Trading in the stock market today turned quiet with prices irregular. Sentiment was favourable, traders believing the modification of the short-selling rule would benefit the market. Some profit teking came into the recently strong issues. Unfavourable itèms included uneasiness regarding the Czechoslovak situation and also unsettlement caused by the Administration's demand for increased relief expenditures. However, most business news was considered fa-yourable, Stocks on the Curb Exchange were irregular, while bonds were also irregular, with United States Government issues lower.
The foreign exchange and cotton markets ruled easier, and wheat, corn and rubber steady.
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