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G i l t - e d g e d stocks f i n i s h e d the y e a r i n g o o d s t y l e , a n d set a l e a d to o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s . The k n o w l e d g e that another b i g rush of new capital issues w i l l o c c u r e a r l y m t h e n e w y e a r h a d n o adverse effect o n m a r k e t s . C o n s o l s rose a q u a r t e r f o r cash a n d three-sixteenths f o r the a c c n u m V t h e c l o s i n g q u o t a t i o n s i n b o t h cases b e i n g 84 1-16. I t is s o m e w h a t r e m a r k a b l e t h a t t h e p r i c e is o n l y fiyesixteenths h i g h e r t h a n t h e q u o t a t i o n at t h e e n d of 1907, a l t h o u g h the B a n k r a t e a y e a r ago w a s 7 p e r c e n t . , w h e r e a s i t is n o w o n l y 2^ per cent. E x c e p t i n t h e case o f t h e S c o t t i s h a n d one or t w o o t h e r stocks, H o m e R a i l s d i d n o t b e n e f i t t o any great extent f r o m the t h a w Caledonian D e ferred and N o r t h B r i t i s h i m p r o v e d , a n d Great N o r t h e r n D e f e r r e d a n d G r e a t E a s t e r n were fract i o n a l l y h i g h e r , b u t t h e . H e a v y stocks d i d n o t i m p r o v e o n t h e advances o f t h e p r e v i o u s d a y M e t r o p o l i t a n s m a i n t a i n e d t h e i r rise, a n d B r i g h t o n " A " was a shade b e t t e r , b u t S o u t h - E a s t e r n a n d C h a t h a m stocks w e a k e n e d . A m e r i c a n R a i l s m a d e an effort to finish the year w e l l , b u t w e r e n o t v e r y successful. A t the opening the tone was d u l l , t h e o v e r n i g h t heaviness i n N e w Y o r k and the prospect of a b l a n k day to-day o w i n g to t h e S t o c k E x c h a n g e s b o t h here a n d i n N e w Y o r k b e i n g closed h a v i n g a r e s t r i c t i n g effect o n business. W a l l S t r e e t , h o w e v e r , o p e n e d i n the a f t e r n o o n i n c h e e r f u l m o o d , a n d soon g o t p r i c e s m o v i n g o n t h e u p g r a d e once a g a i n . T o w a r d s the close q u o t a t i o n s eased off a g a i n . U n i o n Pacifies, w h i c h h a d t o u c h e d 187f, rose t o 18SJ-, c l o s i n g a t 188.

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