OVERSEAS .MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 82, 7 April 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS .MARKETS.

BRADFORD TOPS FIRM. ADVANCES MAINTAINED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. At Bradford the market is firm. Recent top quotations are appended:— March March March April • 16. 23. 30. 6. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. d. d. d. d. Seventies ... *. 23 23 235 231 Sixty-fours . 22 22 * 22J 22J Sixties 21 21 21 21 Fifty-sixes .. 17J 17J 17J 17J Fifties 11l 111 HI Hi Forty-sixes .. 8 8 81 81 Forties 8 8 8 8 THE PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. Gold is quoted at £6 0/9% per ounce. BEET SUGAR. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. Beet sugar is quoted at 5/9% per cwt for May delivery. WHEAT CARGOES, ETC. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 6. Wheat cargoes are firmer. Sellers have raised their limits 3d to 6d. Parcels are 3d to 6d dearer. Futures: London, June, 20/4% per quarter; September, 21/1; Liverpool, May, 4/8 per cental; July, 4/9%; October, 4/11%. Spot trade is slow. Australian, ex ship, 24/3. Flour is quiet; Australian, ex store, 20/3 to 20/0. Oats are in poor demand; Australian, Algerian, 15/ to 15/6 per 3201b; A Gartons, 18/ to 19/. Peas: Blue Tasmanian, 400/ to 420/ per ton; New Zealand, none offering; Maples, Tasmanian, 67/ to 68/6 per 5041b; New Zealand, 60/ to 65/. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, April 6. Wheat.—Shippers' prices for growers' lots are 2/9% for bagged, and 2/9% for bulk, ex trucks, Sydney, equivalent to 2/2 Vi and 2/1% respectively at country stations. Flour, £9 10/. Bran and pollard, £4 5/. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £8; Victorian, £7. Onions': Victorian, broivu, £5; Globes, £4. Maize, yellow, 4/. Adelaide prices are: —Wheatgrowers' lets, 2/6%. Flour, bakers' lots, £7 15/. Bran and pollard, £4 17/6. Oats, 1/5 to 1/6. MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 2/9 per bushel. Flour, £7 12/6 per ton. Bran and pollard. £4 10/. Oats, 2/ to 2/1 per bushel. Barley: English, 2/4 to 2/6. Maize, nominal. 4/11. Onions: Quiet and steady. Brown Spanish, £2 15/ to £3; Globes, £1 10/ to £1 15/. TT QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. LONDON, April 5. Following are to*-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of April 4:— April 5. April 4. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper. Stan., spot. 28 0 3 28 1 10J Copper, stan., 3 mos. 28 10 1\ 28 8 9 •Copper, electrolytic 32 0 0 31 15 0 to to 32 5 0 32 5 0 Copper, elect., wire bars ....... 32 5 0 32 50 Leftd, soft, spot .. 10 6 3 10 7 6 Lead, soft, forward 10 12 6 10 12 0 j Spelter, spot 14 S 9 14 S 9 Spelter, forward .. 14 16 3 14 16 3 Tin, stan., spot ... 153 11 3 152 2 6 Tin, stan., 3 mos. ...154 10. 0 153 1.3 | •American 5 cents a - lb, same as on April 3. ' ' - ' I