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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1959

Page

8

Stocks Suffer Big Drop Amid Labor Strife and Credit Tightening

The stock market fell sharply as labor strife and higher interest fears unsettled traders. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 5.49 to 642.63 and the Standard fell 289 points to 224.50 amid broad weakness in steel, motors, chemicals, electronics, and other major sectors. Volume reached about 2.94 million shares with several large names among the losers.

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New York Stock Exchange Transactions Reported

Dow Jones averages and market activity are summarized for the day with brief notes on notable movements. Macy’s and other major stocks appear among the recorded transactions, reflecting trading activity and index impacts.

NEW York Stock Exchange

Irregular Investment Prices Signal Market Noise

A scrambled OCR page shows a chaotic mix of investment terms, stock codes, and fragmented phrases. It references funds and exchanges with scattered numbers, traders, and financial entities, producing little clear narrative or actionable data beyond a snapshot of a noisy market record.

Pacific Coast Exchange Butter and Eggs Reported

Local market page lists butter and eggs traded at Pacific Coast Exchange with prices and grades. Names of buyers and sellers appear, along with measurement units and small notations about supply conditions.

Market Ticker Notice From Historic Stock Ledger

Sufficient fragments show a Standard & Poor index passage with figures for the Industrial, Railroads, Utilities, and Stocks groups. The data includes highs lows and closes, but the readable portion is incomplete and lacks full context or a clear event date.

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