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Show GRAIN I 4. 4) CHICAGO, March 16 Although the wheat market here opened lower today In sympathy with new declines at Liverpool, Liver-pool, an upturn In prices loon look place. The advance resulted from a little speculative specu-lative buying, which disclosed that the amount of selling orders had dwindled to relatively small proportions. Talk was current, to,,, thai despite repor'ed weak-' ncsa of British markets, the actual dlf-f. dlf-f. r. n, ,. l,elv.-. :i Chicago nn-l Liverpool values of late bad widened Insiiad of. narrowed. The opening here, which varied va-ried from l- to lc lower, wjtb May $1.31 to 1 81Vfc and .l.ilv 61.13)4, to 1 1 was followed by a rise to above Wed nciiday's finish. Subsciuently signs of export business, I scantlneas of rye at Minneapolis and adverse ad-verse crop reports from Ohio, together With absence of selling pressure here helped to lift values In a decided manner. man-ner. The close w-ns strong. 2 to tc net higher with May ?1 35-M to 1 353 and July 81.16. to l lt! Corn, and oats paralleled the action of wheat After opening unchanged to C lower May 59 to 68 'jc. the corn market sagged a trifle more and then scored slight general gains. Industrials were active buyers and with receipts light prices climbed on the shipping grades The close was firm. I3, to 1?eC net higher. May 64 U to eic. Oats started c off to Vc advance. May 372 to 874c. and later showed an upturn all around Higher quotations on hogs were reflected re-flected by the provision market KANSAS CITY. Mo , March 16 Close Wheat Mav 61.28)4; Julj $1 09. Sept. $1 .03. Corn May 55tc July S&'ic; September Septem-ber 68 Sc CHICAGO. March 16 Wheal no sales reported 'orn No 2 mix.d : 'i 7 '-jc . No. 2 yellow 58?i59c. oats No. 2 white 35fj29c; No. 3 white :u'H Q ni;i4o Rs-e u. 2 $1 01 Earley C.OTi 661 Timothv seed $3O0fi7.00. Clover seed $15.0025.00. Pork nominal. I.ar.l SI 1 . 05 Ribs $11 25 12.00. MlXMiAPOUS, Minn . March 16 Wheat rcctipts 136 cars compared with 168 ears a venr ago cash No. 1 northern north-ern 1.464U.494; May Si 604; July $1.31. Corn No. 3 vcllow 503if.504c. Barley 4761c. oats No. 3 while 32t'5?23?c. Ryo No. 2 9296',-ic Flax No. 2 $2.4Si62 53. ST I.Ot IS. Mo March 16. Wheat Mav $1 81 . lulj $1 12 1 ' 1 18. Corn Mav 59&C July 62V4c. Oats May 38'i403ic MINNEAPOLIS, llnn , March 16 Flour unchanged. Bran $26 00 OMAHA. Neb . Marrh 16 Wheat No 2 hard II 98491 27. No. 3 mixed $1 00Ti 1 .04. Corn No. 2 white 516 52c: No 2 mixed soa5o'.., Oats No. 3 white 33)S4c; No. 4 wiille ,Z'n 33V4c. NEW YORK SUGAR. VEW YORK March 16 The raw sugar market opened firmer with sp,,t prices 1 i-i6c higher, while April shipment ship-ment was unchanged at 24c cost and freight eiual to 3 9Sc for centrifugal. There wero sales of 73 000 bags of Cuba,- for March and prll shipment Raw sugar futures were active and prices wero 3 to 4 points higher at mld-day mld-day on trade and commission house buying. buy-ing. There wer) no changes In reflneo. sugar but a better Inquiry was reported for both domestic and export account. Fine granulated 6.30c Refined futures were nominal. Suh-ar futures closed firm; approximate approxi-mate sales 11,960 tons. May 2.57c- Julv 8 7&c; Sept 2 91c; Oecember 2.95c. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK Mar, li 16 Copper firm: electrolytic spot and nearby 13c; later 13 m;c. Tin easier; spot and futures $28 87. Iron stead..- and unchanged Lead steady, spot 4 70&4 SOc. Zinc stead Fast St. Louis spot 4.70 I&4.7S,- Antlmonj jpot 4 25a. |