Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 13, 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba
S Grain Liverpool and Chicago go sharply lower and Winnipeg follow Export interest tuesday a test 13 oct. Dec. May oct. May oct., new oct. New dec. Oct. Dec. Oct. Dec. May open. High. Low. 15414 151% 151% 148% 155% 155 155% 152% August 12. Close. Prev. Close. Last year. 152v 152% 110% "6% 69% 67 4 66% 69 60% 88v a a 70 4 89 82 Grain Exchange Winnipeg aug. 12. Liverpool started the weakness in monday morning and Chicago kept the Bear movement going in the stages of trading which resulted j in a Lull break of about Satoo in in j Iho Southern Market and about 4 a at Winnipeg. Partial recovery was irom these Low Levels but the i Market lacked real support and at tempts to boost prices were Invar sept. Ably a feeble kind and met 80 255 114 118 81 u so 79% 251 113 118% b 265 255% b 69 66 a 69% a 80 a b 263b 255% b 113b 113% a 83% 82 b 82 b 265 b 256b 116% 44% 4314 47 65% 63% 178 92 Chicago with mar. Success. Prices eventually showed net losses of in All three fun May dec Tures. Pit Trade was very local in charac sept. Dec. Mar. Ter and again Ivas made up largely of spreading operations. Some belated liquidation was seen but Short Sellers also contributed to the offerings. Two local houses offered sup Jsepp port but backed away on any Large quantities. Spreaders were taking further Quan of Winnipeg May when against b-1c5 of Chuago May while the local Coe Lions consisted of purchases Olli Ember against sales of May at d Terence there wer j orders a f to spread the october and a difference but very 1-t-Le or this was done As the spread Between the two months kept invariably a he. Foreign interest in Canadian wheat no improvement and world last Weet although total Over bushels included May sept. Dec. Mar. Very Small quantities Canadian wheat. Argentina shipped nearly bushels r Nat total and the states got the lion s share of the balance. Chicago owed most of its weakness to the rapidly increasing visible sup ply of wheat in the United states. New Winter wheat us reaching Market in Liberal quantities and the visible Supply last week increased bushels which is a record for the United states. Supplies of what and flour on passage increased about bushels last week indicating that foreign consumption imported dec. May sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. May sept. Sept. . Nov. Dec. Open. 151 i 150 04
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