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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1935
Page
4
AP reports the New York Stock Exchange closing with a wide range of stock prices from Air Week to Woolworth. Notable names include Amoco, Chrysler, General Electric, United States Steel, and Sears among many others showing varied gains and losses in trading.
Buying in oils and utilities gave the stock market a forward tilt as profit taking trimmed some leaders. The session saw brisk turnover in Commonwealth & Southern and gains in Seaboard Oil and other petroleum and utility shares while major industrials slipped. News included a rally in wheat and speculation that profits in oil are rising and that the administration may back stabilizing measures. The President called a conference of Congress.
Classified notice offers one or two passengers to share expenses for a trip from August 12 to September 3 with contact phone 1401. Also seeks an experienced woman for general housework and cooking staying nights, Box 114 care Record. Miscellaneous market note mentions oil leaders and a firm close with 1,739,010 shares traded.
In Boston on August 5 news from the AP US Dept of Agriculture notes a wider wool range than the prior two weeks. Medium grade fleeces sell more freely at steady prices while 58s 60s and 1/2 blood territory wool bring 69 to 70 cents on a secured basis for lots of good French combing and average strictly combing staples.
AP reports a brisk New York curb market with varied results across multiple equities. Alphabetical listings show Amoco or Am Corporation stocks and energy firms like Gulf Oil and Humble Oil alongside utilities such as G&E and Penn Road, with values ranging from fractional points to double digits.
New York August 5 The cotton market moved quietly with narrow price changes. October held steady amid trade buying and tight spot conditions while later deliveries eased on liquidation and scattered selling. Futures closed steady with mixed gains and losses, spot quoted middling 11.90. US bonds notes issued by The Associated Press show various Treasury and Fed notes trading around peak levels.
Chicago grain closes with Wheat September 92 and other months around 61 to 62 for wheat, oats at 31 to 35, rye near 44 to 50, barley 42 to 43, lard and bellies futures quoted for September through May with multiple contract levels.
Galveston on August 5 reports spot cotton steady at 11.75 cents with sales totaling 167 bales. Market movement shows no change from previous levels as buyers and sellers hold positions in the regional market.
Kansas City markets report hogs at 10.75 to 11.15 for various weights with occasional 11.00 to 11.15. cattle 14,000 with steers 11.00, grass cattle 4.25 to 5.50, stockers 5.75 to 7.75, calves 9.00. sheep 4,000 with lambs 8.00 to 8.40, early top 8.40. Descriptions note hogs, cattle, sheep price ranges and weights across the day.
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