Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-30
STOCKS IN ACTIVE DEMAND
Gains IN All Glasses Reached from One to
Two Points.
Zig Blocks OF Burlington and Steel
Change Hands Bears Sold Market
on Bank Statement

New York, March SO--There was an
active demand for stocks of all classes,
gains reaching one or two points in
some cases Heavy blocks changed
changed hands Of Burlington and the
United States Steel stocks, the first quo
tations being at fractional advances,
but prices running off slightly on sec
ondary quotations, Northern Pacific
was lifted a slight fraction.
High grade railroad and mlscellane-
Gus stocks We're bought at materially
higher prices. American Car preferred,
Smelling, North American, Tennessee
Coal and Sloss Steel rose lq2. The gem
orally active list was reactiOnary on
realizing and short selling Opening
gains IN Northern Pacific and United
States Steel We're cancelled but when
these stocks hardened again toward II
o'clock the general market became firm
er. Burlington was rushed up 2A to
l7Gib, the local traction stocks advanced
IA TO 2& Lake Erie and Western 3&,
National Tube preferred 3, Tenn. Coal
Az Colorado Fuel preferred and Pull
man 58s In an. PrOhtf taking met these
advances. The bears sold the market
on the bank statement, declines reach
ing q point In few cases. Supporting
orders were met and the trading be-
came queter. on the rally Rock Island
mounted buoyantly ga over last night
and Atohison l& The response else
where was moderate aud realizing con-
tnucd in spots, Rock Island fell back
Ia. The closing was feveiish and irreg-
ular, with only a few stocks at the top
level
CLOSING STOCKS.
Atchison, CPS do. preferred, 90; A. s.
8 W.. i6iz do pfd,, LIZ; American
Tobacco, l2lat; American Tin Plate,
74la; A. s. H.. 4jA do pfd.. SO: A. S.
r.. 90: do. pfd, 81; b. r. T., S3% Il. &
o., 20; do pfd.. 81; c. b. & O.. 1.75ia; c.
| c. c. & 81. L., say: c. L. l., 55lk. G. @.
W.. 22l4; c. s.. Gi7s, Con. Tob. 44& c..
! & O., iGss; G.. & A.. 42ss do, pfd.. 777k.
| D. & u. c., i6is; D. & H., .73l5 Elec-
trio, 2.17; +. s. 52h do. pfd., l.OiIi |.
| c.. 1888 Glucose, 4S%; l.. & ~,
| .00A Leather, 1879 do pfd., 76A NJ.
! X. 4 T. pfd.. 51% Manhattan, La;
! Metropolitan, l.66, Missouri Pacific,
| 02ia; ~ r., 9Sis; do. pfd.. 92is. ~ Y.
! c., Ia: Pennsylvania. .I2s Pacific
| Mall 365 Pullman. 2.l0h; Reading.
| 1884, Peoples Gas l06Ss; Reading first
| pfd 76; second pfd., 5lh; Rock Island,
| 1856 Rubber 2Oi Southern Pacific,
i69s 81. Paul, l.j07s; Sugar l,40h r.
c. l.. 6ih; Union Pacific, 80, do, pfd.,
Si% w. u, 90.
| MONEY AND BONDS.
Money on call nominally per cent.
Prime mercantile paper SlaqiA per
| cent.
Sterling exchange nominal with ac-
| tual business In banking bills at 4SSai.
for demand and fS4A for sixty days;
posted rates 4.s5hs and 4S9; commercial
| bills AS4dh.
Bar silver-5Sh.
Silver certlhcates--59Ad 6l.
| Mexican dollars-i9
| State bonds hrmer; railroad bonds IT.
| regular; government bonds steady. re-
| funding 2s registered. l06. refunding IS
coupon, 1861 Ss registered ex. int, III;
| rs coupon, ili& new Is registered and
coupon. 1884; old As registered, li3h &.
old Is coupon. ll4is. IS registered, lllh:
5s coupon, lll9.
SUGAR.
sugar-Raw. firm: fair refining.
1882. centrifugal SO test 1895 l-l6,
| molasses sugar, 9-32d3 5-l6. Refined,
firm; crushed, SIS; powdered. 535;
graduated, 5.25.