OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 16, 20 January 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BRADFORD TOPS. TONE IS FIRMER. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 19. The Bradford market is firmer. Business is quiet. Users are reluctant to pay higher prices. Recent top quotations are appended:— , Dec. 15. Jan. 5. Jan. 12. Jan. -0. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb.

SYDNEY WOOL PRICES. (Received 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, this day, Trices current on the Sydney wool market this week have been:—Super nnc Merino fleece, best, to 24% d; gi'easy Merino, best, 15d to 17d; good. 13d to 14d; average, lid to 12d; i'sht seed burry skirts, good, ll%d to average, lOd to 10% d; lambs, light seed, best, to 12% d; good. 8d to 9d; average, 4d to 6d, greasy comeback floece, fine, to 13/zd. _ The average price of wool sold tins week was £11 7/6 per bale, equivalent to 9d per lb. LONDON WOOL SALES. (Received 12:30 p.m.) LONDON, January 19. At the wool sales 8712 bales were offered, including 1528 New Zealand. About 590 were sold. Buying for Home and Continental interests was well sustained with a firm tone and the bulk of the offerings were cleared.' New Zealand greasy crossbred Ngatapa, top price lOd, average 8 Ad. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, January 19. Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: —Wheat: Quiet. Bulked lots quoted at 2/9%; bagged, nominally, 2/9%. Shippers prices tor growers' lots, 2/9%, both bagged and bulk, equivalent to 2/2% and 2/PA at com, try stations. Flour: £9 5/. Excellent inquiry from China. Bran: ±4 10/. Pollara. £5. Potatoes: Tasmaman, £6; local, to £4 10/; Victorian, £5. Onions: Victor.an Globes. £5 10/ to £6. Maize: Yellow, 5/7; white, to 5/6. > Adelaide prices are:—Wheat: Growers lots, 2/8% to 2/9. Flour: Bakery iots, £7 12/6. Bran: £5. Pollard; £o 10/. Oats: 1/5 to 1/6. MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 2/9 to 2/9% per bushel; flour, £7 12/6 per ton; bran, £4 10/; pollard, £5; oats. 1/9 to 1/10 per bushel; barley, English, 2'9 to 2/10; maize, 5/. Onions are easier at £3 to £3 10/ per ton. QUOTATIONS FOP. METALS. TIN STILL FIRMER.

LONDON, January 18. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of January 17:—

THE PRICEjOF GOLD. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 10. The price of gold is £6 2/11 per ounce. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. Silver is quoted at 16 15-16 d per ounce for spot delivery, and 17d for forward. WHEAT CARGOES, ETC. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 19. For wheat cargoes sellers' offers are mostly 3d down. Parcels also are 3d down Futures, London, February-April, 20/10% per quarter; Liverpool, March, 4/10 per cental; May, 4/10%; July, 4/11%. Spot trade is quiet. Australian, ex ship, 26/ to 27/3. Flour is slow. Australian, ex store, 20/6. Oats are steadily held. Peas and beans are slow.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 20. P and O. deferred stock is quoted at 16/7%, and Mount Lyells at 17/4%. EXPORT OF PIGS. The New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association, Limited, Hamilton, has received the following cable this week from its London representatives:—Porkers, light and medium, 6d; large and heavy, 5%d; baconers, sd.

d. a. d - d - Seventy's ... 24 24 24 241 Sixty-four's . 221 23 -o -»« Sixty's 211 211 211 21| Fifty-six's . . 18 18 18 Fifty's 121 12S 1-1 Forty-six's .. 91 9i J * Forty's ..... 9 9 J

Jan. 18. Jan. 17. Per ton. Per ton. . £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 28 G 3 28 0 3 Copper, stun., 3nios. JS 11 10& _8 11 101 •Copper, electrolytic 33 0 0 33 0 0. to to 33 10 0 33 10 .0 33 10 o 33 10 0 K3: SS Kara 10 17 « 10 18 J Spelter, Bpot 14 1- b 10 o Spelter, forward . 14 10 3 14 15 0 Tin, Stan., spot .. 140 i 0 14o 0 o Tin, stan., 3 mos. 146 13 p 14i> 10 ° •American 5 cents a lb, same as on Jan. 10.