Show WALL W STREET I FLUCTUATES Trading Dull Dul and Market W Waits ai ts on Turn of the they y Year ear NEW YORK Dec S. S Opening S.-Opening Opening prices advanced on light dealings following a higher range for Americans In London Amalgamated rose 1 H Hi and North AmerIcan American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean Jumped 3 Larger buying orders were executed for tor various leaders leader causing causing caus caus- ing a further improvement all al through the list and lUn lifting St. St Paul New York Central Rock Island preferred pl HockIng HockIng Hock Hock- Ing Valley Valey preferred Sugar Brooklyn Transit General Electric and tal tat Tobacco preferred 1 to 1 above Saturdays Saturday's closing cosing Free offerings In St. St 81 Paul followed b by pressure against Sugar forced the stocks down a point and caused a yielding tone all al around FluctuatiOns Fluctuating ns were narrow and trading vcr very dull In lii few dul except a stocks The rhe prevailing sentiment was wa one of or resignation resignation nation naton to a dull dul market until the turn of the year ear shall hal bring some relief to the money market The Thc undertone was quite Hocking Hocking Valley Valey advanced 2 and the preferred 2 i. 21 Bonds were Irre irregular at noon Buying orders were distributed simultaneously in n the local traction stocks stocks and they readily advanced from 1 Hi to 1 1 f l specula speculation ton was listless and prices were not not appreciably changed from the tho loon level lavel 16 Great Gnat Northern preferred came Into demand flo- flo mand and advanced from to 2 points transactions until It I gained lne 5 points Other transcontinental hardened to the best bet St St. Paul rasing to 4 Lackawanna Lack Lack- awanna ann advanced ad I points Bu Business con con- l Ye very light In the general markets market The The market became almost completely completed Idle during durin the final hour at It some expense ex cx- ex pense to prices Manhattan reacted a point General Electric rose 21 Prices s hardened a again aln all aU around and tho the clos doe In Ing WR was firm Closing stocks Atchison Atchison preferred OS' OS Anaconda SI B O. O 0 95 9 C C. A. A 3 C C. G. G w. w sU L C. C O O. O 46 4 i. i Erie preferred 04 64 G I 1 I C C. C L. L N. N N. N 1274 N. N N Y Central Central Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania se Reading Reading 59 4 S S. a P. P 6 G i. i St St. Paul Southern R fly 32 U. U P. P W U. U P P. 8 U p S S. S. S 36 o. o U S S. pre pre- pre pre- erred ferell 82 Wabash abash preferred 4 42 Ga Gas North American Amerian 11 B. B D R B. R T. T 6 i Missouri Pacific 1 2 Copper 6 Sugar 1 11 V C. C 35 25 W V W. W C. C preferred 50 corn products 23 2 |