Show CHICAGO GRUN CHICAGO March larch 2 Reports Reports that Italy Ialy was buying durum wheat at New York and that large sales of Canadian wheat had been made yesterday to Europe led to a material advance in the wheat market to today today today to- to day and although free selling ensued the finish was strong 1 l c net higher with wih May at 1 l and July l Wheat averaged lower In price price today during the early transactions Downturns In tn quotations at Liverpool tended to weaken the market here herE and so too Ild ld reports that British milling requirements requirement appeared to be filled fied up temporarily Bulls Buls however how how- ever still contended that that world importing countries are short of actual re requirements more than a hundred million milon bushels bushel OpenIng OpenIng Opening Open- Open Ing prices price which varied from unchanged figures to o 0 lower with May 14 I 14 and July were followed by a moderate setback all al around and then by a rally raly that In some cases went slightly above yesterdays yesterday's finish Signs of ot a revival in European demand brought about a good advance later which heavy profit taking sales failed to offset offset off oH- set except in a a more or less transient man man- ner nor I Corn and oats oat were governed chiefly bythe by bythe the action acton of ot wheat After Atter opening unchanged unchanged un un- un- un changed hanged to c lower May the I corn market underwent a further sag and then recovered In later laer dealings the corn market went upgrade helped by the fact that the movement movement movement move move- I ment of or corn from rural sources appeared to be falling off or In volume and that export ex export ex port Dort business was vas said to be under way at it the seaboard The Tho close was firm 4 lc c net higher with May lay May 61 67 Uc c. c Oats started unchanged to HO down May Uc and declined a little more but later scored a a trifling gain selling on the part of ot commission commis don sion houses sent provisions downward in 1 price notwithstanding an upturn in the tho 1 value of ot hogs 1 FUTURES 1 T e. e 1 v n. n v Wheat Wheat- May May l- l July July 1111 12 1 Corn Corn- May May 66 66 67 6 65 6 July 68 65 60 67 6 69 60 Oats Oats- May IH U 42 41 4 42 July July 4 4 42 43 Pork Pork- May 2110 2110 Lard Lard- 1200 1200 1212 1100 1100 1212 July 1230 1210 Ribs Ribs- May 10 1152 1162 1140 1152 July July 1100 1100 bASIl sir Wheat Wheat No 2 hard 10 No 3 hard S 1 I 36 36 Corn Corn Cor No 2 mixed No 2 yellow 6 1 Oats Oats No 2 white O 40 c No 3 white 37 tOe Rye itye No 2 Barley Timothy seed seed seed-iS 00 7 00 Clover seed seed seed- 1600 Pork Pork Nominal Lard Lard Lard- 1195 1105 Ribs Ribs FOREIGN Y EXCHANGE NSW NEW YORK March 2 ForeIgn Foreign exchange heavy heavy Great Britain demand 44 cables cable day CO-day bills bis on banks bank 48 France ranco demand HO cables 10 Italy Ialy demand cables 0 Belgium demand 86 cables 86 Germany demand 41 41 4 cables cable 41 n Holland Holand demand cables Norway demand ea 1725 Sweden fenS fen demand W 2640 84 Dei ad mark l demand 2116 S Switzerland In demand e 1957 1967 Spain demand 1600 Greece demand Poland demand 0 02 Czecho SlOvakia de demand demand de de- mand 10 Argentine demand Brazil Brazi demand 1387 Montreal 97 91 JE E LIVESTOCK DENVER March 2 Cattle Catle Receipts Cattle Receipts 1560 1650 lOc higher Steers Steen and heifers helter stockers and feeders feed feed- en ers bulls buls calves 00 Hogs ReceIpts Hogs Receipts 2300 higher Top 1096 1095 bul bulk bulic Sheep Sheep Receipts Receipts 1700 lOc higher Lambs Iambs 1350 1435 1415 ewes ewes ewe feeders feeder 13 yearlings 1200 U 1225 U era M-H tn 8 no 31 |