MONEY MARKET.
STOCK EXCHANGE. FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The Eastern question anxieties, which were greatly augmented at the close of last week, continue unabated. Consols, which after regular hours on Saturday receded to 91, opened on Monday with much heaviness, and subse- quently fell 1 per cent; closing, after some changes, at 901. The chief de- pression was on Tuesday, when they were once at 891 for money : they afterwards improved to 901 upon better prices from Paris, but were finally .1 lower. On Wednesday, the Funds rallied about 11 per cent, and Consols were done at 911. Some heavy sales then caused them to recede to 90; closing about 1 higher. On Thursday, the fluctuations were comparatively trifling, and Consols left off 90f t. The procrastination of the Czar in with- holding his official reply to the terms of the allied Powers, as well as the retention of his Ambassadors in London and Paris, have occasionally sus- tained prices. Sales on the part of the public have been more freely pressed this week; and the proceeds in several instances invested in Exchequer Bills : but the chief transactions have been speculative; and, owing to the large operations for a fall, Consols have become so sensitive that any attempt to buy back is followed by an instant rebound. The changes on the French Bourse have been frequent : latterly an improvement has occurred : early an the week a contrary effect was produced by the increase in the rate of interest on the floating debt, equal to 1 per cent ; a step to have been ex- ected after the recent advance in the rate of discount by the Bank of France. The arrivals of gold on Tuesday and Wednesday from Australia and New York amounted to 682,0001. From Vienna the accounts have been un- favourable respecting the Funds and rate of exchange. Today, Government Securities opened better, and Consols were done at 91t ; caused by per cent rise in French Rentes, and an increased belief that Count Orloff is to be despatched from St. Petersburg on a pacific mission to the different Courts. Consols have since fallen 1, and close at 901 I. India Stock is 2, Bank Stock, 1 lower this week ; Exchequer Bills 28. better.
In Foreign Stocks, a general depression occurred early in the week, par- ticularly on Tuesday : considerable sales of Russian were then effected ; the Five per Cents were done as low as 103, and the Four-and-a-half per Cents
at 85. Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents receded to 581, and the Four per Cents to 88. A favourable reaction has since taken place, upon the improved appearance of Consols, and purchases by the public ; but there is still a decrease this week in the following—Austrian, 4; Belgian and Buenos Ayres, 3; Dutch Four, Russian Five, and Spanish Three per Cents, 2'; Brazilian, Chilian, Danish Three, Portuguese Four, Peruvian Four-and-i- half per Cents, and Deferred and Sardinian, 1; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents, Granada Deferred, Spanish Deferred, and Mexican, 1. Accounts from Brussels on Tuesday stated that the National Bank of Belgium had increased its rate of discount from 2 to 3 per cent. Railways declined on both Monday and Tuesday, but less in proportion to other securities. On Wednesday they rallied in several instances, from 1/. to I/. 10s., and continued firm until checked by the fall in Conscls. Yes- terday, a favourable reaction again occurred. Great Western closed at 801 1; London and North-Western, 100/ 1; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 971 81. Many of the principal Shares then stood at Saturday's prices ; in others the difference was to the following extent. Increase—London and South-Western, 1/. ; Midland, 158.; Caledonian, North British, and South- Eastern, 10s. Decrease—Lancaster and Carlisle, 51. ; Bristol and Exeter, And Norfolk, 21.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Newmarket, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Scottish Central, and Scottish Midland, 1/. ; Great Northern, and York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 10s. In Foreign Shares, the decline has been—Western of France, 2/. 108. ; Northern of France, Paris and Orleans, and Paris and Rouen, 1/. ; Luxembourg, Namur and Liege, and Rouen and Havre, 10s. Paris and Strasbourg has improved 5s. Today the English lines are slightly better ; Foreign, a little lower. At the half- yearly meeting yesterday of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway proprietors, the report was adopted, and a dividend declared of 3/. 4s. per cent for the half-year.
The English Funds are / lower this morning, Consols being 90/ a for Money and Account. The reported success of the Turks in a battle near Kalafat communicated today by telegraph has produced no favourable effect, owing to a fall of about t in French Rentes. Exchequer Bills 9 12. The bullion return by the Bank of England shows an increase of 27,134/. In Foreign Stocks the only alteration is in Austrian, which is 1 better, being now 83 6. In Railways this is making-up day preparatory to the settlement of Monday next, and little attention is paid to actual business. Ambergate have been done at 4t, and South-Eastern 591.
8 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cant Reduced lij per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock Exchequer Bills India Stock Austrian 5 per Cents Brazilian 5 per Cents Belgian 41 per Cents Chilian 6 per Cents Danish 5 per Cents 5 904 904 90 911 3-16 215 9 233 83 95 88 99 99 I 2 5-16 16 12 7 6 7 92 102 101 Danish 3 per Cents Dutch 24 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cents Mexican 3 per Cents Peruvian 41 per Cents Ditto Deferred 3 per Cents Portuguese 4 per Cents Russian 5 per Cents Ditto 44 per Cents Spanish 3 per Cents Ditto Deferred Sardinian 5 per Cents Swedish 4 per Cents 80 2 601 14 914 21 221 3 65 7 46 8 37 9 " 105 7 89 91 39 41
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SATURDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
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