New York, Sept. 16.
Market activity was mild today with firm tendencies showing in late dealings, after marking time for most of the session as traders awaited further international developments.
Selected issues attracted the most demand and main groups were lagging. Strength in funds of Axis occupied countries featured bond trading. British Empire issues ai-vanced and some made new 1941 highs. United States government bonds eased.
Profit taking continued in the commodities market and wheat declined Brokers reported that traders were reluctant to extend commitments on the stockist, pending some indication of possible repercussions to the President's "shoot first" order to the ave been attracting considerably more interest in market quarters recently than stocks, due to gratifying resistance. to selling pressure in the face of developments which normally exert strong bearish influences, but traders. continued. to be extremely cautious.
As a result the market has done little more than mark time for the past month and a half. Commodities, on the other hand, have been enjoying boom conditions, at the present time—based on Dow-Jones futures index—they are at the highest general level since compilation of the average
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