RECORD BUYING.
OPTIMISM ON THE NEW YORK EXCHANGE. BY CABLE—PBESS ASSOCIATION-hCOPfBIGHT. NEW YORK, June 17. The Stock Exchange witnessed another rush of buying, led' 'by United States steel, which, sold at the highest price in its history, I'39}. The sales were so he-avy during the first houi that the tickers were eight minutes behind the market. Trading lightened but little throughout the day. . Experts state that the- underlying cause is the recent optimistic trade reports, coupled with predictions by financial and business leaders of healthy prosperity ahead. A new record for a seat in the Stock Exchange was obtained when a membership was sold for 155,000 dollars.—A. and N.Z. Assn.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 June 1926, Page 5
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110RECORD BUYING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 19 June 1926, Page 5
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