While the pace of local stock quotations somewhat slowed down yesterday, the undertone of the market remained more or less steady throughout the two sessions, with prices closing around the same levels.
Features of the day were Metals, Wheelocks, Yangtsze Finance, LIT. and Ewo Cotton Mill With the end of the financial year of various companies drawing nearer, it might well be that anticipations of favourable returns prompted traders and speculators to more lively intakes in the case of Metals and Ewo Cotton Mill shares.
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