I ANOTHER YANKEE BOOM.
NEW FIGURES CREATED. FOR STEEL SHARES. NEW YORK, June 17. The New York Stock Exchange witnessed another rush of buying, led by the United State Steel Corporation which sold at the highest price In history, 139 A. Sales were so heavy during the first hour that the ticker was eight minutes behind the market. Trading lightened but little throughout the day. Experts stated that the underlying cause was the recent optimistic trade reports couplwd with predictions by financial and business leaders of healthy prosperity aliead. A new record for an Exchange seat was obtained when a membership sold for 155.000 dollars.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 4
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108I ANOTHER YANKEE BOOM. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 4
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