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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1940

Page

9

Cotton futures ease in quiet session at New Orleans and New York

In a very quiet market, New Orleans July cotton trades around 9.40 while other months slip a few points. The day sees steady or lower closes and spot prices drifting, with New York futures edging down and spot middling near 10.11 cents a pound at New Orleans markets.

New Orleans SPOT New York

Market Summary Slips as Stocks Ease and Commodities Move

New York stocks trade lower with leaders off in slow selling. Bonds irregular and trading quiet. Foreign exchange steady while allied monies hold. Sugar hedge selling and liquidation noted. Metals rise on zinc and scrap copper. Wool and Boston commission houses show firm buying. Chicago grains mixed with wheat steady, corn higher, hogs and cattle lower.

New York Wooltons Boston Commission House Chicago

Wall Street Faces Slow Session Amid Bearish Tone

New York stock trading opened with cautious mood as war news drifted toward bearish. The day featured a light turnover with early volume the smallest for a full session since May 22 1953, while several leading issues and industrials, including General Motors and United Aircraft, showed mixed moves amid cautious sentiment and strong guidance from commodity and bond markets.

New York Victor Eubank Paris France Italy Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck American Smelting du Pont Owens-Illinois Freeport Sulphur Pennsylvania Great Northern U. S. Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors United Aircraft Douglas Aircraft Anaconda N. Y. Central International Paper Eastman Kodak Humble Oil Gulf Oil Heyden Chemical and Aluminum of America Lake Shore Creole Petroleum Japan Great Britain Lake Superior United States Canadian Upper Lake

Wheat and sugar futures quoted as market stalls in Chicago and New York

Grain prices in Chicago showed little change with a cautious stance awaiting war news and crop reports. Wheat and oats displayed narrow moves while corn and rye traded near steady levels amid light activity. New York sugar futures rose modestly on light buying, with refiners steady and No 3 and No 4 futures mixed.

Chicago

Liverpool Futures Market Sees Active Trading

The Liverpool futures market stayed active with accumulating selling orders. Sellers fixed restricted prices as deliveries remained scheduled for July and October with quotes noted as 1.25 and 7.11 respectively.

Liverpool

Livestock Markets Report at Chicago

U S Department data shows salable hogs 17 000, cattle 16 000, calves 2 000. Hogs opened 15-20 lower, bulk sales 10-15 lower with weights 180-350 lb. at 4.90-5.50, sows lower, vealers 9.50-10.50. Cattle and calves steady to lower, fed steers 11.00 early top, yearlings around 10.25, stock cattle scarce, Texas calves 11.50 down, heifers 9.00-10.25, cows steady, bulls mostly lower. Sheep 4 000, total 8 500, lambs slow to bid with early bids about 50 lower.

Chicago U. S. Dept Texas

Poultry market report from Chicago trucks and weights

Chicago June 3 live poultry sale notes 36 trucks hens steady chickens easy with weights ranging from under 4 lbs to over 5 lbs. Leghorn hens 12 broilers 2 1 2 lbs and down colored Plymouth Rock White Rock listings for various weight classes and species including ducks geese and turkeys with toms hens values.

Chicago Plymouth Rock White Rock Springs

Cottonseed Oil Futures Steady in New Orleans Market

Cottonseed oil closed steady in New Orleans with bleachable prime summer yellow at 5.80 and primes around 5.48 to 5.62 for various delivery months. In New York, bleach able futures closed unchanged to 1 higher with July at 5.98 and January 6.11 for January delivery.

New Orleans New York

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