The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23
Some Specialties Gain
While Others
Recede.
GENERAL ELECTRIC UP 3 "a.
Strength in Dominion Coal
Was Boston's
Feature.

Dulness was intensified yesterday in
the stock market trading.
Prices held steady, even firm, with
some good gains offsetting the few
weak specialties. Even the latter raj
lied well, and in New York there was
some interest in stocks which have
been inconspicuous of late. A sharp rise
in General Electric was feature both
in New York and in Boston, the price
gaining 8 ga, to 100, and holding the
gain well. An early gain of rs in Su-
gar was followed by loss of 2, and that
by rally of 1-practically no net change
from Tuesdays close. Leather ran up
2 rs and held good part of the rally;
Manhattan also recovered. The stand
ard stocks as usual, showed little fea-
ture; it pleases the powers that be in
the market to hold them steady and to
do their trading in the specialties.
In Boston there was hardly any in
terest in the mining stocks. Barely 1000
shares altogether represented the morn
ing's total of dealings in this depart
ment. Central Oil has had a good rest,
but it reappeared today, selling up "a,
to 20 ga, receding to % 3-S. Dominion
Coal rose l "a more, to 81 IA later
selling at so 7-S. Santa Ysabel was firm,
touching 10 IA, later falling back to
IS Mexican Central was up / Ia at
IA IA, first incomes selling at 26. Boston
and Albany was 2 lower, al 252.
The New York stock market opened
irregular. Atchison preferred 66 IA,
Federal Steel IS 3-S, Leather q. Leather
preferred 81, Manhattan 103 5-s, Brook
lyn Transit 81 "a, Northern Pacific
30 5-S. Peoples Gas 113 Ia, Sugar III,
st. Paul 1875 3-4, Southern preferred
81 3-S, Tobacco III 3-8, Union Pacific
40 3-S, Union Pacific preferred 76 SIS.
Prices of most stocks were higher at
the opening, the widest changes being
found among the industrials, but no
change exceeded a fraction. A few
prominent stocks We're on the side of
losses, Sugar, after opening fraction,
fell below last night.
Business was fairly large, but the
activity and strength were centred in
special stocks. Gains of / to 2 points
occurred in the coalers, General Elec-
trio, Sugar and Steel Hoop. Evidence
of support in Leather induced heavy
covering which lifted it rs, to g. A
number Of the unusually dormant
stocks showed some Improvement, but
there was little of interest in the lead
ing railways. There was general de-
cline after IL o'clock The specialties
bore the brunt Of the selling, Sugar and
tennessee Coal losing points and
many others a point. Towards midday
the general tone was better, but the
dulness was pronounced. Realizations
continued on a large scale in Wabash
debentures. The bond market otherwise
was irregular in tone.
The market became -stagnant
and sluggish in the noon hour, except
for few stocks. General Electric ex-
tended it's rise to 8 "a, Rio Grande
Western preferred rose 1 IA and Chi
cago Terminal preferred gained the
same. Minneapolis & st. Louis declined
ga and Metropolitan Elevated a
point.
The following quotations were made
on the Boston exchange yesterday on
stocks held in Worcester and vicinity.
B o sToN sToC Ks.
Reported by Kinnicutt & DeWitt.)