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Show oo ADVANCE CONTINUES IN THE STOCK MARKET Now York. May 18. Stocks"'wore active and strong at tho opening of the market today. Moderate ad-ances ad-ances were made by almost all of tho active Issues. Amalgamated Copper, Cop-per, Consolidated Gas, and General Electric rose 1, Penna., 3-4; Reading, (Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific Missouri Pacific, SL Paul and American Ameri-can Smelting 1-2, and U. S. Steel 3-8. The advance of stocks of the last two days led to heavy realizing sales this morning, but tho large amounts of securities put on the market did not cause a pronounced break In prices. pric-es. A largo absorptron of copper stocks occasioned a revival of the report of a merger and) there was, extensive ex-tensive 'buying of, United States Steel,; which toucneu81 1-8. j |