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Show I STOCKS FIRM ON QUIET DAY Steel, Rails and Equip -Ments Hold Steady in Stagnant Market NSW YORK. July 17. Equipment. ateels, and rails, wore firm to strong In today's Stagnant stock market. Varl-,our Varl-,our specialties lost l to 3 noint3 under pressure. Bales approximated 176,000 shares. Rcccsions running from fractions to 1 point marked the .'ioning. Developments Devel-opments over the" week-end especially la their relation to the coal and r;.l:-joad r;.l:-joad strike, seemed to encourage iur-ther iur-ther selling pressure from professional. Inteestse Lose ann.nk tranportntlon v rn: nominal for the mo-" part however, how-ever, but etpjrpmonte, the strongest foatures in last Baturdas maraet, were heavj under profit tiikinx Oils continued to . reflect changing conditions condi-tions in that Industry Bexkttn Petrol-um Petrol-um and several of the domeatlc groups losing from 1 to 1 'i polntn. Hoderats sertngth. was shown bj Unit- . id States Steel, several ot the coppers, I Industrial Alcohol and Western L'n-ion. L'n-ion. Somo of the early selling originated from the Interior sources but oommis-mnn oommis-mnn house reported Utile outside in-torest. in-torest. 'lis continued to be offered on tthe further cuts In crude products at astern and southwestern center Gains of l to - points were- made h some of the steels and equipment, however, Crucible. Utkuw.mnn Gulf fates, General Electric. Pressed Steel Car and Railway Rte.-l being In further furth-er demand Ralls were more Irregular XJaltlmL-ro & Ohio and Great Northern esMng while Canadian Pacific and Other trans continentals were Stead I i turn. Sumatra Tobacco was heaviest of the epecialtlcs. falling L points. Call money opened at 3 pel cent. Mexican Petroleum was the feature Of the mideslon ritslne points from Us morning law American Can, tuelehaker, Baldwin and Ainerii in Locomotive and Sears Roebuck, n trd gains of one to two and h half point i nion Pacific. Atchison and Rock Island strengthened with a further fur-ther gain for Canadian Pacific. Coca Cola. Harvester and Westing-house Westing-house were added to the strong stocks of the later period, but riomestlo oils end miscellaneous shares developed ; heaviness. The closing wus Irregular |