Show I Sugar Market S VORK Oct 31 It AP rTh r raw w sugar market was quiet today end and la In Absence of bu- bu s prices price were nominally nominally nomi nomi- nally at t Lot for duty duty- paid Raw sugar future opened to 2 points higher and soon showed net advances of 2 to 3 points on covering and buying by houses with trade and Cuban connections The market ap appeared appeared ap- ap to be in n a 5 condition but offerings Increased on the Upturn and midday prices were 1 to 2 points net hIgher Some selling may have been prompted by a private European beet sugar crop estimate which placed th the European crop at metric tons or r tons tOne more than the previous compared with metric met tic ric tons lest last years year's outrun The refined market was unchanged at for fine granulated with a mod mod- irate Inquiry reported S Futures closed steady approximate sales tons toni December Starch March May July Sep 2 2 A |