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Show FREEDOM'AND CONFIDENCE MARK WALL STREET TRADE ! ' Dealings Are on Broader and Larger Scale Than ' at Any Time in the Past : Fortnight. NEW YORK, Feb. TO. The market today gave unmistakable evidence of a disposition to shove off the apathy and timidity which have i been Its chief characteristics ever since the early part of the year. Stocks of almost all descriptions were taken will) apparent freedom and confidence, rails and shippings alone showing comparative backward nets. Dealings were on a broader and larger ' scale than at any time within the last; fortnight and Included an unusual vat i- i ety of issues, but seasoned or represen-i tative stocks were most in favor, especially espe-cially industrials, metals and equipments. Commission houses reported a moderate moder-ate revival of public interest, but a very large proportion of, t he turnover, which amounted to 620,000 shares, resulted from further covering by an overextended short interest. United States Steel and other favorites furnished the basis for much of the day's business. Steel made an extreme gain of 2b points on steady accumulation which comprised many large individual lots. Al- 1 lied industrials were better by 1 to 2 : points, with 6 for Virginia Coal & Tron ' i & Coke. Coppers were next in point of demand, virtually every issue of that division di-vision gaining 1 to 3 points, Utah and Smelting being steadily absorbed. Affiliated Af-filiated shares, such as the zin? issues and National Lead, also reflected the j higher prices prevailing for those products. prod-ucts. War and semi-war shares, as represented represent-ed by the oils, motors. Industrial Alcohol, Alco-hol, leathers and sugars, made variable but general gains, and utilities, notably Ohio Gas and people's Gas, registered i further recoveries from last week's losses. Aside from Atlantic Coast Line, which rose 3 points, advances in rails were main- ly limited to coalers and minor issues. I New Haven regained 2 points on the i reassuring statement made by the direc-' tors regarding the road's financial requirements, re-quirements, j Interna tional bonds were irregular on further heaviness in United Kingdom issues. is-sues. Total sales, par value. $2, 7. 55.000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. |