Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 16 | Stock Operations Active; Shippings Chief Features

STOCK OPERATIONS ACTIVE; 8HIPPING5ailEF FEATURES Early Movement Is Accompanied by Accumulation Accumula-tion of Oils, Motors, Equipments and Sundry Specialties. NEW YORK, May 21. Shippings were tho overshadowing features of today's further active operations on the slock ex eh an so, their uncertain uncer-tain course chansintr a relatively strong opening open-ing tr r.n Irregular or heavy close. Publication of the dclnils of the sale of Mercantile Mer-cantile Murine, B rt t islt tonnage and ussels cre-uted cre-uted n st ron opening for the shipping ill vision. Mnrine com in on excepted, (tint stuek siiijglii; steadily and closing at a loss of almost nine points. The early movement in shipping was accompanied accom-panied by ncti ve uccuni n In t ion of oils, motors, equipments, leathers, fert Misers and sundry specialties, spe-cialties, which usually move in keeping with those promts, extreme gains ranging from two to almost six points. There whs no decided move in rails at any time, aside from sporadic activity in minor shas, especially Texas & Pacific and related western and southwestern issues. The higher grade stocks reflected realizing, with losses of one to two points at the end. The severe reversal of the final hour was p reel pi tu ted by re jx iris of a serious hitch In the negotiations with the German delegates in Paris, but that incident. It was generally be- : lieved, served more as an excuse than a reason . for the decline. Marine preferred. Atlantic Gulf and Amerl- can International were most affected by the break lit Marino common, but rails and nu- j mei'ous industrials also eased one to two points, : while oils and equipments cancelled much of their gains. Sales amounted to 1,400.000 shares. , Minor rails and tractions were the strongest i features of tho bond market, Utterly Issues holding steady and the foreign list varying sltzhtlv. Total sales (par value) aggregated $11.L'T3.000. Old United Slates bonds were uu-allered uu-allered on call."