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Show last night's level, and much of the loss elsewhere was nl?o retrieved. Only a perTunetory interest was shown in operations, trading being mostly nominal and fluctuations trivial. triv-ial. Intcrhorough Metropolitan preferred pre-ferred was tho only stock to attract attention, rising l 3S before it had a setback. Increasing firmness developed as the day progressed, but the recovery continued. con-tinued. There appealed to be a dearth of interest in the market. Transactions Transac-tions were few and far between. Bonds were steady. CLOSING (Jt'OTATlONS OF WORLD'S MARKETS i 1 OPENING TRADING IM I j STOCKS RATHER QUIET Xew York, July IS. The, opening j trading In stocks" . today was rather quiet and the price' changes small, and showed mixed gains and looses. United Slates Steel o!d at Gfi 1-2 ami 60 1-4. compared wilh the close of 06 -5-8 vesterday. New York Central mae ( l.ind Baltimore and Ohio, ami Wa- ! basn pfd.. and American Locomotive. , large fractions. j A brief drive against the market j shook out enough stocks to put prices below yesterday's close, but the losses were not intprrt:ml outside of Reading ; and the metal pimp. Uuyi-.ig rover j shorts readied railroad list to j |