Berlin, Feb, 16 Very little change in the state of the market in variable shares was evident to-day except that buying orders on hand when the bourse opened permitted more quotations to be listed at once than was the case yesterday. But once these orders had been executed, the volume of business fell almost to stagnation. Nevertheless the outlook was very confident on the news of the Austro-
German discussions. This prompted operators to hold the shares they had in hand in anticipation of a rise in the near future.
As far as a genuine need for investment on part of the public existed, this was satisfied chiefly in fixed interest securities but an improvement in the share business is expected as soon as the public becomes more conversant with the practical significance of the Austro-German discussions at Berchtes-
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