Monday, and 1000 shares of Leather solo
at 40QS7&, against 40 Monday. Leath.
er afterwards fell to 361h. The market
was very active and showed a yielding
tendency after the opening.
While Leather preferred was in de-
md a.
was thrown over in large blocks, and
fell an extreme Az by IL a. m. It's
weakness prompted pressure against
Sugar, Tobacco, Manhattan and Brook
lyn Transit, which yielded about q
point each. Railway stocks generally
held well except Louisville & Nash
Vile, st. Paul and Missouri Pacific. Ac-
tive bidding for Sugar subsequently,
H&ted 1t 21a to 1859, and strength in the
metal issues caused a sharp rally al
around Southern Pacific was the lead
er in the railways, and enormous pur.
chases raised it a point. Efforts tC
rally Leather were futile, as every i'm.
provement brought more abundant
selling and the price dipped to 80. By
noon the advance in the general mar
ket also was checked and trading
slackened. The specialties hardened
again, Pacific Mail rising an extreme
2B.
The following quotations were made
on the Boston exchange yesterday on
stocks held in Worcester and vicinity:
Bos TON sToc ks
(Reported by Kinnicutt G. Dewitt.)
TELEPHONE STOCKS.
Bid. Asked
american Bell .................. 367 1868
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