New York, May 2.
An improvement was witnessed on the Stock Exchange today, with prices moving higher on good demand and covering, influenced by the better tone of the European markets and prospects of favourable Washington developments. The market opened higher and continued to improve throughout the day, despite some dribbling profttaking here and there, Pivotal issues were the best performers. thereby imparting a better tone throughout the list. However, the volume of trading was small, amounting to 450,000 shares.—
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