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Show TRADING IN WALL STREET-IS STREET-IS HlGJiLT SUPERFICIAL Total Sales Amount to 300,000 Shares; Operations Opera-tions Confined to the j Professionals. - j NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Trading on the stock exchange today was superficial 'to the last degree, total sales of 300.000 shares being almost the lightest of any full session this year, and the smallest, with one or two exceptions, since the middle mid-dle of list year. Operations were confined . to a few groups of professional traders, that element ele-ment reversing its moderate optimisnvof the previous dav to the extent of renewing renew-ing commitments .on the short sidp. The only noteworthy or unusual feature was the relative activity of Central Leather, dealings in 'that stock at an extreme ex-treme advance nf 2z- points overtopping the turnover in United States Steel, which invariably leads the' list. Cuban Sugar Down. Overnight developments, particularly the situation in Cuba, found direct reflection reflec-tion in the course of sugar issues, Cuban American Sugar making a gross decline of six points, while South Porto Rico, which may derive some benefits from the disturbances in Cuba, made an extreme gaiu of twelve points. United States Steel ranged between 108"s ana: 1055s- closing at 105si. a net loss of one point. Related industrials were dwn one or two points, with as much for' metal, while shippings, oil and utilities, particularly par-ticularly gas shares, were down almost four points. Rails Under Restraint. Rails v;ere under steady restraint, prob-ablv prob-ablv in consequence of the weakness of New Haven, which recorded the minimum price in its hi-story at 37 V2 to the accom- ! paniment of fa"mi!iar rumors respecting ! the future of that property. Lowest cpio- ; tations were made all around in the filial ; hour, the movement being accelerated by reports of the sinking of an American merchantman in the European war zone. All foreign exchange markets were at a standstill, with a further shading of rates : on Berlin and Vienna. Intimations of the earlv completion of negotiations for a French loan by our bankers were not confirmed, con-firmed, but it is understood that new commercial credits to -French interests are under discussion. Bonds were irregular, Anglo-French 5s making a new iow price of 90U before recovering, while Paris 6s gained a point. Total sales, par value, $3,460,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. |