OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 262, 4 November 1932, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. TIN" AND COPPER EASIER. LONDON, November 2. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of October 31:— Nov. 2. Oct. 31. I'erton. Per ton. £ s. rt. £ s. <1. Copper, stnn., spot 29 10 4J 30 5 71 Copper, Stan., 3 mos. 30 3 0 30 9 4J •Copper, electrolytic 34 15 0 35 5 0 to to 35 5 0 35 15 0 Copper, olec., wire bars 35 5 0 35 30 0 soft, spot .. 11 13 0 31 n> :t .Load, soft, forward 12 0 0 12 0 o Spelter, spot 35 2 C 15 2 t> Spelter, forward .. 15 7 fi 15 (i 3 Tin, stun., spot ... 152 3 0 152 12 (1 Till. Stan., 3 mos .. 152 18 0 153 8 0 •American 5.25 cents a lb, same as on October 33. BRADFORD TOPS. BUSINESS IS QUIET. SOME GRADES LOWER. (Received 11 a.m.) BRADFORD, November 3. At Bradford business is quiet, users buying cautiously. Recent top quotations were as under:— Fer lb. Per lb. Per 111. Tor lb. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov. 3 3. 20. 27. 3. d. d. d. d. Seventies 25 24J 24 23J Sixty-fours . . 23 22J-23 221 221 Sixties 22 22 21J 21J Fifty-sixes ... 18 18 18 18 Fifties 13 13 — 321 Forty-sixes . . 101 10J 10 30 Forties 01 01 0 0 WHEAT CARGOES, ETC. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 3. Wheat cargoes arc firm nnd oocasionally 3d to 6d up, following better American advices and depreciation of exchange. United Kingdom trading is slow, but seven cargoes of Australians, totalling 50,000 ton* for November-January t were dealt in to the Far East, at an equivalent of 26/ to 26/4V6 per quarter. Parcels of Australians are a turn easier, and business is small. Futures. London, December, 23/ per quarter; February-April, 22/4; Liverpool, December, 5/1% per cental; March, 4/11%. Spot trade is dull, and prices mostly easier. Australian, ox ship, 28/3. Flour is quiet. Australian, ex etore, 20/3 to 20/6. Oats have declined about 3d. Peas and beans are quiet. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, November 3. Following are to-d<ty's prices on the Sydney produce market:—Wheat: New season's, bagged, 3/; bulk, 2/11%, ex trucks, Sydney. Flour, £10. Bran and pollard, £5 10/. Potatoes, new, £5 to £7. Onions, local and Victorian, £22. Maize: Yellow, 5/10; white, 5/4, Adelaidfi prices lire: —Wheat: Growers' lots, 2/10%. Flour: Bakers' lots, £8 5/. Bran. £5 5/. Pollard, £5 15/. Oats, 1/8 to 1/9. (Received 11:30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, nominal. 3'2 ner bushel. Flour, quiet. £8 10/ per ton. Bran, £5. Pollard, £5 10/. Oats: Milling. 1/8 to 1/9 per bushel; feed, 1/6 to 1/7. Maize, red. 5/. Potatoes, £2 15/ to £3 per ton. Onions, £13 10/. PRICE OF SILVER. (Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, November 3. Silver is quoted at 18% d per ounce for spot delivery and ISHd for forward. BEET SUGAR. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Novomber 3. Beet sugar is quoted at 5/9 per cwt for December delivery. The European beet sugar crop for 1931-32 ia estimate at 7,511,300 metric tons.