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Show REDUCED ARGENTINE CROP HIKES WHEAT CHICAGO, Dec. 3 (. Increasing evidence of ft substantially smaller Argentine exportable surplus than expected ran Chicago wheat prices up 2S cents a bushel maximum FzidX. Official reports Indicated that In Buenos Aires province, one of the most promising areas of Argentina, a yield fully two bushels an acre below the averaxe of recent years was predicted. Brisk enhancement of stock market values also provided pro-vided a stimulus to wheat price upturns. Profit-taking led to late reactions and, at the close, Chicago wheat futures were H cent lower to 1 cent higher compared with Thursday's finish, December 94793 cents, May 92,ii92H cents; corn cent up. December 53Hi&53, cents, May .ViH'y56 cents, and oats unchanged un-changed to jb cent higher. RANGE Or l.rAniNU rf Tl'BEH Open. High. Low. Cloa. Wheat rw .94S t .96lt. S .94S .94S Mmv . .93 .94 .92b .92S Jnlv . .87 .fiTH .BBS .S6S Corn Dec . . 33 . 54 S .53 . 51 H Miv . .36S .37S .36S .3S Juiv . .57 4 .58S . 57 S .57 H Oafs Pe. . .311, .31. .TH. .31S iMav . ,30S .:'S .30S .30'. Ju!v . 29S .29S -29S .29S 8uy beans Per . .91 .94 S .4 .94 Mav . .96 .96 .9.3H .93H Julv 96 Rye-Pec Rye-Pec . .:V . 6 H .67S' .67H Mav . .6S ,6S .6kS .69 Julv . ,65S .654 -61H .64 Lard Dec . 8 32 70 32 S 62 Jan . 6 75 S 90 R 72 8 62 May . tf 07 9 20 8 07 17 WINNlPr.f. WINNIPEG. Dao 3 (APj Wheat High. I-ow. CJo. December.. .. l.lhS l lbS 116S May 1 13H 1.13S 11IS July 1 11 1 09S 1 09S Caah wheat No. 1 northern, 1.35S : No, 2 northern. 12SS: No. a northern. OaiV No. 2 white, 47 H: No. 3 whlta, 43 S. L1VCKPUOL LIVERPOOL, Jt. 3 tAP) Spot wheat Hard winiar. 8 4d: Roaafe. 7 lid; Damihian, 7a lid: Australian. 6c 1 Sd. Future clnaed steady. December, 1.16S; March. 1.14: Mav. 1.15. Exchange $4 96 H. Metals and Money j Settlement prlcea at Utah smelters, re-1 ported bv the American Kmcltlng and Refining Re-fining company, are; Lead. 5c pound; copper, 10.65c pound. NFW YORK. Dec. 3 tAP) Bar sllvsr i Unchanged at 44Hc I LONDON. Dec. 3 ' Apt Bar stiver 19 9-l6d, off 1-16. (Sterling price equivalent equiva-lent to 41 95 cent Bar gold Declined S' pennv at 139a 4349f' ) (eteriln, prlc ulvaient to M'inev S per cent. Diacount ratea flhort bill. 15-16 to 1 per cent; three-month billa. 15-16 per cent. Consols tor money 74 S pounds. I LONDON'. Dec. 3 (AP) Copper Ftandard apot. 40 pounds Lg; future 41 r"iti:ila: electrolytic, spot, bio, 45 pounds. 1 aaked. 46 pound. Ti; Hpot, 195 pounds 5a; future, 194' pound 5a. K11I1; Iead Spot, 16 pounds 8a td; future. fu-ture. 16 pounds ila 3d. Zinc Spot. 16 pounds; future. 16 pounds 5s. NKW TORK. Da. 3 (AP) Call money1 Hteadv: 1 per cent all day. Prima commercial paper 1 per ecnt. Time loam Steady; 60 to 90 days. IS per cent; lour to six months. IS per cent Bankers' acceptance Unchanged Rediacount rate New Xork Reserve bank. 1 per cent. NEW TORK. rec, 3 ( API-Foreign eg-chance eg-chance Stesdv. Great Britain, la dollars, othern tn rente: Great Britain Demand, 4. US; cables. 4.99 s: 60-day bills. 4 96. France Demand. 3 39S. acbles. 3 39-S. Itniy Demand. 5 26S: rabies. 5.26 . Demands: Brtclum. 17 00 Oermanv free. 402OS: rrciatered. 2103 trae! 25 40; Hi, Hand. 53 55. Norway. 25 08 Kws-den. Kws-den. 25 71: Denmark, 22 26; Finland. 221: Fwltierland. 23 11; Spain. Unquoted. Perineal, 4 54: Greece. .62; Poland, 19 9M Crerh.. -Slovakia, 3 31 4 ; Jugoslavia. 2 33; Auatria. 18 91 nominal: Huntary. 19 90 Kvimania. .76: Argentina. 33 23 nominal; Br axil. 5.75 nominal; Toklo. 29 09; Shang. hal. 29.63; Hongkong, 3125: Mexico City. 27 80, Montreal in New York. 10003 S' New Tork la Montreal. 99.96 S. NFW TORK. Dec. 3 1 AJ) Copper-stradier Copper-stradier electrolytic, spot uad fulur. 10 5ooil 00. M;,rtT 10J4. Tin Steadv: ap-.t and future. 4)4 25 I-ad Steady: a pot New Tort 5 00 6) 5.03; Kant tit. Louia. 4 5. Zinc steady; taat SL Louis, spot and future, 5 00, Iron, aluminum, antimony. e,iiirkallver. platinum ai.d wolframite Unchanged. NFW TORK. Dec 3 i AP) Lead fiiturw rloee.l irrecular, 2 higher to 8 lower. SaJas, W) 0O0 pounds. January. 4 75b. Zinc futures closed quiet aod unchanged. No sales. MONTREAL 611. VFR MONTREAL. Dec. 3 iaP Silver future! fu-ture! closed steady, unchanged to 40 lower no aalcf. Bids: December, 44.25; March 44 05. May. 44 06. |