New York, Feb. 3, Stocks, bonds and commodities de-Jelined irregularly today during light trading on the Stock Exchange, while industry maintained its recent igh levels and. on some instances vanced under the impetus of defence demand, One Wall Street expert believed the recent war hysteria, which upset the market, would be subsiding soon un-Teas some new blast frightened traders.
"The steel industry continued to Joperate at or neat capacity, with many plants actually: exceeding the estimated rate of eapaicly.
"The aircraft industry last year expanded Its floor space 70 per cent. Leading alreratt companies' employes. rose from 61,057 to 127,000, or 108 per cent, "The sock market opened mixed today and trading gradually gained. Jmomentum, with prices moving upward, However, the improvement failed to attract buyers and the list [moved lower on nervous selling.
What was % to % cent a bushel lower, corn was steady and cotton, rubber and hides moved within narrow "range and were mixed—United Press.
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