OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 190, 14 August 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

WOOL MARKETS. OPTIMISTIC TONE. (Received 11 a.m.) -LONDON, August 13. Mr. Devcrcux, representative of the Australian Wool Council in London, reports as follows: —Despite some anxiety concerning international politics and quietness due to holidays, the wool markets are optimistic. Yorkshire manufacturing is active. Continental establishments held stocks of toiis at July 31 totalling 30.000.000 kilos, a reduction, of over 1,000.000. Merinos show a slight increase over crossbreds. QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. LONDON, August 12. Following are yesterday's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of August 10: — Aug. 12. Aug. 10. Per ton. Per ton. S s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot. SO 14 41 30 10 3 Copper, slim., 3 mos. 30 19 4J 37 0 7J *Coppcr, electrolytic 41 0 O 41 0 0 to to -11 10 0 41 10 0 tCoppcr, elec, wire bars 41 10 0 41 10 0 Lead, soft, spot. ... 3 2 5 0 12 0 3 Lead, soft, forward 12 13 0 3 2 13 !) Spelter, spot 10 17 6 10 17 <! Spelter, forward .. 17 2 6 17 3 9 Tin, stan., spot ... 215 17 f! 216 0 3 Tin, sfan., 3 mos. . 210 10 3 210 0 3 'America, 9 cents a lb, same as on August 10. fßcst selected, A: 39 17/0. Quotations for other metals with last week's rates in parentheses are:—Pig iron, home trade, £3 2/0 (£3 2/6); export, £2 12/6 (£2 12/6). Antimony, British, £39 10/ (£39 10/); foreign, £23 5/ (£23 5/). Molybdenite, £2 1/ (£2 1/) a unit. Wolfram, 17/3 (17/3) a unit. PRICE OF SILVER. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 12. Silver is quoted at 17% d per ounce for spot delivery and 18d for forward. LEAD STATISTICS. LONDON, August 12. Statistics of lead for the United Kingdom at the end of July, compared with the three previous months, arc:— April. May. June. July. ' Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Imports .. 24.352 30,405 20,000 23,995 Australian 14.147 10,082 13,102 11,029 Exports .. 2,278 1,433 911 042 . COTTON, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. 1 (Quotations on Aug. 5 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 5.90 d (G.25d) a lb; August delivery, 5.57 d (5 93d). Rubber.—Para, 5%d (sVkl) a lb; planta- , tion and smoked, 3 15-lGd (4d). Jute. —August-September shipments, new crop, £16 10/ (£l6 2/6 July-August) a ton. ' Hemp.—July-August shipments, — (£l4 , 15/) a ton. ; Copra. — August-September shipments, South Sea, £10 IJ}/ (£lO 10/) a ton; plantation, Rabaul, £10 12/6 (£lO 12/6). Linseed Oil—£22 (£22 5/) a ton. Turpentine.—49/ (49/) a cwt.