Show EAD COPPER B BOTH OTH STEADY V liNG EASIER I Mexican Ore Quickly Ab Ab- Steel Is Stable B alues Values Fail Fai to Swing U Up NE YORK Jan 16 AP AP Thc The i te l market displayed stability the past week although I Ial Dailies es failed to develop the up- up ard tendency many had anti antici- antici i- i V sated about this time Aside tx-ba tx I ome oine e good buying by y railroads i IRe ew business was not conspicuous I large ge but liberal structural awards i ind and nd the large number of unfilled on hand were believed to asre as- as re continued active production Ii Iron firm I was owing to the V more acute fuel situation ana while ore a ev ew y buying was rather rathel quiet there were ere ere large deliveries against old V orders was steady The recent im improvement Im- Im provement in London was followed L j and after moderate purchases early in the week exp exporters ex ex- ex- ex p porters withdrew December statistics statis statis- V Ll tics were disappointing with an in- in V pease EV rease in stocks of refined and un un- V rg VeI the circumstances domestic V buyers luer urs were unwilling to lo operate g g forward needs above the fourteen cent level but there was wa I Sufficient volume of inquiry to sug- sug J fest et t large requirements and leading producers were not disposed to tc tol l their asking prices of 14 1 l f TIn Tin was nervous and unsettled were well wel maintained in is of downward reaction in L Condon owing to small smal spot sup sup- V plies jI 1 and more buying in i the inter- inter V o y consumers for deliveries run- run ing ng into March tead was stead steadily held with good L 1 into consumptive chan- chan els Importations of Mexican ore Iwer were readily absorbed r 4 ZInc was easier owing to contin- contin 1 jed lack of export demand light V Inquiry and in sympathy th tl the decline abroad Antimony was lower with wih Seand fed Se- Se fe- fe e and d less active and increased of- of Ings i gs from second hands |