Lacking incentives, stock prices on Wall Street today early eased, but finally steadied as support appeared for steels, and prices finished with mostly gains of about 1 point. With groping Congressional opposition, pump-priming and inflation talks, traders were awaiting clarification of the Administration's programme. Steels ruled firm, despite the twenty-five-cents cut in Pittsburgh steel scrap prices. Coppers hardened on large foreign buying of the commodity. Meanwhile, a further move by President Roosevelt is eagerly awaited. The turnover today amounted to 600,000 shares.
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