Stock prices ruled irregular toda; in a session of light trading. Ho ever, the tone of the market firmed up towards the close having had anticipated President Roosevelt's self-liquidating loan plan. Steels failed to respond to the speech, despite the fact that the programme involves additional consumption. Utilities ruled quiet, whilst rails moved narrowly, in spite of carloadings touching a new high since December 3, 1938.
By Courtsey of Swan, Culbertson & Fritz After last week's decline, described in most circles as technical, stock prices on Wall Street during the current period under review gave a better account of themselves. Volume of trading continued at a low ebb, with divergent opinions regarding the immediate trend tending to stifle initiative. The progress of the Tax Bill, which was quickly passed in the
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