Thursday's Closing Quotations New York, Dec. 15.
The cotton market early advanced on higher Liverpool and Bombay advices, speculative buying and foreign and commission house covering. Later, prices partially. reacted on profit-taking and liquidation. Finally, the market closed firm and fairly active on trade buying and renewed covering operations, with quotations ruling from unchanged to 5 points up.
Prices in the rubber market opened steady on the early strength of Wall Street, commission house buying and shorts covering. Later, the market reacted on liquidation and profit-taking. Dealers were nioderate buyers on the scale-down. At the last call-over, losses of 12 to 23 points were recorded.
Wheat prices in Chicago early ruled steady, influenced by professional buying. Later, the market reacted on weak Winnipeg advices, unfavourable overseas cables, liquidation and the weakness of corn.
New York Cotton New York Rubber Jan.
824-24 unc. Jan. 16.09 N—12 Mar.
8.239-23 403 Mar. 1607-11—14 May 8.04-04 +05 May 15.96-6.02—23
July 774-74 fos Iuy: coo a Oct. 744-44
New York Sugar No. 4
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