The Archive · 1938

French Bourse Displays Further Cheerfulness

"Rentes" Again Particularly In Request injured slightly at about 11 o'clock yesterday: morning by a bus in Bubbling Well Road, near the inter section of Park Road. The man was taken to the General Hospital in a Fire Brigade ambulance and it was found that he had suffered cuts of the forehead and right knee.

Paris, Dec. 22.

As if to encourage the Government in its battle to get the Finance Bill through the Chamber, the Bourse yesterday displayed further cheerfulness, such as has not been experienced for years.

entes" were again particularly in request.

Gains of over 2% per cent. were frequent, and the undertone among equities was also firm.

What was more important than the actual extent of the rises, however, Was the wider scope of ihe transactions effected, which were not confined to professional operators The conversion in "Amsterdam of ihe French 7 per cent. loan into a 5 per cent. issue was hailed as a great tribute to French credit.

It is believed that, fe the most rt, French money went into the conversion.—Reuter.

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