Business & Finance: 3,400,000 Shares

The tremendous activity on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 10, when the "bull market" in automobile shares collapsed violently, established a new high record for all time in the number of shares sold in a single day.

Three previous times in the history of the Stock Exchange there had been "3,000,000-share days." The first was the record "bull day" for all time on April 30, 1901; the second, the "Northern Pacific corner" day on May 9, 1901; and the third the "peace leak" day in December, 1916. Of these the second held...

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