OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. LONDON, December 19. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of December 15:— Dec. 10. Dec. 15. Per ton. Per ton. £ 8. d. £ s. (1. Copper, stan., spot 29 3 9 27 16 10J Copper, stan., 3 mos. 29 9 4| 28 3 1J Copper, electrolytic 34 10 0 33 0 0 to to 34 15 0 33 10 0 Copper, elec, wire bars : 35 15 0 33 10 0 Lead, soft, spot ... 11 7 6 11 00 Lend, soft, forward 11 1C 3 11 7 6 Spelter, spot 15 11 3 15 7 6 Spelter, forward . . 15 2 6 15 7 6 Tin, stan., spot ... 149 10 0 149 3 9 Tin, stan., 3 mos... 150 16 3 150 8 9 THE PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 9 a.m.) LONDON, December 20. Gold is quoted at £6 3/8 per ounce. DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co. have received the following cable from their London principals, Messrs. Trengrouse and Nathan, Tooley Street, dated December 20:—Butter: Easier. Re-sellers offering at 84/ per cwt. Butter: White, 52/ per cwt. Coloured, cleared at 54/ to 55/.

New Zealand Producers' Co-operative Marketing Association have to-day received a cable from their London office, dated December 20, reading as follows: — Butter: Market quiet. New Zealand, finest, 84/ to 85/: first. 83/ to 84/; Danish, 124/. Cheese: Market steady. New Zealand, white, 52/; coloured. 56/; Canadian, white and coloured, 60/ to" 68/. THE PRICE OF SILVER. (RcceiTed 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 20. Silver is quoted at 16 15-16 d per ounce for spot delivery and 17d for forward.