COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 66, 18 March 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

ALOTBALIAX PRICES. v . --. jSYDXEY, this day. The CommfesioD has fixed the price Of sharps at 220/. THE WHEAT MARKET. (Received 8.15 a.m.) LONDON, -March 17. Oα' fb« Chicago -wiie.it market May options are quoted at 157* to led cent*; July, 123J to 12oi cents. " LOSDOX MARKETS. (Beceived 9.5 aum.) LOXDOX, March 17. At the tallow sales 786 casks -were offered and HO sold. .Mutton: Fine bipngtot 43/6 and medium 39/. Beef: Fine sold at 44/ and medium at 3S/6. Copper.-«pot. £66 7/6 to £86 12/6, ftree months £66 17/6 to £67 2/6. Electrolytic copper, £72 to £72 10/. ' Tin.—Spot £100 to £190 10/, tß«e months £170 15/ to £171. - Pig 1r0n.—62/6. Spelter.—£22 10/ to £23 10/. Silver.—23 15-16 d. LOXDOIf WOOL SALES. Tfte Bank of Sew Zealand has the following cable from its London office:— "London wool sales opened firm, Trttfc Ktrong COTopetrtion. CTOssbreds on average 5 per cent dearer. Superior meriooe uri< cbangcd; faulty easier." •Messrs. Balgety and Company. Limited, are In receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date March 16, . "Wool.—Sales opened, good selection, targe attendance. Competition gtfod. Compared with lust cloeing rates nletlntis are firth, but unchanged, except faulty wHich »re 5 per cent lower. CfossUrede par to 5 per cent dearer. American buyers holding back pending shipment et Mat purchase."