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Show PROFIT-TAKING HI ENDJFTHE WEEK Trading Is Somewhat of Holiday Holi-day Character, hut Bulls Have Inning. COPPER SECURITIES ARE ACTIVE ON EXCHANGE Reading Is Rather Weak; Rock Island Active. Prohajily on Foreign Account. i BY EALP EMERSON. By Leased Who to Tho Tribune. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Trading on the stock market today was of a holiday character, with early 'advances giving way to later profit-taking. The opening was moderately active and Irregular, but with no show of weakness. Traders looked for a continuation of the gain, which has been going forward for a week. New York Central appeared to be the best vehicle for bullish operations! and continued in strength and closed active. There- was somo belated covering of shorts In tho stocks which lagged behind be-hind the rest of tho list, causing moderate moder-ate gains, but as soon as this demand was supplied tho reaction set In. Reading, Read-ing, which had opened with an Intial gain, receded two points. Tht copper slocks for a time dlspluycd good strength. Amalgamated advancing a point. The cuppers, however, acting In sympathy, trended downward with Amalgamated, which was off 8 at the close; Utah Copper was off . Smelters off g. Steel showed a substantial recovery. re-covery. In fact. Steel was onu of the Influential securities which balanced the market during the short session. Union Pacific was another which aided the market, although" Union Pacific showed a loss of -ii at the end of tho session. Rock Island was again a oramlneut feature, the traders attributing the buy-lug buy-lug to a well-known operator, whllo there was undoubtedly accumulation on European Euro-pean and Canadian accounts. London sold about 10,000 shares, but arbitration broilers ccr-sed cabling and foreign sales ceased. The tone at the close was weal: Government bonds wero unchanged: railroad and oilier bonds were firm. Call money ruled at 2i per cent. Evaporated Fruits. By Associated Press. NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Evaporated apples, ap-ples, dull, with a poor demand; prices unchanged. On tho spot, fancy. JOiGp 11c: choice, 9ft 9Jc; prime, C?7c; common com-mon lo fair, fi'o'Ge. Prunes, quiet, steady. California, 22 91c up to :;0-40s: Oregon, CffVOe. Apricots, quiet. Choice, IlKrlUc: extra ex-tra choice llifrlSic; fancy. 121Jil2c. Peaches, quiet; barely steady. Choice. fi2i7o; extra choice, 7$7Jc; fancy. "r Raisins, dull and featureless. Loose muscatel, 4fa5Jc; choice to fancy seeded. oJj'GSc; Kcedlesa, 3JjM3c: London layers, $1.15!. 25. |