The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-08
COTTON MARKETS

NEW YORK. Feb There was very
active trading in cotton to-day. partiru-
larry during The afternoon. The strong
English adNiccs caused firm feeling $3.50
the opening call. when prices showed AN
advance OF T. points Later the market
developed much irrcgularity and sold off
10 points under the pressure OF heavy
offerings OF long cotton. which came out
freely as soon as 10 became apparent that
outside speculative support was not being
maintained. During the strong intervals
August coutracst. Wrlch sold as nigh rs
Ga Ou the TOP wave of the advance last
week sold AZ GZ1 this morning. From
this price tho market broke 20 Gis "a loss
OF points from the final figures OF yes
tcrday. Other months less active had
less decline. but 40 times The market mad
q very unsettled look. Throughout the
session however. The regulation market
bearings were quite as bUllish as at any
time heretofore Adviccs from the south
state that spot cotton holders ln inc
principal markets az The cotton belt were
as strong iu their views as ever. they
reiterated predictions of short acreage
and inattenuOu 10 fertilizers. while re-
PORTING that weather conditions were al
most without 90 parallel. so uniaN0rdnle
as fO inhih't farm work OF every kind.
while running the unpicked cotton. Port
receipts Were light. indications as 20 the
interior movement NOT promising EpOrt-
er5 and American spinners were reported
a. ln competition Tor supplies generally
held out Of their reach and rapidly be-
coming less desirable as TO assortments.
The market was finally steady. rs points
higher to 3 net lower.
COTTON-Futures opened firm Febru-
airy. GlJ. March. 6l9. April. GO. May
G.23. June. G22. July. ca. August. 6.2i.
September. G12, October GA. November,
Glib. December GIG.
Futures closed steady. February. 61l.
March. GIG. April. GA. May, dlj. May
615. July GIG. August. G19. September
GIG. October GIG. November. G1s, De-
cember. Gl9
spot cotton closed quiet and steady
prices unchanged, sales, 500 bdles.
COTTON-steady. middling 7-l6. net
receipts 1.43O bales. gross. 9a23 bales
sales. 40 bales. stock. 1oi5Sf bales, eN-
ports 10 the Continent. no. ij3 bales
Total to-day-Net receipts. Z5IH bales.
exports 90 Great Britain, 3.23j bales, TO
France. 1203O bales 90 the Continent, 40
Bales: stock gj2 14S bales
Consolidated receipts. 1851 bales
exports TO Great Britain. O.. f06 bales, to
France. 1926 bales. 90 the Continent g.
Cl2 bales.
Total since September 1st-Net receipts
s63.O3S bales exports 10 Great Britain.
% 1861 bales. 90 France. GA $50. to the
Continent. 2.O12 100 bales
LIVERPOOL. Feb. 7-COTTON- Spot
m fair demand. prices 1890. higher.
American middling lair. 2732d.. good
mIddling. 3la. middlng. 9 JIG. low mid
ding. rs. good ordinary. 1913. ordi-
nary. 24 The sales of the day were TO-
900 bales Of which 1000 were f0r specu-
lation and export and included 300
Americans. Receipts. 300 bales, aN
American.
Futures opened and closed firm. Ameri-
can middiing, ]. m g.. February. % ll-Ciu
1861 buyers. February and March,
. l7-G403 1864. buyers March and April.
. 1851 buyers April and May. ls-6i.
sellers. May and June lH-Gia3 -o-14.
buyers. June ana July. 3 2O-6l03 21-tf.
sellers July and August 3 -l-6f. BUYERS.
August ana September -l-b4. buyers,
September aud October. 3 2l-6i, buyers.
October and November. 2l-G4. buyers
November and December. 2l-GfH3 22-6i.
sellers, Decemer and January q 2l-6i4
22-Gi. sellers.
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. COTTON
Futures-February. ga bid, March. 5.7fN
as: April. J770J7s, May. 5sOGj.sl;
june. JSlaIS2. July, j.S3aj.s4. August.
6.S2u5S3. September 1.I2f5.14, October,
5.73uj.75. November, J74gj.76i Deem
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