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Show STEADY ADVANCE 18 NOTED IN GENERAL SECURITY LIST Aiiscellaneous Stocks Again Feature Movement; Financial News Mostly of Constructive Character. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. On the V.mSt, if not the nn diversified. opTii timis tuns fur iMs Tall, the stock murkpt today nio'inted jilnmsi steadily to hU'hfr levels, miscellaneous Mmre3 once more featuring the movement. Events over the week -end and those which Mine to hand in the course of the session were almost altogether helpful to the bull or constructive account, especially industrial and monetary developments. The labor situation assumed r more definite phase as the result of news reardini; the industrial in-dustrial conference nt 'ashing ton and reports of increased production from leading centers of The steel and iron industry. Tail loans opened ut S per cent, hold In p fit tha t level tint il the final hour, when accommodations accom-modations dropped by easy stages to 4 per cent, the lowest quotations in several weeks. Time funds were (iiiotably unchanned at 7 per cent, but very little was offered at that price. Automobile shares, with their many adjuncts, overshadowed the tradin? from the outset. General Gen-eral Motors leading at a 25 -point Rain to the new maximum of XU)l StudebnVer. Tieree-Arrow, Tieree-Arrow, White. Maxwell. Stromber Carburetor and the various rubber issues rose 4 to 10 put Ills. Steels and . uteel equipments, also electric Issues, were featured by Pressed Steel far, tJulf States Steel, New York Airbrake, (ien-erul (ien-erul Electric and Vestin'house Electric at Kt-oss cuius of 3 to 10 pnintfl. Shippings attracted attention by reason of the aeiivit v and streuih of American internationals. inter-nationals. Oils rose 3 to 6 under puidance of Mexican, and California Petroleums, transcontinental trans-continental and Texas company, and American Woolen, sugars, leathers, coppers and several newly listed issues rounded out the movement , at Ruins of 3 to S points, final prices belli p 1 to 5 under the beat. Sales omounted to 1 l.Stal.O'tO shares. Domestic bondd. Including Libert v issues, were irregular, lnternutionals holding steadv. Total Kales (par value) aggregated aggre-gated Sl.".76,OtX. Old United States coupon -Is rose l, per cent on sales; others un- , changed on call. |