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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1917
Page
16
Boston stocks report shows high and low quotations and closing values for bonds and related securities. The brief lists daily changes from the previous close and rounds out with bond market movements in the session.
Total sales in New York and Boston reach 624 200 and 25 487 shares with S P R Sugar leading gains and General Motors new suffering a drop. In Boston Utah Copper climbs 37 to 105 while N E Cotton Yarn falls to 30. From Jan 1 1917 to date New York totals 6 123 200 shares and Boston 231 692 versus last year.
Metals were the active group with copper rising 1 to 5 points on rumors of a big producer combine. General Motors fell 14 1 4 on small dividend disappointment, while New Haven dropped 3 4 and Atchison 3 on dividend news. Steel gained 1 1 2 early, Nova Scotia Steel fell 1 4, and oil shares strengthened on rising crude prices. Total trading reached 625000 shares with $7 050000 in par value bonds.
Mixed trading left prices steady with a late burst of activity. Atlantic Gulf advanced 214 points as top gainer while Island Creek and Massachusetts Electric preferred rose modestly. Copper stocks remained strong in New York led by Utah Copper and Anaconda amid optimism about postwar demand. General Motors stock fell after a quarterly dividend, while New Haven rail shares weakened toward historic lows.
Readable lines mention Wells Fargo Westinghouse White Motor and Woolworth with fluctuating figures. Entries include percentage changes and dollar values across multiple companies, reflecting a compact early 20th century market page. The data centers on stock quotes and corporate identifiers rather than a single narrative event.
A compact listing shows New York curb stocks with bid and ask levels across various companies. Mining and industrial stocks including Butte, Cerro de Pasco, Goldfield, Magma, Nipissing, Aetna, Chevrolet and United Metals are cited with mixed price movements and total shares traded.
United Fruit declares a quarterly dividend of two percent to stockholders of record December 23 1916 payable January 15 1917. Books do not close. John W Damon treasurer. East Butte Copper Mining proclaims a dividend of one dollar per share from current year earnings payable January 29 1917 to holders of record December 1018 Frank P Son treasurer.
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