Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-28 | Page 15 | Stocks and Bonds Decrease in Value

STOCKS AND BONDS DECREASE IN VALUE LONDON, Jan. 27. The decline in stock exchang-e values of leading British ! stocks and bonds during the past year is shown by the annual compilations to have been nearly as severe as that of the previous year. A list of 3S7 representative representa-tive securities shows a shrinkage In market value of 149,000,000 in 1!U6. This follows"a decline in 1915 of 207,000,000, while if a comparison is made with market mar-ket conditions tiie week before the war a decline of 5S3, 000,000 is shown. Analysis of the depreciation last year in individual departments of market activity shows that British and foreign government govern-ment securities declined S and 7 per cent, respectively. A few sections show substantial sub-stantial gains. Shipping issues roso 24 per cent, copper mining shares 28 per cent, coal and iron stocks 21 per cent and British bank stocks 1 per cent.