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Show REACTIONARY TENDENCIES IN EVIDENCE ON LIVELY MARKET : i Public .Interest Lacking and Extensive Realizing Sales Are Made Under Cover of Feverish I Activity in Specialties. j NEW T01IK. March 13. Rnciionary ten-dfiicies ten-dfiicies were uppermost during the greater part of today's very lively stock market, prices breaking sharply at times in those, issues- which recently were the objects o.f bullish attention. In place of the public interest muni Tested earlier in the week, there were indications of more extensive realizing huIps under r-over of feverish activity in a few of the high-priced specialties. Aside from the publication of several statements state-ments of enrniugs by industrial companies, which were Ipbs favorable than yesterday's exhibits, ex-hibits, and the suspension of the "extra" dividend on the stock of one of the important copper producers, there was litth- in the day's happenings to explain the reversal. Cables continued to heighten the impression id financial circles of un early determination of the fundamental features before the peace conference, and Washington reported headway in the conferences between the administration and railroad executives, although rails were almost a negligible factor. The one outslaDding feature was furnished by Industrial Alcohol, which, next to United States, was the most active issue of the day at an extreme advance of 15 poiuts. United States Steel fluctuated within a radius of almost 2 points, but was under constant pressure, closing at a fractional loss, but related re-lated industrials and equipments, also leathers, tobaccos, some, of the oils and fertilizers, were firm to strong. Hales amounted to 1,135, U00 shares. Trading in bonds was a trifle broader and firmer in the main, although Liberty issues wore irregular and Anglo-French Cs yielded a trifle. Total sales (par value) aggregated $11,250,000. Old United States bonds were unchanged on call. |