New York, Feb. 7.
inactive, due to operators holding Trading in the cotton market was back, pending developments im connection with the Farm Bill. Prices declined on spot houses selling and southern hedging. At the close, quotations ranged from 2 to 7 points down from Saturday.
Quiet and featureless conditions prevailed in the rubber market, with prices being shaved slightly on commission house liquidation. At the last call-over, losses from 6 to 9 points To were recorded.
Chicago wheat prices were steady. with reports of unfavourable weather offsetting a poor export demand. The firmness of the Winnipeg market was a sustaining factor. At the final bell, quotations ranged from t of a cent down to!& of a cent up.
New York Cotton New York Rubber 1434 B—08 1431-53—09
1485-65—06 1414 B07
New York Sugar Mar. 1.0314-04
Chicago waar
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