Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-11
PRICES OPENED HIGHER.
Some Stocks Which Are Usually Neglected
Were Up Considerably.
Those Most Actively Dealt I'm Made
substantial Gains Bonds ia De-
mand nc Better Price.

New York, March.--Prices opened
higher all around in the stock market
without regard to the heavness Of the
London market. ST. Paul sold at 1850
OK rights compared with l.5ih on Sat
urday. Metropolitan Street Railway
Amalgamated Copper and Erie first
preferred rose from to IA. Sugar
dropped IA on the pending sales Fluc-
tuadons Of the prominent stocks were
narrow and temporary flrmness after
the opening was followed by lower
level Some stocks however, which are
usually neglected, including several
selling from 30 TO so, were lNlR higher
Great Northern preferred advanced S%
20 2,03 ST. Paul, ex rights, brought
4M0%.
Stocks which were the most actively
dealt In generally made substantial
gains. Sugar rose "a above the early
lowest and Chicago and Alton rose to
that extent over Sunday. The anthra-
cite coalers were prominent Aacka-
wanna gaining 3d. D. & H., and 9TH
ers Of the group lM2A Great Northern
preferred advanced further 10 2.O5b
and G. G. c. e. 81. H., st. Louis a 81, L,
preferred. Smelling and Tennessee Coal
were conspicuously strong. General
Electric dropped after an early rise
Of ~.
The market became easier ON realiz-
ing. a rise In the smelling stocks of 3A
over Saturday for the common and two
for the preferred had little effect on the
market Some OF the prominent railroad
stocks fell below Saturdays closing
level. The closing was quite active ana
easy and at the lowest of the day for
some stocks. t
Bonds were in demand at better
prices.
CLOSING STOCKS.
New York, March 11.--Closlng stocks;
Atchs0n. 57Is do. preferred, glS; a. 5.
g. w, 80; do. preferred, 97h American
Tobacco, 120h; American Tin Plate,
GIN do. preferred, 1Oi; American Steel
Hoop, &c; do. preferred, 81; A. S. e.. r..
57h, do. preferred, 95& b. Il, T., 7Sh;
y, & o., 92I; do. preferred, 92h, e. y.
K O., 1903 c. G. c. 4 st. L., 76is, c. f..
& l.. 45A; c. G. w, %: c. s., 57h; Con.
Tobacco, 46%;, C. & O., 46A c. & A.,
4O%: do. preferred, 1914 d. & r. c.,
39ik; d. & H., 1861 General Electric,
PA: Federal Steel 43A do. preferred,
so; Glucose, iSIs Illinois Central lSlA;
Jersey Central, 1864, d. & N, 94%;
Leather, 1914. do. preferred 75% Nj. X.
g. r., preferred, IS; Manhattan, ll9&i
Missouri Pacific, 80; Metropolitan, 1866;
Northern Pacific, SIN; do. preferred,
S7%; N. Y. c.. 14SA; Pennsylvania, 16l;
Pacific Mail, S5; Peoples Gas, 1O3h;
Reading, 49, do. first preferred, 73h do.
second preferred 80; Rock Island, 1875;
| Rubber, 1874, Southern Pacific, AN st.
Paul, 149% Sugar, 1899; #. c, q J.,
| 5i%; Union Pacific, 9lh; do. preferred,
| $50; Western Union, So.
SUGAR. tt
sugar-.Raw, weak; fair refining, Sh
centrifugal, Sc test, a. molasses sugar,
81.
Refined, quiet; crushed, 5.75; pow
dered, 5.S5; graduated, SIS
MONEY AND BONDS.
Money on call steady at 2h per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, Shq4A per
cent.
sterling exchange with actual bust
ness In bankers bills at i.S7%s for de-
mand and fSihQh for sixty days;
posted rates, u. s5ah and 4.SSis; COM
mercial bills, 4.sSli a. s3%.
silver certificates 6lis@63.
Bar silver, sos.
Mexican dollars, A. :.
Government bonds, Irregular; refund
ing Us reg, 1.053s; do, coup, l,@s; s
reg. and coup, Ill; new as reg and
coup, 1,S7% old As reg, l, 10, 90, COUP
La; SIS reg and coup, Lila.