7 MARCH 1868, Page 3

The amount of business doing in National Securities this week

has been only moderate. Nevertheless, the quotations have ruled tolerably firm. Yesterday, Consols closed at 93k ; Reduced and New Three per Cents., 92* ex div. ; Exchequer Bills, 108. to 15s. prom.; India Five per Cents., 112i. Bank Stock has been firm at 249 to 251. The Foreign House has been steady, and most securities have tended upwards in price. There has been a good business doing in Railway Shares, and the quotations have slightly advanced. The number of commercial bills having increased, money has been in improved request, at 1/ if for the best short paper. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England is 21,136,1921.; in the Bank of France, 45,264,892/.