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Show jtjENERAL 6TOCKT16T DULL" MARKET'S TREND DOWNWARD i Interest in Industrial Situation Is Heightened by j the Publication of Reviews i and Surveys. i ! XL:W YORK. I -. 5. S. ks dri:i"I id y during 1 he renter purl of tmlny's ex l rem el v ;jroi'c.ss iiui:il spssion, pi i .-s of many leading issn.- e i 1 1 : 11 1 i;;rtli.-i-dlsposii ion - tu tb.'clliK: n nd. r moderate pi.:-ure. - ersion to the i I'uie ot -th-- .to'-k market, pc-nt. i ; 1 1 1 1 i1 n.kcrs to l"an up to S'j per eerit on r.diat"r.d, t'ib-d u stimulate stimu-late outride intei .-si in the H::il. r-t d'-2rce, d'-2rce, tior did tins modi Heat ion lend to 1 el. -1 : i ales for money. Pools were Cat rly net ive, n- crt he less, in siieli Kl'eeulat i'e favorites as toimei-us, motors, oils, sugars and several in :s - el-la el-la neons issues, ross trains in lliesi1 illvi-sifins illvi-sifins ranging fioin 2 Ui aiinost lo points. In teres! in the general situation was heightened by the publication ol' reviews and surveys which made pessimistic reference ref-erence to t lie future of the steel and iron trade, with predictions of a genera! cut In prevailing price schedules. I'n I ted States Steel was I lie objective of i:!.-es.int pressure, a.tho'.iyh yielding 1 only hall a point al the ' iose. Other industrials in-dustrials and equipments also made material ma-terial recoveries in the rinal hour, and i;as siiat'-s featured the utilities at gains of 2 ! 4 points, although local tractions ere iia iiiK-d to yield. Kails and shippings were anions the uie-eri;i!ii I'-atures. the !' inner shovvint; . ij-reu'.darity ihi ougiiovi t . wh;ie marines 1 eased in the later dealings, with metals and nhs.'ur.; specialties. Sales amounted to 44o, HMD shares. The oniy alteration reported in foreign exchange was a siiht re.luelioi in sterling ster-ling d-viiaiifl bills, rates to neutral centers showing more firmness. The tone of 1 'nited States government bonds again afforded a contrast to the balance of the bond list, l.iherly issues continuing to decline, the fourth 4Jis making mak-ing a new low at Sy.i.lHi. Total sales, par value, were Sn.3T3.noi). Old 1'nited Slates bonds were unchanged on call. |