OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1934, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

THE PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON", May 31. Gold is quoted at £6 16/llMs per ounce. Following is a nummary of the fluctuations in the price per ounce of fins gold this year:— £ s. d. Highest price, Feb. 5.700 Lowest price, Jan. 9.. 6 0 81 May 15 6 16 01 May 16 6 16 0 May 17 " 6 10 1 May 18 6 16 2 May 22 6 16 3 May 23 6 16 61 May 24 6 16 9 May 25 6 16 61 May 28 6 16 81 May 29 C 16 9 May 30 6 17 01 May 31 6 16 111 PRICE OF METALS. LONDON, May 30. Following arc to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of May 29:— May 30. May 29. Per ton. Per ton. it; s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stall., spot 32 10 71 32 16 3 Copper, stan.. 3 mos. 32 16 101 33 1 3 ♦Copper, electrolytic 36 0 0 36 0 0 to to 36 5 0 36 5 0 Copper, elec., wire bars 36 5 0 36 5 0 Lead, soft, spot .. 11 2 6 11 2 6 Lead, soft, forward 11 5 0 116 3 Spelter, spot .... 14 16 3 14 15 0 Spelter, forward . 14 17 6 14 18 9 Tin, stan., spot . . 232 12 6 234 2 6 Tin, stan., 3 mos. 229 17 6 230 7 6 ♦American, 5.50 cents a lb. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, May 31. ' Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market:—Wheat: Country sidings, about 2/1 for both bagged and bulk, equal to 2/8 and 2/9 ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £11 10/. Bran, £4 5/. Pollard, £5. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £0 10/; Victorian, £5 10/. Onions: Victorian Brown Spanish, £6. Maize: Yellow, 2/8; white, 3/ a bushel. Adelaide prices are:—Wheatgrowers' lots, 2/5%. Flour: Bakers' lots, £11 15/. Pollard, £5. Bran, £5 5/. Oats: Algerian, 2/. Barley, 2/1.

SUGAR BEET. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 31. Sugar beet is quoted at 4/9% per cwt,