Show STOCK EXCHANGE new boik jan 8 the opening prices of stocks today showed irregular changes from last night which were narrow for the active issues the volume of business was small mackay companies rose 3 pacific mail 1 and kansas and texas preferred 58 5 8 some sharp gains were recorded before the liquidation of american sugar and northern pacific which resulted in the entire list falling sharply sugar lost two points american tobacco preferred 3 58 5 8 northern pacific northwestern and great northern ore certificates 1 12 1 2 and cleveland C C and st louis and utah copper 1 earlier gains had been made of 1 34 3 4 in branby mining and also la great preferred wisconsin central preferred general electric and american cotton oil the market rallied a fraction at 11 the decision to place th chicago great western in receivers bands had an unfavorable influence on other low priced especially erie and southern railway the announcement of only the regular dividends on northern pacific also aggravated the general decline in prices northern pacific yielded 3 12 1 2 southern railway preferred 2 58 5 8 united states rubber first preferred 2 14 1 4 hock island 1 12 1 2 southern railway 1 14 1 4 amalgamated copper 1 1 S and union pacific 1 |