Show QUITE U ii BROAD A AND ACTIVE NEW NEV YORK Dec 17 Opening Opening changes were about equally divided be between between be- be tween en gains and losses The market was quite broad broa and active Renewed orders appeared In Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific St. St Louis Reading and United a States Steel stocks stocks' and the list advanced ad ad- Gains reached 2 21 2 in St St. S1 Paul 1 Ivi In Missouri 1 Pacific and 1 to 1 in Southern Pacific Reading Atchison Louisville Baltimore Ohio Chesapeake Chesapeake Chea peake Ohio and a a. number of the Colorado Fuel lost 1 There was continued large buying of Southern Pacific and Steel lifting the former full run 2 points and the latter later 1 Some SomE of ot the leaders got ot a small fraction higher than before but others sagged and th time the whole market yielded a fraction fraction fraction frac frac- tion and anti was steady teady at midday Pullman Pullman Pull Pull- man rose 3 The buying of the morning was due to abatement of the anxiety anxIety over the Venezuelan situation Bonds were stead steady at noon Buying of or SL St S1 Paul SU Sugar r and Brooklyn Transit at Improved d prices pries was followed by py y a a. pan pause pauso so In If tho the general demand and the market yielded Near 1 I o'clock clock Sugar was as pushed up anew to and Delaware Dela Dela Deia- ware Hudson Jumped 3 without benefiting benefiting ben ben- ettl tho the general list Sugar continued to be tho time stay main of ot the tho marl market ct and a advanced without however preventing a saving sagging ln tendency elsewhere Some of ot the leaders were a point below the best General fell rell 3 31 Promptly at 2 o'clock a selling movement movement movement move move- ment developed similar to that of ot thelast tho the last hour yesterday When the seln selling caused no iio gains of or over a n p point remained remained In Important stocks and prices had re receded rece receded re- re ce ceded ed below last last night In the tho Eastern trunk lines and some others other American Express dropped 9 General Electric 4 n Wheeling Lake Eric first preferred 2 and Northwestern and Great Northern preferred 1 11 below last nights night's level There was u a rally raly In Sugar arid and the tho cloo cloe was Irregular and dull dul |