The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-11
LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE.
Less Excited and Wild. but a Good
Stong Market Had.

There was a big contrast between yesterdays
stock market and that OF the day before. The
dealings were not nearly 81 large, and there
was nOne OF the Wild excitement displayed tnat
MADE Meunesday's market 50 conspicuous. In
Iact. a somewna. SLOW and tame maIAst. Inousn
a sJrOng me, was expea Fenced, Iuere petns a
IGrJn-r adV aIsce IN local baIik anu trust stocks
anu soHls snsnt gains IN railways anu nInIng
sIOcKs.
As usual. trust stocks had the call. and nearly
al OF them MADE gains. sna traaIng was en-
couiasLhsy lar. Miss,ssippi valley disappointed
eHYuC1aiIVns considerably. Ine opeiIns was quIeI
al assI BAD. nOt~ outstanding thai 1t wa. kho~u
to every ono Interested InaI sa.es had been
mace on the street earlier at sSos. and that
Was Did. being an a1vsncs Of . points ever
nisHt- Ever boy sm4I-d wnen the opening Dad
Was made. ana some siOaned derislseiy. 1ns
warmed W. ana advanced a poinI a. n time
to 'sSs bil ana $50 ASKED. At wnIch 1t closed.
the oniy SAFE maze being IN a paitry one snare
at the closing bid pnce.
Next to Mississippi VALLEY, Mercantile. Trust
attracted most attention, ana was quite largely
traded IN Ine Opcning was ! point nIgner tnan
the gay before. AZ Sz.u. at when 80 Enares sOld.
Inis brought sehing OTdeis OUT. ana the MARKET
gradually weakened under the pfessure. anu aIIer
IVo snaIes sOId at &aS the cIOse was 4 point
lower tnan Wednesdays Ciu-e. at sZsAO Ud
anu s2.s.yO asked. InIon trust was nrm ana
unchanged at .zv1 bid and s=,o as.ed. cut 81.
Louis n point higher. a. siVNOs DID and none
OnsTed-
The feature OF the hank stock market Was
again the National Bank Of Commerce. which.
nNo BanQuO's snost. wal not Gown. The re-
mG1.AGis sIIeasth ana the sn,n'eIruPted I'D.
Slows no sisns VI ietuas up. ana there are
sOIuc 80 HaIk uinc they 10 mol hesitate ~ predict
tsU for II an time. Inere Was no tra1lns IA
this stock yesterday. but there was another al
vance Of : points. and Szas was bd and sz0
asked. Continental National was a point bet
ter, at SIS. state National was aiso w -
point to alGl. and EOatInens was bad 4 pOinL
higher. at SlS.Jo.
The dealings in United railways were not
heavy. but a good quiet bushes Was done at A
shade better prices tnan ruled the day before.
There was IA fair demand for the 4, and during
hands at SsI.7s. at which there were SELLERS Iaie.
Transit WAS unusually quiet at SIS bad and Sls2
asked. hut the preferred sold 10 the amount OF
IVo shares at S6sT5 and - snaTes brought Sos ~
later. with that bid at close
The market for mining stocks was quiet. and
particularly FOR INTERCHANGEABLE which was
Granite 8imstallic to nj. which holders were
obliged to pay $50, whicn was higher than the
day before, and hid at close. with SIS asked.
Meramec River IS. which have been neglected
for a long time. came TO the front. and two sold
at Sll6.3.
There were no bids for American Central Insur-
ance. which was offered at S45. Wednesday there
were buy ers at S4 ana no sellers. |
International Automatic Air Brake and Coupler
vas not traded IN. but vas in demand at So 20. .
with 1910 asked.
Investors in United railways preferred stock
mail to find inciOsed "A check for the
regular IA. per cent dividend. which they have
been anSiOusly looking for all OF the week. 1
Closing quotations: |