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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 308, 27 December 1920, Page 6

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THE LONDON JTJUOCET?. ■J.'ONimx, 23. FOUEIOX EXCHANGES. Th- fall..ff!r s -rates on foreign oTrhnnepi am «Mirrpiit tn-dar as <v.nTpn-rp<l with tlio milled quotation on I)e<-eml>er 20 aud psir: Dec. 2.1. P(v. 20. rtr. r.irii r.ofr r.r.- r.n so 2r..22n Sto.-lrhfilm ... likr 17..5. - ! ls.irfl f'hrlNtliiula .. 2:;kr OTure Oi'..r>:\ T,9 Otti'-nrtn I,T,J 1/4} Ufontrpnl -(-.lo] ioc -tin 4wi v,-v York ... -,-,4,- ?. !O 4 <*1 T'>t'hama .... 2,T) 2/0$ and ,y..7.. stocks. The -Tollmvin;* talilp jrivon quotsatlons f<">r Couw>l3 oiul N.Z. inscrllml -ncx-lis comparcU n-lth tliose of December 3fi: — Price. Variation. OonsoTe, 2J .ppr rent 44-0 — British :(i p.p. war loan S3 0 0 f. f>» IBritiKh o t>.r. .war Joan.. SI 10 O .1 0* NVw &vilaTid 4 p.c, ITO 82 0 0 0 oj 'NVn- ■Zealand 3J p.c.,1010 OT, (I 0 r. Ot New Zealand S p.c, l!Mr. irr 0 0 10 o« •Ijo-wor. —Not quoted last 'Now .Sotrth ATalps new 0} p.c. loan scrip Is at 30/ discount. Wheat nnd rpTcnls.-.r.ittlp Is olTcrlni! (liirlns the .holiday, and prices nominally arc tmohanirod. . fingar.—Prices m-<-hansed. WOOL. Small Business Is belnc <lnne at Ttra<lfor<l. t>irt the tono 1« Improving. Prices of Mcrluos are hardening. HEarp. 'ConRA. noDBBn, ietc. Ccf.on. — JnTOiary delivery. n.flTd. ■Kiiljbpr. -Para, 1/1; pJnntation, lOJd; ■ smiikrd. !>}d. Jute. —Dfx-cmher-Janunrx shipments, €3S. Jlemp.—'Quiet. DecemberJl-'ebriiary enlp-men-ts. iTi2. •Copra. — Decom'beriFebruary' sMpnrents, £37 IS/. oil, £30: turpentine, £5. METALS. Copper: Spot. £7.1 2/B: three months, £73 12/ G. Lead, Til IV aiid £23 10/; epelter, ■£3* and £25 7/6: tin. £202 r,/ nnd £207 10/; silver, 3/4$ per oz.—(A. and X.Z. CaWe.) LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. IyONDOX, December 23. Walhl shares iverp qnoted on the London Stock BxcJiunge to-day at: Buyers, 2j/: seUere, 27,' Q. —<A. and X.Z. Cable.) LONDON WOOL SALES. The Bank of New Zealand has received the following ml vice from London, under date tht 17th liwt.: —"The sales have closed ' weak, ond withdrawals are heavy. Prices for practically nil descriptions aTC unchanged, compared with the opening of this series. Medium coarse unsaleable In the present state of the market. Crosstored. coarse 10d, medium lid to 1/1, fine 1/4 to 1/6; halfbrcd, 1/6 to 2/; merino, inferior V 3 to 1/7, superior 2/ to $/4,"