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Show TIN ADVANCES WHILE COPPER IS STEADY New York Metal Market Is Unchanged; Un-changed; London Shows Improvement. SILVER. -f -f New York C5c -f San Francisco (ac -f- LEAD. 4- New York exchange $5.606.75 - COPPER. 4- New York exchango ....$17.75l3llS.60 -f- -f -r -r NEW YORK, Feb. S. Tho London tin market was unchanged to a shade higher with spot closing at 164 10s and futures at 1C3 2s Cd. Locally tho market was quiet and about "Vfe points higher on the average with spot ciuoted at ?3S.O0ff3G.GO. Copper had a sharp advanco In London, closing at 7S 10s for spot and 7C for futures. fu-tures. Locally conditions remain as previously pre-viously reported. Lake and electrolytic copper aro quoted at $17.751S.50, and casting cast-ing at Sn.Gn.Ciifc. outside prices being nominal. Lead was dull at ?5.0rj5.75 In the local markot. The London market was Is 3d lower at 16 3s Od. Spelter advanced to 27 in London, but remained unchariged at JC.0i36.16 locally. a runner ucenno was reported in tne English Iron market with standard foundry foun-dry quoted closing at 60s 4d and Cleveland warrants at 50a Cd. Locally tho markot for Iron Is quiet nnd somo holders are reported re-ported to be shading recent prices. No. 1 foundry Northern. JlS.2&fpl9.3o; No. 2 foundry foun-dry Northern, $17.7tV3lS.S5; No. 1 foundry Southern, $1S.2518.75; No. 2 foundry Southern, South-ern, ?17.75S"1S,23. Money in Wow York. NEW YORK, Feb. S. Money on call steady; highest, per cent; lowest, 4J per cent; ruling rate, I per cent; last loan. 4Vs per cent; closing, 4 per cent; offered of-fered at S per cent Time loans steady; sixty and ninety days and six months, 4 per cent. Prime- mcrcantllo paper, 435U per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bill at U.S7.20tj4.S7.30 for demand nnd at J4.S3.9Off4.S3.05 for sixty dav bills. Posted rates, 54.S4Vs and J1.S3. Commercial bills. 4 S3. Bar silver, fo?4c Mexican dollars, BOVc. Government bonds steady; railroads heavy. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Feb. S. Todaj-'s statement state-ment on the treasury balance shows: Available cash balance, J1I7.S14.661; gold coin and bullion, 574.6S6.732 : gold certificates, certifi-cates, J40.65S.560. New York Butter, Eggs, Etc. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Butter firm; street prices, extra creamery, 27c; ofllclal prices, creamery, common to extra, 16 27c; do held, 17g'22!c: renovated common to extra, MigCOc. Cheese, firm and unchanged. un-changed. Eggs, easier; Western firsts, lSlOc; do seconds, 17V2$?18c. New York Sugnr. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Sugar Raw, nominal; fair refining, 2c; centrifugal. 96-tcst, 3c; molasses sugar, 2c: refined, quiet; crushed, $5.40; powdered, J4.S0; granulated, $4.70. |
