Mid-Americans have improved and the latest New York quotations are 7.09 cents December, 7.48 cents March, 7.64 cents May and 8.09 cents October. The mai vet im Bombay is also improving.
The local cotton market has been dull and at the close it was incline ed to be easy.
A very small business is reported in Indian yarn; owing to the rise in Exchange prices went down by about Tls. 4, thus coming into parity with Bombay prices, The market in Bombay is reported to he quite firm.
The Japanese yarn market has improved, although the volume of business has not changed very much.
Business in about 2,000 bales of loca! mill yarn is reported during the week.
There is no change to report in the general condition of the piece goods market. At the auctions al! prices were down and the market weak.
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