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Show THE WORLD'S MARKET NEWS New York May 14. The market closed steady today steady strengthening strength-ening dominated todays dealings from beginning to end. Final prices-showed prices-showed gains of 1 to 2 points Traders Trad-ers who had been unsuccessfully opposing op-posing the upward movement bought in their Bhort contracts in the last hour and gains were extended in all directions A vigorous buying movement aroused the stock market at the outset out-set today from the apathetic condl tlon of the last few sessions lu an effort to break the deadlock, room trader took large blocks of the leading lead-ing stocks Reading and Steel in particular were bought heavily. These tactics were effective In rais lng prices all through the list, with several gains of a point or so In the f i ret few minutes The fall of Tam pico. presumably removing the oil f properties there from the fighting k zone, caused a jump of three point wL in Mexican petroleum, which hit large interests in that city. iHJ South Omaha Livestock Ti South Omaha, May 14 Hogs Re-ceipts Re-ceipts 7500; market steady. Heavy, $S.10 K :', light. $8.uo a S.20; pigs. $7.50 fi $.00; bulk of sales. $8.1508.20. H Cattle Receipts 4400: market steady Nativ e steer. 7 " h SV cows and heifers, SG.40ijS.60; west-ern west-ern steers. $8. 506 8.50; Texas steers. $6.0( 7.75; cowh and heifers. $6.00 7.r,n; calves. $8 0011.00. H Sheep Receipt! 5000; market high- er Yearlings. 16.7506.76; wethers. $5.606.00; lambs, 8.00g9 00. Sugar. New York. May 14 Sugar Raw, a firm. Molasses. $2.55; centrifugal, 1.20; refined, firm. |