The Archive · 1939

US. Commodities

Saturday's Closing Quotations

New York, Mar. 11.

After opening quietly steady, the cotton market) declined under liquidation and Southern hedge selling with the continued uncertainty over the Administration's crop plans, prices finishing 1 to 5 points off as compared with yesterday's final quotations.

Trading in the market for raw rubber was stagnant and featureless, and prices closed unchanged for all active positions:

Wheat futures in Chicago held steady on better Liverpool advices and some short covering, but interest was small. At the final bell, prices were unchanged to % cent per bushel above yesterday's close.

New York Cotton New York Rubber Mar. 816-16—03 May 16.71-75 unc.

826-36—04 B/A

816-16—01 July 16.66-66 unc. 716-16—01 Sept. 16.66-66 unc. Dec. 16.68-68 unc.

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