OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 140, 15 June 1932, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES FOR METALS.

TIN AND COPPER FIRMER.

LONDON, June 13. | (Quotations on June 9 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £27 4/4% (£26 9/4%); three months, £27 0/7% (£26 6/3). •Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £31 (£30); three months, £31 10/ (£3l 10/). Wire Bars.—£3l 10/ (£3l 10/). Lead.—Spot, £9 10/ (£9 3/9); three months, £9 18/9 (£9 15/). Spelter.—Spot, £11 11/3 (£ll 7/6); three months, £11 18/9 (£ll 15/). Tin.—Spot, £115 2/6 (£lO9 7/6); three months, £117 12/6 (£lll 17/6). •American, 5.372 cents a lb, compared with 5.375 cents on June 7. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, Juno 14. The closing wool sales of the season in Sydney were held to-day. Competition was well sustained. The Japanese and Yorkshire sections predominated, but there was also good support from the Continent. Values were on a par with recent levels. Greasy Merino sold to 12d. The bales offered totalled 4671, of which 3314 were sold. Also 1935 bales were sold privately. SILVER AND GOLD. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 14. Silver is quoted at 16% d per ounce for spot delivery, and 16 15-16 d for forward. Gold is quoted at £5 12/8 per ounce. DAIRY PRODUCE. New Zealand Producers' Co-operative Marketing Association have to-day received a cable from their London office, dated June 14, reading as follows: — Butter. —Steady. New Zealand, 94/ to 96/; Danish, 96/ to 98/. Cheese.—White, 55/ to 56/; coloured, 55/ to 56/.