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Show THE WORLD'S MARKET NEWS Now York Mav 15 The market closed asv today Exhaustion of the earlv buying: mrivmnt prompted profit laklnj; sales and the U: ' small (?Hin.- were I generally cancelled The flow decline In the afternoon enoouiaeed renewed! 'hori srlllnir. on which Canadian Pacific and Amalgamated i-a. ted a point. The upward ?wins in the stock mar- ' ket continued du-ins the earl trading today. Bullish trader look advantage Of the scarcity of stocks shown durlnf ! esterdav's advance, continued to drlrr In the shorts. Thee was a ood demand de-mand with keen bidding for Steel and Reading-, which wrc taken In largf amounts Price in almost every case were higher and while, the average adan"- In the first half hour was not large a few shares rose a point or more South Omaha Livestock. South Omaha, May 15. Hogs Receipts Re-ceipts 4S00; market higher. Heavy. ' $1.20 I. JO; lights. SS.15.tfM.27 12;. pigs. $7 50-9 8 10, bulk of sales, $8 22 i lL't?8.27 1-2. Cattle Receipts 700, market' steadv. Native steers. $7.4.008.85; cow s "and heifers. $6.40 8.60; w estern steers. $6.50 ffi 8.50: Texas steers, $6.00fj 7.75; cows and heifers, $6.00 7 30". calves, $8.00011.00. Sheep Receipts 2500; market stronc Yearlings, $6.8006.80; weth ers. $5. 606. 10; lambs, $8.259.28. CHICAGO GRAIN I Chicago. May 15. Corn today took 'he lead on change both In activity and strength. The broadening out was the result of a big advance ol ri big advance at Liverpool vhre where stocks are decreasing rapidh nwlnc to dclav in the shipment?; from Argentina Dispatches from Buenos yres told of continued extraordinary rains and heavih Increasing damage The market here opened to 7 higher and made a material additional upturn Wheat ascended with corn Besides, there wore advice that Injury from He'sian fly was becomlne mor ex-tenplve ex-tenplve especially In Illinois Opening prices ranged from the same as last night to 5-8c up and further gain was scored before any reaction set In. Oats went up grade. Influenced by short grain. Several prominent houses were large buyers. BulRlnc cereals carried provisions along First sales were 2 1-2 to 5 at. 7 l-2c higher, and the advance was well maintained. Expert confirmation of severe damage dam-age hy Hessian fly in Missouri brought about a further hardening of wheat prices but profit taking eased tho market afterward Triers was a steady close at 1-S to 3-4c net advance. In the latter corn trading the BWell became more pronounced, but then receded somewhat Th close was steady at 1-4 U 1-2 h, 5-8c aboe last night. LONDON WOOL. London. May I V There was a brisk demand for the bales at the wool sales today. American purchases to nai.- ar' eitffnated at 24,oon bales. .1 The auctions will close tomorrow. SUGAR. New York. May 15. Sugar Raw, firm. Molasses. ?2.55; centrifugal, $3 20 ; refined, firm METALS. New York. May 15 Copper Firm. Spot and July, $13.50 (q $14 00; elec-trolvtlc. elec-trolvtlc. ?14.:T-, lake, nominal; casting. cast-ing. $14-0' $14 L2 1-2 Tin: Firm Spot. $34.35 0 $34.50; July. $34.40 n $34.62 1-2. Iron: Quiet. Unchanged Antimony: Firm. Cooksons, $7 25 $7.37 1-2. |
