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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1968
Page
11
A compact overview of the week’s trades on the American Stock Exchange highlighting notable shifts in prices and trading volumes. The report tracks key listings, turnover, and market momentum across sectors.
A solid week of stock market advances carried gains through five sessions despite a Wednesday closure for backoffice work. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 7.21 to 924.42 as the 60 stock average reached 344.1, with 977 advances and 595 declines on the NYSE among 1,695 issues traded.
A dense ledger style listing shows various investment funds and prices. It includes fund names such as Am Pac Inv Fd G Fd and others with quoted values and percent changes, along with multiple fund groups and performance figures.
A partial OCR passage from a local newspaper page yields a small set of readable names and scattered fragments. No coherent event or full details emerge, but the legible bits hint at notices or briefs typical of a mid page column.
Highlights show the twenty most active stocks in New York trading. Included are share counts and percentage changes, with total week volumes ranging in the hundreds of thousands to over one million shares.
In Los Angeles citrus prices show orange quotes steady with slight variations for different pack sizes. Grapefruit supplies stronger but still limited. ruby red varieties insufficient. Sunkist Growers reports no negative orange auction price, reflecting a cautious market tone.
Grain and hay price notes show rates for leafy hay at 29.00 to 30.00, US No 2 27.00 to 28.01, US No 060.51 08. Grain hay No 1 cubes at 35.00 to 36.00, with carlot quantities and sorghum notes.
Fragmented OCR data shows price and shipment terms for poultry and eggs from distributors to retailers and consumers. Mentions assorted price ranges, packaging, and rack numbers, along with live poultry market figures such as Fry head totals and turkey weights.
An unclear AP wire fragment hints at advances in science or policy and a debate in India about total issues or high level reforms. The legible parts mention New York and India context without concrete details.
Markets at a glance show mixed activity with wheat lower on liquidation and beans higher on some bids. General tone notes mostly lower prices across core commodities, with minor gains in some softs and steady if uneven movement in receipts and futures.
Date and figures from Dun and Bradstreet Street's daily weighted price index show 1930-32 average base of 100. A month ago and a year ago the index varied in 1948, reflecting general commodity price changes.
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