New York, Dec. 1.
Wall Street seemed to be oblivious to war news today, and even to the Japanese request to continue the negotiations, The usual threadbare market deterrents were again aired to explain the lack of initiatives, and values shifted indecisively around the previous closings. Ta: selling continued to be mildly disturbing, and accounted for the sizable bulk of the turnover, with the majority of the list registering net declines. 5 aifenhs and industrials ruled. very coppers were supported; oils, rails, narrow: chemicals and amusements closed lower; and, steels were softy despite the American Iron and Steel Institute's estimate of 97.6 per cent The market finally turned erratic capacity. and closed irregular, with the turn-Over for the day amounting to 840,000 shares.—Reuter. zi Conditions e x i in the cotton market eight months.
is evident, the paper says, that Japan is hoping fore new tum in the Soviet-German war while in the meantime trying to create disunity between Britain and the United States, bring about the isolation of China, and secure an easing of the United States and British economic pressure.
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