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Show WAIL STREET STOCKS ARE 'EXTREMELTJXJLL AT CLOSE Alaska Gold Fluctuates Sharply; English Mail Brings Large Amount of Securities; Demand for Investment Grades of Bonds Strong. By BROAD AN WALL. By International News Service. N1SW YORK, Dec. 29. Stocks were cx-trtm.-Iy dull today, with a total turnover of 6S.000 shares. Half the business was done m the I'lrut hour. 1'ilees shaded tractionally around the opening, but grew steadily laU:i Alaska Hold sold down to 2H. and then rose sharply to 27i). The advance moved as regularly as n t)e okl ()ay3 of milIn,. la, Ion, hut this word must not be used under the presonl. close scrutiny of the deahnes on the floor. It Is safe to sav, however, thai; interest in tbo stock is being encouraged on the floor. The arrival of an Knsllsh mall brought a budget of stocks- for ilverv. Much of this stock hud been sold months before and will he promptly returned through tne flea ring house. This amount of stor-ks to be sold on arrival, however, was small. Jt is expected that when trading Is renewed re-newed , in London on January 4 some 11-quulation 11-quulation in Arneriean stocks will follow. and room traders were inclined to look 'for lower prices for the next few days until the International markets become ad-Justed. ad-Justed. Reading led as usual in activity, gaining gain-ing 1. Sleel was steady at 49. Copper stocks were irregular, Amalgamated dropping from 52J. to 51, wlule Utah rose from 454 to 40. Krie was easier and Missouri, Kansas and . exas preferred lost il from the last previous sale on the offering of 130 snares. Northern 1'aeiflc, Southern Pacific Pa-cific and Great Northern preferred declined de-clined fractionally on foreign selling, btudebaker was strong: and gained i points. Bonds generally were steady. The demand de-mand for Investment grades continues. Rock Island issues were an exception. 1 with a -decline, in the debentures 5s from no to 52A on rumors that the interest' would not be paid on January 15. The Rock Island collateral trusts 4s sold off in sympathy from 25 to 22.1. Consolidated Gas convertibles 0s were active between 110 and 105; the buving was good |