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Show ERRATIC CHANGES IN PRICE EEATURE OE STOCK SESSION Trading Falls to Lowest Ebb in Weeks Until Last Hour; Numerous Gains Are Effaced. NEW YORK. Nor. 21. Erratic price rhnnges attended today's slock market, trading falling to the lowest ebb In several weeks, until the last hour, when an active selling effaced 11 urn prims gains. Until I hat period even I he professional element seemed disinclined to take even a temporary stand, pending partial readjustment read-justment of existing uncertainties, but the weight of the later offerings wub too great to overcome. Modera te Btrengl h in the early nnd intermediate interme-diate singes of the session was a ttrllmted to prospects of less stringent money conditions after next week's heavy payment on the fourth Liberty loan. This possible relaxation was not expected to apply to time funds, the paucity of which Is likely to extend over the year's end. Specific reasons accounted for the heaviness of certain issues, such as shippings, metals and motors. Marine preferred recorded an extreme setback of fit points, with but slight recovery, following announcement of another inconclusive meeting of the directors. Coppers were exposed to constant pressure by reason of unfavorable (rude conditions, yielding one to 2M; points, and motors were under the shadow of dividend "readjustments." as shown by yesterday's action or the Maxwell directors. On the constructive side for n time were rails, which evinced n fair degree of strength, industrials, indus-trials, including United States Steel and former war equipments, also oils and tobaccos, but the variable advances in these groups were forfeited almost altogether at the end. Sales amounted to 560.000 shares. Healings In bonds were modernte, but more diversified, the tone in the main being slightly easier. Liberty issues were steady and Internationals Inter-nationals Irregular. Total sales (par value), aggregated ag-gregated S9. 675.000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call. |