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Show CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF WORLD'S MARKETS I PRICES IN STOCK MARKET DRIFTING SLUGGISHLY New York, March 19 Prioes drifted drift-ed sluggishly within a very narrow range of light opening dealings in stocks today. With the exception ot a rise of 1 1-8 in St. Paul and 3-4 in Tennessee Copper there was no chango recorded as great as half. The market shows more than ordinary ordin-ary strength a a result of an actlro demand for Rock Island and American Ameri-can Smelting. Free offerings ot the active stocks, particularly Reading, caused the entire list to react Bharply. The local traction stocks suffered from sevore liquidation. At 11 o'clock, the market was Irregular, Northern Pacific Pa-cific rising to a point over yosterday's closing and Reading making up IU loss. Tho movement shaped moro definitely definite-ly upward with the extension of Northern Pacific's rise to 1 5-6. There were scattered dolines of somo minor min-or stocks. The tone was heavy and dull at noon. Bonds were Irregular. |