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Show MONEY MARKET PARAMOUNT FEATURE Of STOCK SESSION Calls Open at 10 Per Cent and Time Funds at 7 Per Cent Are Sought Eagerly; Security Movements Dull. NEW YORK, Oft. HI. The money mnrkot was the one factor of paramount importance on the stock i-xclianso toilay, all other considerations con-siderations beitit,', sul'ordlnnled to the more rlitld lemtenclcB manifested In that quarter. For the first time in manv months call money opened at It) per -otu, with on eRk'er lniiuij-y for time funds at 7 per cent, and little available at that ficure. Tile call rate held nt 10 per cent throughout the session, hut greater care was exercised respecting the character of the collateral. Financial interests" stressed the fact Unit brokers' loans ; were attain at the liieh re'ak of the midsummer, while last Saturday's clear-InB clear-InB house statement disclosed a new hiRh record for actual loans and discounts at $5,433,000,000. Stocks were firm to etronc at the outset, but fell back nt the first Indications of tlxhtcr money, the market lapsing into dullness (luring the Intermediate period. Heavy Helling, which bore the mnrks of bear pressure, occurred in the last hour, leaders being forced to lowest levels of the . "' a brisk rally ensued on the further ac.nitj ami slreneil, displayed by various sftcidK final quotations in many instances ho. lug rallies of 2 to 5 points. Several speculative issues achieved the ois-I ois-I motion of scoring maximum", notab Kethlehem. ('handler, Pierce-A now and Republic Repub-lic .Motors, K.-minRton Typewriter and American Ameri-can Ship & Commerce, a newcomer on the ooard Extreme gains In these stocks ranged from 4 to 12 points. Sales amounted to l.-tou,- KondgiT'oxehange continued to move against London and conl inenta 1 centers a new low record lo-in- reported for Austrian remittances. Liberty :P'.s again featured the bond market mar-ket on their further advance of lot. the vear's best price. Foreign issues were sti-M). but the general domestic list " '' ' sales, par value, aggregated 14 . , nO.OOO. Old fulled Slates bonds were unchanged on call. |