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Show 1 v . J NEW YORK, Aug. 23 Apart from moderate heaviness of a few specialties special-ties today's stock market opened with a resumption of the upward movement. Equipments, shippings, oils and tobaccos tobac-cos had initial advances of 1 to 2 points. Motors and kindred issues also reflected the strength of the demand for stocks and food shares were also lifted by the strength of Corn Products. Pro-ducts. Coppers and allied metals added add-ed fractionally to yesterday's gains. Crucible Steel rose 2 points, but United Uni-ted States Steel made only a nominal advance. Unusual dullness marked today's stock market but the movement excepting ex-cepting among rails, which were apathetic, apa-thetic, was mainly on the constructive side. Motors and their specialties monopolized speculative attention at gains of 2 to 13 points Oils, shippings ship-pings and tobaccos were conspicuous at advances of 1 to 5 points. Equipments, Equip-ments, metals and unclassified shares rose 1 to 3 points. Crucible Steel was 2 points higher and United States Steel gained only a fraction. The rise was assisted by further improvement improve-ment In sterling exchange. The closing clos-ing was strong. Sales approximated 860,000 shares. |