ENGLISH MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1927, Page 4

ENGLISH MARKETS.

LATEST FINANCIAL RETURNS. LONDON, March 31. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS. The following tablp gives quotations Tor consols and colonial inscribed stocks, compared with of March 24:— VariaPrice. tion. £ s. d. s. d. Consols, 1\ per cent .. 54 10 fi i> 6* British 3J War Loan .. !>9 0 h 1 3 3 British 5 War Loan .. 101 17 li 1 3° Conversion Loan, 3J ... 75 2 t; •_' 6° Com'wealth. 55, Willi 101 12 <i 1 6° Coji'wealth. 6, 1031-41 101 13 ft 1 3* New Zealand 4, IO'JO .. OS IS O Same. New Zealand 3J, 1040.. S6 15 0 10 0° New Zealand 3, 10-15 .. 76 10 0 <! 3° New Zealand 6, 1936-51 106 15 0 I<J 0* * Lower. f Higher. THE METAL MARKET. (Quotations on March 28 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £55 8/9 (£55 6/3); three months, £56 1/3 (£55 16/3). Lead.—Spot, £27 17/6 (£27 1/3); three months, £27 7/6 (£27 11/3). Spelter.—Spot, £29 13/9 (£30); three months, £30 10/ (£3O 5/). Tin. —Spot, £301 2/6 (£307 12/6); three months. £300 15/ (£296 15/). Silver.—Standard, 25Jd (25$d> per oz; fine, 27 15-16 d (27 13-16 d). WHEAT, FLOUR AND PULSE. Wheat.—Cargoes are steady at late rates. The Continent is more interested in the near position. By the Sorvaril to the Continent, bags, 53/6; bulk, 53/. Parcels are held lor an advance- or 3d, but are inactive. Liverpool rutures: March, 10/9$ per cental; May, 10/3 J; July, 10/2 J.; October, 9/116. Spot trade quiet. Little change in prices. Flour.—Slow. Australian ex store, 39/ to 39/3. Oats.—Firm. I'eas and Beans. —Quiet.