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Show STOCK TRANSACTIONS NOTED FOR INSIGNIFICANT VOLUME Business of Session Only 160,000 Shares and With One or Two Exceptions Is Lowest Since 1916. NEW YORK, April 2. Transactions on the stock market todav amounted to only about 160,000 shares, "the most insignificant insignifi-cant total for a full session with one or tvyo exceptions since the midsummer of lDlti. At no time since this country's entry into the war was public participation participa-tion at such low ebb. This attitude was transmitted tu the trading element, where the new tax ruling - dealing with short sales imposed additional hazards. I.ack of definite advices from across the water was perhaps the chief deterrent, deter-rent, but the undertone aside from moderate mod-erate heaviness of investment rails, indicated in-dicated no diminution of confidence in the outcome of the German drive. Pressure apairist a few special stocks, such as Studebaker and ki mired issues, resulted from recognized trade conditions and resultant doubtful dividend prospects. pros-pects. Oils, utilities and some minor equip- nients denoted increased uncertainty regarding re-garding new federal price schedules and irregular reactions in secondai-y specialties special-ties were ascribed to abatement of pool activity. Coppers forfeited part of yesterday's gains. Miami losing two points of the reduced re-duced dividend and reversals of a point in shippings followed moderate offerings of mnrine preferred. 1'nited .States Steel forfeited a large fraction with affiliated issues. Call money was extremely easy by reason of the apathetic stock market, being in plentiful supply at 3 per cent. Numerous time loans for the shorter periods pe-riods were made at 6 per cent. The general bon list lost little ground, but laberty issues, except the 3V2S, were heavy. Total sales (par value) aggregated aggre-gated S4.5.10.0OO. Uniled States old issues were unchanged un-changed on call. |