Stock prices ruled firmer today with the volume of business passing moderate. The advance was attributed to increased automobile production, retail trade exceeding the seasonal average, passage of the Tax Revision Bill in the Senate, better rail income and lower copper inventories, Car Production in Canada and U.S, New York, June 23. An increase in the number of cars and trucks produced in the United States and Canada during the week ended June 23 was recorded, according to Ward's estimate of production.
During the period under review, cars and trucks produced totalled 81,- 070 units, compared with 78,305 units during the previous week and 40.918 units for the corresponding period of last year.—Reuter.
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