The Archive · 1939

New York Stocks

Monday's Closing Quotations

New York, Apr. 17.

The failure of London to reflect the firm weekend closing of New York, influenced a sharp contraction in values at the opening of Wall Street today. However, reports of an agreement between Poland and Germany on the Danzig question brought about a rally on which losses were partially erased, but the action of the market was not impressive, Traders generally—held aloof, probably due to the European shadow overhanging the market and poor domestic economic picture. The volume of trading was small, amounting to only 520,000 shares.—Reuter.

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