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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
12
Chicago market reports a modest uptick as adverse Illinois crop conditions and cold weather restrain spring growth, while world stocks fall and export demand remains tepid. Cash quotes show No 3 red wheat at about 1.06 dollars and nearby futures firming.
Prices moved higher then turned reactionary as bear traders pressed steel sugar motor and oil shares. Thirty one stocks hit new low for the year while seven reached new highs.
Potatoes firmer on old stock with 42 car receipts and 675 total United States shipments. Wisconsin sacked round whites quoted $1.10 to $1.30, mostly $1.25, bulk round whites $1.30 to $1.40, Idaho sacked Hiussets $1.90 to $2.15. New stock easy, Texas and Alabama sacked Triumphs No 1 around $4.60 to $4.75, field run $3.50 to $3.75, Florida barreled Spalding Rose about $8.25.
Associated Press notes sugar refined prices largely steady at 7.15 to 7.50 cents per pound for fine granulated. Refined sugars bid firm with about 70,000 tons traded. Futures settle May 3.91 cents, July 4.01 cents, September 4.08 cents, December 3.77 cents.
Flour unchanged and bran at 18.50 per 100 pounds or per ton as reported by the Associates Press from Minneapolis on May 14.
London prices and futures for Standard coal iron and metal products listed with various bid and ask figures. Market notes include quoted futures levels and price ranges across several items, reflecting activity in London metal trading.
In yesterday's market, rails outperformed as Atlantic Coast Line rose to new yearly highs and Reading Coal jumped on strong demand, while industrials weakened under steel trade concerns. Chesapeake & Ohio slid and faced dividend doubts, with traders weighing Nickel Plate merger prospects and convertible bonds.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Chicago hogs under light receipts up to 10 cents higher, with top $7.50 and bid ranges across weights. Cattle receipts 8,000, activity steady to higher, beef types and yearlings strongest with top at $11.75, others $8.50 to $10.75. Sheep 9,000, very slow with lambs weak about 25 cents lower, ewes steady. New York money markets show call money at 3 to 3 1/2 percent.
Market reports from Portland and Spokane show nominally steady cattle and hog receipts on May 14 with cattle around steady and hogs unchanged. Spring lambs in Portland down about 50 cents, rest steady. Spokane cattle and hog receipts also listed as steady, with sheep steady in contract terms. Foreign exchange quotes reported by Associated Press show firm rates across multiple nations, with bar silver at 65.4 cents in New York and 33.5 pence per ounce in London.
A compact financial notice lists call loans against acceptances at 3 percent, time loans easy with mixed collateral for 60 to 90 days and 4 to 6 months at 4 percent, and prime commercial paper at 4 percent. The statement covers lending terms and rates for short term financing.
Copper quiet and steady with electrolytic spot and futures at 13 percent to 13 6 cents. Tin eases with spot and nearby at 46 dollars and futures at 48.50. Iron steady for No 1 north at 20.50 to 22, No 2 north 20 to 21.50, No 2 south 22. Lead steady at 7.37 to 7.50 cents. Zinc quiet in East St Louis at 5.80 to 5.90 cents. Antimony spot at 8.37 cents.
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