PRICES STEADIER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 102, 1 May 1937, Page 11

PRICES STEADIER

BASE METALS MARKET

(Bj- Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.), ■> (Received. May 1, noon.) , 'i ■ , '■■.'. LONDON,; April 30. The offlcialLOndon (middle) quotations, as reported by : the .Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare with those' previously cabled 'as follows:— ■ .•■:• . '■."-^■■■: ; .lj •':■■■: ■■•-■^ . v, "."'... April 29. ;•: April 30. .'■■ . Per ton.y Per ton. Copper— ;- ■ . ::. '■£;; ,s.: d. '■ ,£: -,s;<d. '■ ■Standard; spot 57 26' r 58 12 8 - Ditto, forward 51 6 3. v 56. 1 3 Electrolytic .60 10 v - .-62 0 0 / to 62 10 0 -64 0- 0 : Wire bars ; .;.. •-6210 :0 '■ ,64-0 ;. 0 Lead—'.. ..' ; ■.;;.'. : '....■.' .'' ''•'^'' ■:'.-,'■. ':: "" ■ Spot :.'... V. V:- '22' -8- i 9 ■.-■ ;23( 7v • Forward .... 22 r5 '0 r 23 so Spelter— "; '~r '[:::"''\':''-^\ 'ii ■■^'^^ ■■ '. .• ■-Spot,■■..: ■.-.:.■.. ..22 =3<.9 ; -;, 22 : 16 ;, S ■' :■■■ Forward-: ... 22 3- 9 :<-^22 16 \l Tih^-r '/■:.-:'':'~:'.-rO-C'::'' -:- '■:■'.:'■:-, -■' Spot: ....... 242 17: 6 V24S o;;O . Forward ■. -. v;. 239,,17: :::, 6: 242:12 V:6 Silver—.: ..,' ~. ■" ::-A ;. ■■■ ■''•', ■■■';:■. .'£. ■ Standard, per oz- 20 3-Bdv ■ 20Jdii- ' Fine ......... 22d, ; 217-8 d r ,-. Today's quotations for other- metals,.! with those of: April 23 in parentheses, areas follows: —J ' •■■■'■: , '■■■ Pig-iron.—Home trade,:; • 81s a . ton{ (same); .export, not '■quoted: ■■ , ; :': . Antimony.—British, :£88" 10s • a toa! (same); foreign, £64 a ton: (£64' 10s). ■■ Molybdenite.-^Os a unit nominal (same). , '■■:■. ■■■. ' ■.:■:.•:.'•;.■.■>; ,'Wplfram.—sss':6d a unit (59s)'.