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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
16
Boston stock quotes show intraday highs and lows with closing values and net changes from the previous close. Analysts note overall direction was influenced by lingering market trends and trading activity across key sectors.
Default in interest payment on above bonds occurred February 1 1918 despite 1917 surplus and no unusual floating debt. Committee seeks bondholder cooperation, deposits with named depositaries, and issuance of certificates of deposit under the May 28 1917 Deposit Agreement. New York February 1 1918. B W Jones Secretary CADWALADER WICKERSHAM TAFT BANKERS TRUST COMPANY FIRST TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Provident Life and Trust Co. CHASE NATIONAL BANK registrar.
Readable figures show corn oats lard ribs and tea prices across months with several entries for May and February. The data includes highs lows and midrange values with multiple price points for corn oats park lard ribs and tea.
Total sales in New York and Boston show 632 800 and 10 145 shares. Most active New York issue is Steel at 115 000 shares. Boston is Atlantic Gulf at 1155 shares. Year to date and year earlier totals are given for both cities with notable gains and losses in Am Smelting, Pierce Arrow, Torrington, and Boston Maine pret.
Traders faced unsettled conditions after the Tuscania disaster and government plans. Stocks fell 1 to 4 points with weaker rail and coal issues, while shipping groups held up. Bond sales totaled $4.235 million with U S 4s easing 3 8 on call.
New York stocks today show a summary of high and low quotations with closing figures and net changes from the previous close. The market movements include notable shifts across key issues as traders react to early trading data.
The Boston market saw heavier Liberty bond trading while stock prices softened with United Fruit and Atlantic Gulf slipping. Island Creek Coal and Massachusetts Gas gained as United States Smelting and Boston Elevated fell. The exchange votes to close for Lincoln's birthday and Monday holiday, extending Saturday noon to Wednesday 10 am. Sullivan Machinery plans 10000 new shares at par to stockholders in a 1 for 8 ratio and reports 1917 earnings of 1 391 000 with 384 000 paid in dividends. Cuban Portland Cement rose to 14 as plant operations lag due to water shortage. Bingham Mines 1917 earnings total 734 000 or 4 89 a share versus 1 80 in 1916.
Trading was uneven with prices opening lower and failing to rally. The Tuscania torpedoing and the Liberty Loan delay weighed on sentiment while some stocks fell late. Details note gains for Baldwin Locomotive American Can and Pennsylvania amid rail settlement hopes and widened copper exports in wartime.
The report lists dividends from American Woolen U S Osst Iron Pipe United Verde Extension Worthington Pump Sears Roebuck Lindistributed earnings and Shattuck Arizona Copper Tide Water Oil Wells Fargo and Co. with breakdowns by year and source of earnings. It notes dividends paid from 1916 1917 profits and titles the 1913 1914 1915 surplus allocations and stock dividends.
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