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Show LEADING ISSUES GAIN ONE TO TWO POINTS IN WALL STREET Profit-taking Develops and the Advantage of the Bulls Is Soon Cancelled; N"ET TORK, Feb. 13. The stool; market mar-ket seemed to be favorably influenced in the early stages of today's trading by events over the holidays. Leading issues KRlned 1 to ! points, and a few specialties special-ties as much as 3 to 4 in the active Tirst hour. Later the greater part of this advantage advan-tage was canceled for no apparent reason rea-son other than reullzin from prom-taking prom-taking and the failure of speculative interests in-terests to follow up their initial ' operations. opera-tions. There was a moderate accumulation of buying orders, but this demand was soon satisfied. The usual divergence of opinion opin-ion prevailed respecting the significance 01 President Wilson's latest address and the bewildering changes in the Russian situation. In no Important quarter was I , it helieved. however, that peace prospects pros-pects had been hastened. .shippings owed their prominence atid strength to specific causes, a 71-point rise in Atlantic C.ulf being accompanied by le-uorts le-uorts of fortlicoming change of control. Indiisti-ial Alcohol. General Motors, General Gen-eral Klectric, Baldwin Locomotives. Crucible Cru-cible Steel and Royal Dutch OH constituted consti-tuted tho other strong specialties, very little remaining of their 2 to 4-point gains at the 'end. Cnited States Steel reacted from its early fain of l-ij to a slight fractional loss, otiier stocks of the same division moving with similar irregularity. Rails, Canadian Pacific excepted, were heavy and dull. Sales amounted lo 470, (mo shares. The general bond list was steady, but Liberty" first 4s at filv.ls and second 4s at 14. it) broke to new low ground. Sales (par value) aggregated J-4.623.orM. United States bonds (old issues) were unchanged on call. |