New York, May 23.
Stock prices on Wall Street today finished with fractional losses, in another dull and un interest: se sion.
Rails and specialties stiffened a little, on the belief that yesterday's "washout" was overdone. Bidding, however, was extremely slow and of-forings generally dried-up inconelusively and narrowly on the topside.
Many leaders were neglected, with a general inclination to step cantier ly, pending the outcomes of the Crete battle, price-ceilings, tha tax programme and labour troubles, while firmer commodities and the prospects of the Loan Bill signature were helpful.
Meanwhile, Mr, Knudsen, codirector of the Office of production Management, has indicated that West Coast steel plants have shelved for the time being the scheme favouring the expansion of existing facilities.
The turnover today amounted to 260,000 shares.—Reuter,
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