(Weekly Report by courtesy of Messrs. J. Spunt & Ca)
Chinese Cotton;—During the past week values of the domestic staple Headily appreciated evolving an advance of 75 cents a picul which may be due to bulls' support as well to bears' covering influenced by Tower receipts from interior marts. 12 Holders of spot cotton in the interior show no anxiety to sell unless at prices more in consonance with their Views and their attitude is strengthened by the fact of there being very little stocks of good qualities left' for marketing. Tenders in the local Cotton Goods Exchange for the current month amounting. to about 70.000. shih-tan will be taken up mostly by the bull clique and, of that quantity, the major portion has been Sold to Mills for local consumption. The foreign markets have moved in more or less steady direction and have in no way whatsoever affected the domestic market. From present indications, our market evinces a
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