Show SECURITIES MARKETS ARE DULL DUL AND IRREGULAR ULAR IN LIGHT DAl DAi J f BUSINESS NEWS NEE STILL 1 By ELMER ELIR C C. c cV V AZ V j United Pesi Pus Financial Ei Editor NEW YORK Aug 20 UP U- U Stocks and bonds bond were dull and 1 i regular Thursday while cot cottan n g at al grains grain declined and ad the te doll dol firmed against the te French fay fr which was wa at tho the gold point i A majority of ot stocks stock regist declines ranging to t 3 points the afternoon Dealings lighten on the tho setback however and Ion sor support was W noted before the clo IO Business items Item continued fv able and there was nothing la news to affect aHee the market market AM same time the list lacked a an au 1 t. t usual stimulant to shake 1 it out cig ou its it lethargy Professionals tried tred obtain a following early in the theby te c d dby by further purchases of steel ha Unsuccessful they turned to It selling side and ad the te steels steel losses ranging to more snore than a pd the weak spot pot In rails was wa down dow 3 points point at Ita it 1 1 It recovered a part of the theo loss U Ut I Pacific gained more than a p pc when directors ordered the ten reg 15 dividend Other Oter carriers rl I down fractions to more mor thai tb p point nt j I dropped to 45 1 S 2 28 8 1 8 before points meeting i g 11 port port Other copper shares hare a D corresponding declines and all lh ily were lower A sharp decline In p and volume of ot trading in c co P abroad was wa a factor Dom Domestic Uc j refused to raise their p Z to 10 cents cent a pound when th the te port price equaled the domestic cents Hence many tr tri sold metal they had In anticipation of ot a rise weaken the market market c Platinum was wa again a a factor price held at 53 3 per er fino fine on OUI where it i was a lifted Wednesday It the 43 3 level Jevel prevailing the day South Sut American Gold mum I P the most active issue o on onboard onboard board reached 5 8 3 up H pi po and was wa firm near the te close li Il national Nickel large platinum ducer touched 3 up 8 1 and andl teased t eased to a small smal net loss lo I Goodrich Gorich was active in a b hj i rubber division It made a J high at 24 up lip 8 7 and held beld the gain U. U S. S Rubber was wa wasil Ii Motor equipments were firm with wt Murray urray meeting sted aup UPi UPion on outlook for dividend shortly shorty t t |