05 Feb 1840
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Newspaper
Commercial Daily List
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 05, 1840
Page
1
A sprawling London market record lists coffee cargos and vast wool consignments. Prices and lots for East India roughs, Jamaica sugar, and Mysore pepper mingle with notes on Congou tea sales and shipping arrivals from St Michaels to New York, reflecting active commodity trading and ongoing auctions.
Market brief from Havre and London detailing cotton sales by origin including Louisiana Georgia Mobile and Virginia with price levels and stock totals. Also notes on sugar indigo coffee and wool markets with arrivals at Martinique New Orleans and Hamburg and trade terms including duty paid and August delivery. City notices reference London Chamber of Commerce applications and publication details.
The report outlines limited activity in stock and money markets with Consols at 912 and 91k, Exchequer Bills up to 10 412 prem, and Spanish stocks varied. Foreign exchange steady with Paris 75 5/24, Hamburg 138 9, Antwerp 13 2, Frankfurt 1504. West India sugar firm with brisk demand, detailed price ranges for Mavericus, Brown Bengal, Revingo and coffee trade noting subdued overall tea trade but steady rates for strong greens.
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