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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
15
The New York AP market page lists Disney, Montgomery Ward, Motorola, DuPont and other stocks with percentage changes and prices. It also notes NY sales totals for the week at 15,370,000 with comparisons to prior periods and explanations of dividend notation.
Chicago futures tread a narrow range amid active liquidation in wheat corn and soybean products. Soybeans dipped but nearby soybeans rose on hopes of tightening supplies while oats saw buyer support and rye weakened alongside wheat.
Chicago AP USDA market snapshot shows hog prices for various weight classes from 110 to 400 pounds with bids around 21.50 to 22.75 per cwt and sow prices near 18 to 19. Cattle notes include slaughter heifers at 6.00 with cows 16.75 to 18.75 and utility at 18.25. Sheep market lists 90 to 100 pound lambs at 27.50 to 28.00. Stock indices and bond prices follow, with NYSE averages, treasuries, and notable corporate quotes.
Omaha reports cattle trading actively with all slaughter classes steady. Slaughter steers 1000-1275 lbs 26.25-26.75, 1000-1200 lbs 25.75-26.25, cows 16.00-18.00, bulls 22.00-23.50. Sheep volumes 500 head with spring lambs 26.50-27.50. Hogs 7500 head, 1-2 200-230 lbs 21.75-22.00, 1-3 220-240 lbs 21.25-22.00, 300-350 lbs 18.25.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures for prime and choice live cattle closed mixed across various contracts. Prices ranged in the mid twenty dollar per hundredweight area with slight gains in some deliveries and declines in others as traders weighed demand and supply signals.
Estimated cattle hogs and sheep prices with ranges for June 27. Sheep fat lambs feeder lambs and ewes listed with price points. hogs by weight class and sows boars and stags noted. Cattle prices include choice grain fed steers and various fat and feeder categories with per hundredweight ranges.
New York markets show stocks lower with active trading. Commodities move mixed with cotton and wheat lower while oats and soybeans rise on strong demand. Hog prices steady to 25 cents higher with 4,000 receipts. Slaughter steers in short supply to test market.
The market opened with uneven gains and drifted to a lower close amid light volume of 15.37 million on Thursday after a Wednesday market halt. Dow fell 2.65 to 898.76 as 786 decliners topped 591 advancers, with INA Corp surging and mail order retailers gaining while many sectors dropped.
Reader cites Aqua Chem Ionics Betz Nalco as four high priced players in desalination and water treatment, noting prospects for long term growth though shares trade near record highs. Tonics faces weaker demand in the Middle East cutting 1967 earnings.
The Commerce Department reports May imports rose 4.2 percent to 2.752 billion dollars while exports fell 5.8 percent to 2.720 billion, marking the second monthly trade shortfall of the year. Officials expect the 10 percent surcharge to improve the outlook, though last year’s 4.1 billion dollar surplus is not expected to return.
The Chicago and North Western Railway and Chicago Great Western Railway announce a merger enabling quicker freight. President Larry S. Provo says Chicago to Kansas City service will be at least 10 hours faster, Kansas City to Minneapolis St Paul via through service also 10 hours quicker, and Des Moines to Minneapolis St Paul about six hours faster. The combined fleet reaches about 50,000 cars with nearly 30,000 box cars.
New York metals prices listed in cents per pound include copper 42474, lead 13, zinc 134, tin 142, gold 41.00 per troy ounce, silver 2.450 per ounce. Foreign exchange shows Canada at .9287 versus dollars and Britain at 2.9830 per pound.
AP reports closing metals in pounds per long ton with copper tin lead and zinc bids and asks. Copper bids around 481 482, tin bids 1312 1317, lead bids 102% 101%, zinc bids 114 111% and 110% for forwards.
New York AP reports wool futures were irregular with tops trading quietly. Futures settled modestly lower by fractions, with positions for July through October and May contracts listed. Certificated wool spot prices noted, while certificated wool tops remained largely quiet and no sales occurred.
A dense list shows fund names with bid and ask figures, including Fid Cap Fid Trust Nat West Franklin Founders NEA Mut Beal Mutuals and many others, plus a long section of Investment Companies quotes from NASD. The page enumerates prices for funds such as Gen Invest Gen Sec Chase Fd and Putnam Funds with various share classes and implied performance indicators.
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