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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1965
Page
5
NEW YORK AP The stock market mounted a surprisingly strong rally Friday before Labor Day weekend as optimism grew about a potential steel labor settlement and post-holiday gains. The Dow advanced 7.57 to 907.97 amid broad participation and above six million shares traded.
Market update shows steady poultry and turkey demand in Virginia with stable farm prices. Estimated today’s broilers and fryers slaughter 203,700 head, last Friday 195,500. Eggs mostly unchanged with good demand. Virginia grain prices listed for Wheat, Corn, Barley, Oats and Soybeans. Southeast Virginia hog prices closed mostly 25 cents lower.
Estimated receipts this week total 1,400, down from 1,487 last week and 2,917 a year ago. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to strong, cows mostly steady, bulls higher. Feeder cattle steady to strong with supply shifts. Prices listed for slaughter steers 950-1050 lbs 26.00-28.00, heifers 700-925 lbs 22.00-24.50, cows 11.25-17.00, bulls 17.00-19.50, feeder cattle 450-735 lbs 19.00-25.00.
AP weighted wholesale price index for 35 commodities rose to 172 from 171.68, with prior readings 373.32 week ago and 13 month ago. The figures include 1968 data and 1947 base year 100, noting fluctuations across periods and a range around 164.20 to 186.99 in cited terms.
The Associated Press compiles closing stock averages for Ind rails and related indices. Net changes show slight declines with Friday’s figures around 171 to 171.2, 336 previously, and year-ago levels near 169.8, reflecting minor market movements.
New York AP reports a Friday closing with the Dow Jones average at 907.97, up 7.20 points. Rail and utility sectors show gains amid broad stock activity, with bonds and futures noted but unclear details.
Complete tabulation of Friday transactions on the New York Stock Exchange with prices and changes. Includes notes on dividends, ex dates, and a long list of stock names and figures for active stocks, alongside an American Stock List with major listings and performance indicators.
A terse OCR fragment contains scattered capitalized letter groups such as RR AM ARR ARC ARK AST and ASSC AGSO AFCR ALCT, offering no clear events, people, places, or dates to interpret or summarize.
An AP report presents a partial Standard & Poor's 500 stock index table for New York with lines showing highs lows and closes for Industrials Railroads Utilities and the broader market. The figures include 425 Industrials at 93.79 97.84 93.4 and related entries 47.20 46.72 47.0 for Railroads and 75.86 75.03 75.4 for Utilities with a line noting S000 Stocks at 68,41 87.52 88.¢ and then cut off.
AP market brief reports that advances led with 65, declines 363, unchanged 269 among 1377 total issues. New highs reached 1945 while new lows were 1965, summarizing a mixed session on the New York Stock Exchange.
A fragmented text item appears toward a local page with scattered phrases. The readable content does not present a clear event or identifiable entities such as people places or organizations suitable for a full news card.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures show varied highs and lows across turkey, shrimp, beef, pork bellies, and cattle. Open interest and weekly bids mix with general New York stock gains as traders weigh corn soybeans oats and wheat with noted price ranges and demand shifts.
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