OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Issue 154, 2 July 1934, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. TIN AND COPPER EASIER. LONDON, June 30. Following were yesterday's quotations 011 the London metal market, compared with those of June 2S: — .Tune 21). June 28. Per ton. ]'er ton. a; s. il. & s. (1. Copper, stall., spot 31 6 3 31 8 9 Copper, stun., 3 rnos. 31 34 4} 31 10 10J •Copper, electrolytic 3-1 5 0 31 15 0 to to 34 15 0 35 0 0 Copper, elec., wire burs 34 15 0 35 0 0 Lend. soft, spot 11 2 6 11 3 9 Lend, sol't, forward 11 2 G 11 2 6 Spelter, spot .... 14 0 0 13 15 0 Speller, forward . 14 3 9 13 18 9 Tin, stall., spot .. 225 13 220 7 ti Tin, stall., 3 mos. 225 31 3 225 17 6 ♦American, 9 cents a lb. Quotations for other metals, with last week's juices in parentheses, are: —Pig iron: Home trade, £3 7/0 (£3 7/6); export, £3 2/6 (£3 2/0). Antimony: British, £42 10/ (£42 10/); foreign, £26 15/ (£2O 5/). Molybdenite, £1 10/ (£1 14/0) a unit. Wolfram, £2 4/0 (£2 4/0) a unit. DAIRY PRODUCE. The New Zealand Dairy Produce Board has received the following market report from its London office dated June 29, 1934:— New Zealand Butter. 29/6/34. Last week. Last year. Salted ... 75/, 70/ 77/, 78/ 76/, 78/ =approx. S.o6d f.n.b. UnSalted . 82/, 84/ SO/, 8V 80/, 84/ Tons. Tons. Tons. Deliveries . 1.372 1,294 3,Sti4 In store .. 11,750 12,10S 11,709 Butter. —Australian, Salted, 71/ to 72/; unsalted, 76/ to 77/. Australian, 1450 tons; in store, Australian, 9436 tons. Market steadier at lower priccs. NewZealand retail price unchanged, lOd. Danish: 03/ i'.o.b., 80/ spot. Dutch: Unsalted, 70/, 72/ to 75/. Estonian: Salted and unsalted: 07/ to 08/. Latvian: Salted and unsalted, 07/ to 08/. Lithuanian: Salted and unsalted, 07/ to 68/. Siberian: Salted, 06/ to 07/. Polish: Salted, 60/ to 04/. Ukranian: Unsalted, 64/ to 05/. Market slow. New Zealand Cheese. 20/0/34. Last week. Last year. White ... 48/, 48/6 49/, 49/6 47/, 4S/ =5.1(5d f.o.ti. _ , Coloured . 40/, 46/6 47/, 47/6 49/, «>O/ =4.01 d f.o.b. Crates. Crates. Crates. Deliveries . 20,370 20,030 22,*02 111 " tore .. 113,944 142,251 136.000 Cheese.—Australian: Coloured, 45/ per cwt. Canadian: White, 54/, 58/ to 60/: coloured, 54/ to 56/; c.i.f., 50/. Deliveries: Canadian. 7521 in store, Ganadian, 58.705 boxes.. . Market quiet. New Zealand retail price unchanged, Od. English finest fanners, 88/ to 90/. Steady. , , ~ Imports o£ butter from the northern hemisphere are still running 10 per cent above last year. _ The board has also received the following advice from its agents in Canada:— Butter: New York, 24cents; Montreal, 19Vi cents. COTTON, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. LONDON, June 30. (Quotations on June 23 in parentheses.) Cotton-Spot, o.Bld (6.60 d) a lb; July delivery, 0.56 d (6.46 d). Rubber—Para, sV*d (oV 4 d) a lb; plantation and smoked. 6%d (6%d). Jute. —July-August shipments, £14 13/9 (£l4 15/, June-July) a ton. Copra.—July-August shipments. South Seas, £8 2/6 (£8 2/6) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £6 12/6 (£6 12/6); plantation, Rabaul, £8 15/ (£8 17/6). Linseed 0i1.—£22 15/ (£23 10/) a ton. Turpentine, 42/3 (44/) a cwt. U.S.A. WHEAT FUTURES. CHICAGO, June 30. Wheat. —July, 89% cents a bushel; September, 90% cents; December, 91% cents. The New York price for cash is 1 dollar 2% cents.