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Show PERIODS OF APATHY ItAiUkl ! OP DAT ON STOCK EXCHANGE; Indications Point to Cessation of Activity for! Present in Speculative Issues Which ! Have Been Prominent. j NEW" YuliK, Murcii lS. Trdiuj on the' stock exchange today was notewurt hy chief ;y for the fact that the early rnd inleniiedi ti j sessions were punctua ted by frequent period f? i of apathy, in striking contract to l he high pressure of the past fortnight. , Activity was nnmt marked in th'1 final hour. 1 wlieu a temporary demand, for hiuh-gradt rails infused strenifrh to the general list, but tins, inquiry flattened out when other leaiiers re- . acted 1 to almost 5 points on obvious selling : for profits and offerings for tho short account. Accompanying the intermit twit dullness wiv fctirfuee indica tions that the recent s peeula live whirl had run its course for a while and that certain branches of the li-t lutd become what is technically known as "stale." Not only was the market movement less sustained, sus-tained, but the-scope of the trading also experienced ex-perienced a pronounced contraction, i-oucen- , traring to an un-sul extent in sp-v-ia 1 1 irs f j I the is.M'Miiduiy or i-s i:rp.rt:;nt grciip. j I Apart f iM in shipping. hich w.-v.1 particu- ! larly cons".-"""s with Aih.nti-- r.iUf at au . i esTre:r..- advaucf of 5 point and .iar-ie pre- J ferred's gain of 3'L-. unwonted actii; was ; disphi.vt-d liy niino'- fuuip:mnli. and low-prifi-d ( m-'tors ami oils, again im-lmiing Sinclair. CniU'd Cigar. Cn ii I'ornia I'ackinc. .National ; Biscuit and St-ars-Korbuek ifgi-t-.-red 2 to 7 point advances at ihfir best, but I hee were larg.dy cancelled in the later dealings, when United S'ate-i Steel fenum-d the sweejiiug i e-versal e-versal on its sharp decline lo iH1-. Sales amouiited to 1.025.000 shares. Domestic bonds, inetudiug Liberty issues were steady to firm, the foreign division fvineing further Irregularity, however, on I lie continued win k u ess of Paris exchange. Total sales (par value) iijigregatort $10,400,000. Old L'nit.-d States registered -Is rose on call, others un-cha un-cha need. |