Owing to the present unfavourable state of the finances of
Greece, the market for Greek Bonds has continued very heavy, and business has been done as low as 27. With the exception of Por- tuguese Stock, the value of other foreign securities has further depreciated. As regards National Securities, the fall in prices has been general, and the Unfunded Debt has been strongly affected by the advance in the rates of discount, the present quotation being 7s. to is. dis. The following are the latest transactions in new undertakings :—General Credit and Finance of London, 61; Inter- national Financial Society, 93 ; and London Financial Association, 153. Hudson's Bay Company's shares are quoted at 1 to 3 dis. ; Privileged Bank of Austria, 3 dia. to par ; Anglo-Austrian Bank, 3 dis. to par ;- and Mercantile Credit, 23 to 3 prem.
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