THE LONDON MARKETS.
COMPARISONS WITH LAST WEEK. LONDON, February 19. SHORT LOAXS AM) BILLS. .Short loans. 4} per cent, compared -with 4} per cent -last -week; three month tills, ii per cent, compared with 4 7-16 per cent last week. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current to-day, as compared with the cabled quotations on" February 15 and par:— Feb. 19. Feb. 15. Par. Brussels (fr.) 106.98 107 25.225 Paris (fr.) 135.40 132.45 25.225 Stockholm (kr.) .. 18.17 18.17 18.159 Oslo (kr.) . 23.27 22.96. 18.159 Copenhagen (kr.) . 18.76 19.66 18.159 Berlin (r.m.) 20.43 20.43 20.43 Borne (lire) 120.70 -120.55 25.225 Calcutta (d.) 183-16 183-16 24 Yokohama (d.) ... 22? 22? 244 Hongkong, (d.) 28f 28S —" Montreal fdol.) .. 4.88} 4.866 yew York (doL) .. 4.86f 4.866 Amsterdam (ft.) .". 12.14 12.15 i 12.10 Batavia (fi.) 12.97 12.06 — « CONSOLS AND ISEW' ZEALAND STOCKS. The following: table gives quotations Tor consols and Jfew Zealand inscribed" stock, compared with those of February 11: Varla♦riee. tion. £ £ Consols, 21 per cent 55J — British War Loan, 3j p.c 97} S. British War Loan. 5 p.c 1014 }t Conversion Loan. 3J p.c 76} S New Zealand, 4 p.c, 1929 97} lit New Zealand, 3J p,c, 1940 S4f if New Zealand. 3 p.c, 1945 76} 4* Xew Zealand. 6 p.c, 1926-51 .. 107 it t Higher • Lower. S. Same. — Xot quoted last week. THE METAL MARKET. > (Quotations on Feb. 15 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £59 16/3 (£6O 8/9): three months. £60 6/3 (£6l 8/9) Lead.—Spot, £33 15/ (£34* 6/3); three •months, £33 16/3 (£34 6/3). Spelter.—Spot, £35 3/9 (£36 1/3); three-months, £35 5/ (£36 3/9). Tin.— Spot, £289 17/6 (£2BB 2/6); three months, £282 7/6 (£2Bl 10/) ■ Silver.—Standard, 30Jd (30 13-16d)----flne, 33 1-I6d (33} d). '' WHEAT," FLOUR AM) PDLSE. Wheat.—Cargoes are quiet and prices are unchanged. Parcels are steadier a3 a result or the better American openings Liverpool futures are quoted as follows;— March 11/5} cental; May, 11/3}; July, 11/2}. The spot trade is limited at lower rates. -r FI ?J? r -"~i?% mar Set *& duU. Australian, ex store, 4 6/6-per sack. Oats are inactive. Peas are sfgady and beams are quiet.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 43, 20 February 1926, Page 6
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