OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 302, 22 December 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, December 20. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of yesterday:— Dec. 20. Dec. 19. Per toil. Per ton. £ s. rt. £ s. (1. Copper, stan., spot 33 4 4J 33 6 3 Copper, stan., 3 mos. 33 0 10J 33 8 0 •Copper, electrolytic 36 5 0 36 10 0 to 37 5 0 Copper, clec, wire bars 37 5 0 — Lead, soft, spot ... 11 7 0 11 6 3 Lead, soft, forward 11 15 0 11 13 9 ■Spelter, spot 15 0 0 10 3 9 Spelter, forward .. 15 3 9 15 3 9 Tin, stun., spot .. . 1 3 22S 1 3 rill, stau., 3 mos. . 2128 3 9 228 1 3 •American, 8.37 cents a lb, compared with 8.25 cents on December 18. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, December 21. The following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney, produce market:—Wheat, country sidings, bagged, 2/; bulk, 1/11, being equal to 2/7 ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £11 15/ (including Federal tax); bran, £4; pollard, £4 15/; potatoes, Tasmanian, £7; local, new, to £4; onions, Victorian, Brown Spanish. £4 10/; Globes, £5 10/; oaten hay, £7 10/; maize. 3/6 to 3/8. Adelaide prices are:—Wheat, growers' lots, 2/4; flour, bakers' lots. £7 2/6 (plus Federal tax); bran and pollard, £4 17/6; oats, 1/10. (Received 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat. 2/6 to 2/6% per bushel; flour, £7 10/, plus tax, per ton; bran, £4 10/; pollard, £5; oats. 2/5 per bushel; barley, English, 3/ to 3/lVi; maize, 4/1; onions, Globes, steady, £2 5/ to £2 10/ per ton. j

I THE PRICE OF GOLD.

(Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. December 21. «-1J « mioted at .£6 fffe jper onnce. i