Attestation

The writing by a person of his name on an instrument to signify that it was executed in his presence or that it is correct. At the market. Buying or selling (as stocks) at current prices instead of at specified prices. At the opening. Buying or selling (as stocks) at opening prices—at prices prevailing at the opening or beginning of —_ = =-lUlcCttehrl ail busine . Or, buying or selling at the opening of a company’s transfer books after they have been closed for an election or for the payment of a dividend or for some other purpose. Sometimes a broker receives an order to sell a stock at the opening of the books, meaning at (on) the opening q of the books of the company which i ued it. The delay in the sale until that time may be because the stock has been a igned to a specified individual by the original owner instead of having been a igned (or signed) in blank (see A igned in blank) and therefore not being a delivery it is nece ary to wait until a new certificate can be obtained before a sale can be consummated. In the same way an order may be given to a broker to buy at the opening (of the books) because stock is unobtainable or obtainable with difficulty until that time or because the intending buyer believes he can purchase to better advantage at the opening of the books than before. At three or at ten, twenty, thirty or sixty, etc. Bought or sold (as stocks) for delivery absolutely at the end of the number of days specified without an option for an earlier delivery. 40