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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1971
Page
8
Thin volume on Monday for many issues as gains and losses fluctuated. The list shows several major names including Boeing, Coca Cola, Du Pont, IBM, and General Electric with mixed closing moves and notable price ranges across the session.
Federal National Mortgage Association trades as a private stockholder entity after 1970 conversion, expanding to a government-influenced, mortgage secondary market. As rates fell and housing improved, revenues rose about 34 percent in early 1971 with net income jumping to 53 cents a share, aided by longer debt maturities and reduced short-term reliance.
Readable fragment shows a dense list of corporate names with price figures percentages and volumes. The entry appears to be a daily market snapshot with numerous ticker symbols including Sears Roebuck Texaco Textron AT&T and US Steel among others. Data points include price quotes percentage changes and shares traded.
Cash wheat soft at 1.688, white club 1.68a, hard winter yellow corn No. 2 bids 67.50 with 67.58 asked. Bulk No. 2 oats bid and ask both 56.00. Sound car receipts show wheat 42, casts 2.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange quotes show Aug cattle at 30.45 and Oct 29.85 with various futures contracts and weekly sales listed. Hogs trade around 21.65 to 22.45 with July to December postings and open interest noted. Wool futures in New York fall modestly amid liquidation though Australian auctions steady.
Billings Live stock Commission Co Castle 1 050 contrasted with last Monday as slaughter cows weakened 50 cents. Slaughter bulls steady. Utility and commercial cows range 19.50 to 23.10 with cutters 20.00 to 22.00 and canners 18.50 to 19.50. Bulls in the commercial and good class 26.00 to 29.00, utility 24.00 to 25.50.
Hogs 6,500 head steady to 25 lower with most 200-270 lb pigs at 19.25 to 20.50. Cattle and calves mixed gains and losses across weights including steers 1,125-1,300 lbs at 31.25-33.00, feeders 29.50-30.50, and cows 19.00-22.75. Lambs 9.75 lower with sweep at 600 head and ewes steady. spring lambs 29.50-30.00 for 90-110 lb.
AP reports Sioux City cattle and hog prices with hogs 7,000 head, demand moderate, US 1-3 190-230 lb at 20.00 to 20.50, sows 320-620 lb 15.75 to 16.75. cattle 6,000 head weak to 25 lower, choice 1013 lb steers 31.00 to 32.00. sheep 500 head not established.
The report lists approximate total American Stock Exchange stock sales of 2,410,000 and bond sales of 1,790,000, with figures from the prior year showing 2,140,370 in stock sales and 2,261,008 in bond sales. New York AP listings show varied quotes for Aerojet AmPetrol and many ticker prices across multiple firms, funds, and indices.
The Dow Jones average fell to 973.10, down 3.58, in the slowest session of the year with 9.8 million shares. Analysts say investors await administration stimulus plans and anticipate reshuffling for Q2 earnings as mutual funds reduce risk and raise liquidity.
Helena AP report Montana Board of Institutions adopts a grievance procedure for nonunion staff and inmates. The plan envisions appeals from committees to superintendents then to the state director and board, while some members caution against turning the board into an appellate court. Director Kellner and Counsel Cavan to study the issue further.
The National Weather Service said a cool spell reduced snowmelt in high mountains and eased Yellowstone River flood risk. Flood levels remained below danger at Livingston Big Timber Billings and Miles City unless heavy rains hit the drainage area. In markets, broad declines offset gains with the NYSE and Amex indexes easing and Shell Oil leading volume on the Big Board.
Unofficial sales figures accompany a table of dividend rates. Footnotes define terms such as annual disbursements, stock dividends, prepaid or postponed payments, ex dividend and ex distribution, warrants, and special or liquidating dividends. Many codes (a through vi) indicate different payment or issue conditions and statuses.
Spot nonferrous metals ranged copper 52 to 53 cents, lead 14 to 14.2 cents, zinc 16 cents, tin 1.66 dollars per pound, gold 40.40 per troy ounce, silver 1.605, and quickSilver 275 per flask. NYSE bond sales totaled about 20.23 million dollars for the day with US Steel and AT&T among reported issues.
New York markets report NY stocks at 9 800 000 NY bonds 20 230 000 Amex stocks 2 410 000 bonds 1 710 000. The closing NYSE index shows modest losses with transport and utilities posting declines and finance and industrial sectors mixed.
The bulletin shows final Dow Jones averages with the Dow at 873.10, down 3.58. industrials and utilities move within varied ranges. Bonds and futures indices also reflect modest declines, signaling cautious trading across major sectors.
AP reports London metal markets with prices in pounds per metric ton. Tin leads with bids around 1434 to 1482, while Lead shows bids near 10.90 to 13.0 and arc values around 129.9 to 132.75 as markets show mild moves.
Montana's Democratic delegation announced three Office of Economic Opportunity grants for poverty programs. Hill County Community Action in Havre gets 148000 for an 18 month low income residency program. Rocky Mountain Development Council in Helena receives 75000 for a low income residence program serving Lewis and Clark Broadwater and Jefferson counties. Missoula Mineral Human Resources Inc will run a 12 month program aiding older male alcoholics and transients.
Babson Park mass Roger E Spear president of Spear and Staff Inc an investment firm says the market remains in a reactionary phase with low volume and no clear halt to the slide yet. He notes a short term downtrend but the long term uptrend stays intact and mid July earnings could reveal profit gains as cost cutting shows through suggesting a summer rally.
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