OVERSEAS MARKETS.
PRICES FOR METALS. ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT. LONDON, August 2. (Quotations on July 28 in parentheses.) , Copper.—Spot, £27 15/ (£26 3/1%); three months, £27 8/9 (£25 15/7%). Copper.—Spot, £31 10/ (£2B 15/); three months, £32 (£29 5/). Wire Bars.—£32 (£29 5/). Lead.—Spot, £10 8/9 (£10); three months, £10 16/3 (£lO 3/9),. Spelter.—Spot. £12 7/6 (£l2 2/6); three months, £12 13/9 (£l2 5/). Tin.—Spot, £133 2/6 (£129 3/9); three months, £134 17/6 (£l3O 15/). * American, 4.50 cents a lb, same as on July 27. DAIRY PRODUCE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. has received the following cable from its London house, dated August 3:—Butter: 105/ to 106/ per cwt. Market slow. Cheese: White, 57/ to 58/ per cwt; coloured, 56/. Market steady. THE PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 3. Gold is quoted at £5 17/2 per ounce.
AUSTRALIAN PRICE OF GOLD.
The price fixed by the Commonwealth Bank for cold, including jewellery, lodged at the Melbourne Mint for the week ended July 22 was £6 11/6% a standard ounce (22' carat), and £7 3/6 a fine ounce, as compared with £6 11/7 a standard ounce and £7 3/6% a fine ounce during the previous week. The premium was 68.92 per cent, as against 69 per cent.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 183, 4 August 1932, Page 4
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