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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1956
Page
6
The New York Stock Exchange shows Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Beane as a featured broker in a courtesy listing, reflecting their role in market activity and advisory services on the trading floor.
An OCR damaged fragment lists stocks and financial terms from Merril Lynch era filings. Likely a market brief with percentages and ticker-like items, but many names are garbled and unclear.
Investment quotes show bids and asks for Diversified Inc and Growth funds along with several utility and gas company listings. The data includes prices, yields, and dealer names such as Merritt Lynch Pierce, Aid Offer, and references to regional gas utilities and transportation firms.
New York markets closed with gains as traders priced in steady economic signals. Major indices edged higher while notable stock movements pointed to renewed confidence in technology and energy sectors.
New York stocks trading irregularly as motors activity remains unsettled. Bonds show irregularities with governments lower. Cotton experiences liquidation and hedging. Chicago grains ease with mild hedging. rains boost Midwest corn. oats follow corn. Soybeans steady with July up. Hog prices rise to 16.50 top, cattle steady near 19.50, eggs barely steady, poultry mostly unchanged to 2 lower.
Cotton futures in New York closed mixed with July slipping as liquidation rose and new crop months gained up to 45 cents a bale before reversing. Open interest fell amid light hedging and local selling while Liverpool covered nearby contracts against March sales. Cotton textile prices eased on softer demand.
Cotton futures ended mostly unchanged with mixed shifts as traders positioned before first July notice day. Spot cotton remained steady with daily sales of 530 bales and middling prices around 35.30 to 35.80 cents per pound across southern markets. overall averages show slight declines from the prior day.
Stocks show mixed moves with declines in rails and utilities while industrials inch higher. Commodities futures index stands at 156.14. New York stock sales total 1.63 million today with prior figures listed. USDA reports hog and cattle markets from Chicago and Kansas City with generally modest demand and price ranges across weight classes.
Chicago wholesale live poultry reports show hens barely steady to weak with the balance steady. Receipts in coops 661. f o b prices unchanged to one cent lower. Heavy hens 20 21. light hens 17 18. broilers 22 23. old roosters 15 18. caponettes 27 28. under 44 25 25.5.
Ford Motor Co reports an 8 percent July production rise over June to meet demand. General Dynamics Convair division books $200 million in jet orders for 40 medium range planes with 1959 deliveries. TWA to receive 30, Delta 10. Gasoline stocks fall 2.92 million barrels for week ending June 15 per API. Emerson Radio declares 1 percent dividend payable August 1 to July 5 records. Electrical World notes 1.125 billion kWh 10.6 percent of weekly electric output at AEC sites, with total utility output up 8.5 percent vs last year excluding AEC.
In New York on June 22 profit taking trimmed a mild rally with prices mixed. The Associated Press 60-stock average fell 20 cents to 182.00 as rails and utilities slipped while the industrials held. General Motors led the list of most active issues, down percent on 35,100 shares.
Chicago Board of Trade shows soybeans up 3 cents or more while lard climbs 12 to 22 cents per hundred pounds. Major grains retreat with wheat and corn down, oats slightly lower and rye steady. Futures quotes include Wheat Jly 2.07 to 2.15, Corn Jly 1.49 to 1.42, Oats around 66 to 72, Soybeans Jly 2.98 to 2.58, Lard Jly 11.22 to 13.07.
In Savannah Georgia today gum naval stores show receipts of turpentine 304 barrels and rosin none, shipments of turpentine 68 barrels and rosin none, and stocks of turpentine 1 646 barrels with rosin 46 barrels reported.
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