Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-13 | Page 6 | Equitable Fire Disturbed Stocks

H EQUITABLE FIRE DISTURBED STOCKS H New York, Jan. 13 Weekly mar- Hl ket review: BBpH Irregularity prevailed throughout BJ tho week In the stock market with no H decided tendency in either direction. , H Trading was largely professional, and BBpl prices roso ono day only to fall back H as much. Tho Equitable building fire Bl unsettled the market for a time as BBpfll the vaults of the burned building con- BBpB tainod largo quantities of securities BBpBj which could not he reached, but anx- H loty on this score was rellovcd by BBbH the lndoflnite suspension of dellvcr- bbH BBpH Declaration of an extra dividend H for Lehigh Valley In connection with H the formation of a coal company, H brought tho coalers Into prominence. BBpH Lehigh Valley, which had risen near- H ly 15 points in expectation of such K action, fluctuated violently. B ?Tho Dccombor tonnage statemont of H the United States Steel corporation Hj exceeded tho most optimistic proph- Hj eclca, with an increase) of moro than BBfK 000,000 tons. General trade conditions BBpB showed little chango. Monoy rates H fell steadily. London borrowed largo BBpB amounts, paying i to 1 1-2 per cent H for loans carrying over the end'of the Bf month. BBpH 00