The amount of business transacted in Home Securities during the
week has been very moderate ; nevertheless, the market has shown firmness, and a slight advance has taken place in the quotations. Yesterday, Consols, both for money and account, were done at 94 to 94f ; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92f, ex div. Bank Stock has marked 245 to 247, and India Stock, 214 to 247. India Five per Cents. have been 114# to 114f ; India Bonds, 20s. to 25s. prem. ; and Exchequer Bills, 15s. to 20s. prem. We have very little change to notice in the value of Foreign Bonds. A new Russian loan for the Moscow-Jaroslaw Railway Company, for 1,920,000/., has been fully subscribed for. The scrip has been done at 3i prem. Railway Shares have been in moderate request. The demand for money has not increased, and the best short bills have been done at 11 per cent. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England is 20,846,6531.; in the Bank of France, 52,560,000/.
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