Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-05 | Page 25 | Trading is Listless at Holiday Market Session

TRADING" 18 LI8TLE88 AT HOLIDAY MARKET SESSION All Familiar Aspects Are Presented at Two Hours' Session of Stock Exchange, but Gains Are Recorded. NBTW Vohk, Slept. 4. All the familiar fa-miliar holtd a - aaPQOtl WtFi presented by today's two-hour Mesalon of th muck ex-nhange. ex-nhange. Trading was lUUeM and llTtfU-lur llTtfU-lur at ti ri . bul became mure active at a generally hlBliur level later, with nunitu-ous nunitu-ous net gains. Dealings were wholly professional, pro-fessional, however, and represented to an unusal degree the weekly set t lenient of contractu rather than tli taking up of new commitments. Revival Renewed. yesterday's revival of Interest In the coal shares was renewed. Colorado Fuel, Norfolk & Western, Ohosapeako & Ohio, Western Maryland and Virginia Iron, Coal & t'oko were the active features. In the final dealings Canadian Pacific became active and strong, rising 3 points. United States Steel also made its high quotation at that period, selling at I over yesterday's close. In the main, beat prices were scored at the end. Total sales amounted to 163,000 shares. Foreign exchange was a negligible factor, there being virtually no dealings in remittances tn lOuropc excepi a few bills on London for which a rato of $4.6iSj wan quoted. This was a fraction easier than yesterday's clone. G. N. Showing Loss. Among t he day's railway returns for July were Great Northern, showing u net loss of $M5,000, with a net gain of $1,22,-090 $1,22,-090 for Norfolk &. Western. General trade reports wore more favorable, the middle west and northwest showing greater aetlvlty in retail lines, these being be-ing stimulated by wheat crop prospects. Local banks failed to make the predicted pre-dicted largo cash Rain despite tho heavy KOld inflow, the actual Increase being only abOUt 16,000,000. A reserve increase of $4,300,000 increased the excess reserves to the record-breaking total of almost $210,-000,000. $210,-000,000. Today's bond market was Irregular, with total sales, pur value, of $1,125,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call during tho week.