The March scislement of the Shanghai Stock Exchange was salatuctority nexotated yesterday. was large, probably bigger than the' December one, andthe trans" actions. showed' a" general interest. in all stocks, tie Te may be remembered that some weeks ago a fall in rubber, prices induced' tal in the market, with general lower tendency for shar Tete believed. that this position Me luced a number of operators to buy for cash and subsequently to tell forward, with the result of hand-fame profits at' the. settlement, Within the past wack it is believed that a conaigernble Chinewe cinterest has manifested itself in the rubber share market, and this has parted further strength to this section. Rubber shares constituted the principal feature of settlement, Since the beginning of the xerically conservative tone " has been noted in cotton shares. Some time ago there was said to be a considerable number of people short for this settlement, but the shares have been duly forthcoming, and this section has also been nexotinted successfully.
With strength in all the other departments, there was no difficulty n carrying: through the settlement,
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