OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 58, 10 March 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BRADFORD TOPS. FINE SORTS FIRM. COARSE SORTS LOWER. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. At Bradford the market is quiet, with fine sorts firm. Recent top quotations are appended;—

TALLOW STATISTICS. (Keceived 10 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. Tallow statistics at the end of February, compared with the previous three months, were:—

PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 0. Gold is quoted' at £5 19/7% per ounce. WHEAT CARGOES, ETC. . (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 9. Wheat cargoes demand is not active. They are ottered unchanged to 3d down. Parcels are in poor demand and unchanged, to 4%d down. Futures: —London: April. 19/10 per quarter. Liverpool: March, 4/7% per cental; May, 4/8%; July, 4/9%; October, 4/11%. Spot trade quiet. Australian, ex ship, '25/ to 25/9. Flour is steadily held. Australian, ex store, 20/6 to 21/6. Oats are slow. Australian, Algerian, 16/ per 3201b; A Gartons, 19/ to 20/. Peas are neglected. Blue: Tasnianian, 420/ per ton: New Zealand, 350/. Maples: Tasnianian. 70/ per 5041b; New Zealand. 67/6 to 68/6. New Zealand beans are dull at 28/ to 29/ per 5041b. - ( SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, March 9. At the Sydney wool sales to-day 11,968 bales were ottered and 9806 were sold. Also 1254 bales were sold privately. The market retained its strength with spirited bidding. Greasy Merino sold to WM. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, March 9. Wheat: Quiet. Quotations on country sidings, 2/2% for bagged, and 2/1% for bulk, which ia equal to 2/9V4 to 2/9%, ex trucks, Sydney. Flour: £9 5/. -"^ u: £4 10/. Pollard: £6. Potatoes: lasmanian, to £6 10/; Victorian,, £4 10/. Onions: Victorian Globes, to £4. Oaten hay: £6. Maize: Yellow, 3/9. Adelaide prices are:—Wheat: Growers lots, 2/6 VI to 2/6%. Flour: Bakers lots, £7 15/. Bran: £4 17/6. Pollard: £5 5/. .Oats: Algerian, 1/5 to 1/6. MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 2/9 per bushel. £7 10/ per tan; bran and pollard, £4 15/; oats, 2/ to 2/1 per bushel; barley, English, 2/4 to 2/0; maize, 5/; onions are steadier at £2 to £2- 2/6 per ton. QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. SHARP RISE IN TIN. LONDON, March 8. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of March 7:— ir. l. O Af o V

Feb. Feb. JIar. Mar. 10. 23. 2. a. I'or lb. I'cr lb. Per lb. Per lb. <1. (1. <1. d. Seventies . . 231 23 23 23 Sixty-fours . 22 211 211 22 Sixties 21 21 21 21 Fifty-sixes .18 18 IS IS Fifties 12 12 12 12 Forty-sixes . I) 'J '.) 81 Forties 81 SI 8£ 8

were*. — Nov. Doc. Jan. Feb. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Stocks 071 92r> — 1015 Imports ... 881 4*J7 503 1547 Deliveries . . 000 513 347 -03

March 8. March 7. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. (1. £ s. d. Copper, Stan., spot . 28' 3 8 27 12 (J Copper, stan., 3 mos. 28 8 41 -7 lb U Copper, electrolytic . d2 0 0 31 0 0 to to 32 10 0 32 0 0 C Z P rs r '..! 1 . e . C ! , :.. Wl . r - e 32 10 0 32 0 0 Lead, soft, spot . .. 10 17 b 10 8 8 Lead, soft, forward . 1 j 3 10 1 o O Spelter, spot .. .. 14 11 3 Spelter, forward ... 14 lo 0 14 10 0 Tin, stan., spot ... 148 13 0 14o lo 0 Tin, stan., 3 mos. .. 148 b 3 146 7 l>