The Archive · 1939

U.S. Commodities

Wednesday's Closing Quotations

New York, June 7.

Prices in the cotton market early advanced on higher Liverpool and Bombay cables, trade buying and Shorts covering. Subsequently trad-ug became very active on good buying, influenced by the unfavourable weekly weather report and continued good cloth sales. Finally, closing conditions were active and strong, with quotations ruling from 9 to 14 points above the previous closing levels.

Trading in the rubber' market remained very dull. There was nothin; in the news to affect the market great" ly either way. Closing quotations ranged from 3 to 11 points up, compared with yesterday's close.

Wheat in Chicago was again a dull and narrow affair. Some buying was in evidence, whilst the steadiness of Winnipeg advices aided the market. At the final bell, prices ruled from cent down to X4 cent up.

New York Cotton New York Rubber July 921-21 409 July 1635-35 +03 Sept. 1640-44 unc.

1647-48 +08

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account