OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 224, 21 September 1934, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

WOOL TRADE. LONDON SALES STEADT. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 20. At Uiu wool sales 10,00-1 bales wore offered, including 2883 New Zealand. About '6580 were sold. There was sustained bome and Continental competition, with rates steady. Withdrawals were only noticeable in inferior sorts. Xew Zealand ecoiireds, Algidus,'. 23d: lialfbred lamb slipe, Eclipse, Lop price l'2d, average ll%d. "OUTLOOK OBSCURE." . . Tlie Banlv.fif Xew Zeaiancl lias received n i'wi.hcv messafro from its London office, under rlate 0!' lOtli inst., arlvisinp that possibly owinje to tlu' email offerings of greasy crossbred, tliore is good spot demand and 1 brink r-ompetition, but Uitit the future outlook is obscure. BRADFORD TOPS, (■Received 10 a.m.) : LONDON, September 20. At Bradford business is quiet. Users are well covered. Following are to-day's quotations and those of previous weeks:— .1. d. (1. (1. d. Aug. An??. Sept. Sept. f?opt. 23. 30. 0. 13. 20. Seventies .. :!o.} 20.} 28J 2S 275 Sixty-fours 2!) 28 27 20 251 Sixties .... 20 20 2.5 24 23 Fifty-sixes .21 20! 20 20 10J Fifties .15 15 'in 15 14 Forty-sixes . 11J 11J 11 3 1 31 Forties .... 10i 10 10 10 9i CHICAGO WHEAT VALUES. (Received 11.30 a.m.) CHICAGO, September 20. Wheat for delivery in September and December is quoted at 104% cents per bushel, and for delivery in May at 104' ii cents. GOLD AND SfLVER. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 20. Silver is quoted at 21 %d per ounco for spot delivery, and 21 15-10 d for forward. Following is a summary of the fluctuations in the price per ounce of fine sold this year:— £ 8. d. Highest price. Sept. . -, . . . 7 1 7 Lowest price, Jan. 0 .. •(> 0 81 Sept. 7 7 0 Oi • Sept. 8 7 0 9 Sept. 10 7 0 111 Sept. 11 7 0 OJ Sept. 3 5 7 0 r> Sept. 17 7 0 r.J Sept. 10 7 0 8 Sept. 20 7 0 9 PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, September 19. Following arc to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of September IS: — Sept. 10. Kept. IS. Per ton. Per ton. « s. <1. £ s. A Copper, stun., spot 27 10 7J 27 0 10?, Copper, stan., 3 mos. 27 10 .'! 27 13 1 !. •Copper, electrolytic 30 7 C 30 5 0 to to 30 17 0 30 15 0 Copper, elee., wire bars 30 17 0 30 15 0 Lead, soft, spot .. 10 6.3 10 5 0 Lend, soft, forward 10 10 0 10 8 0 Spelter," spot .... 12 7 0 12 5 0 Snelter, forward . 12 3 1 :; 12 S n Tin, stan., spot .. 228 17 0 228 17 0 Tin, stun., 3 mos. 227 3 0 227 1 3 •American, 0 cents a lb. WHEAT CARGOES, ETC. (Received 10 a.m.) . . . 5; •■■• LONDON, September 20. ' Cargoes are 3d to 1/ lower. Parcels arc in small request and slightly lower. Futures: London, September 21/4 per quarter, December 23/1. February 24/IV4, April 24/6; Liverpool, October 5/4 7-8 per cental, December 5/8 3-8, March 5/11 3-8, May 6/0 5-8. Spot trade is quiet with an easier tendency. Australian, ex-ehip 29/6 to 30/6. Flour is quiet. Australian, ex store 21/ to 21/9. Oats are about 3d lower. Pens and beans unchanged. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, September 20. Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: — Wheat: At country sidings, 2/3 J /j to 2/3, equal to about 2/10 Vi to 2/11, ex trucks, Sydney. Flour, £S 10/. Bran, £5. Pollard, £5 5/. Potatoes— Taemanian, £9 10/; Victorian, £8 10/. Onions — Victorian, Brown Spanish, to £9 10/. Maize—Yellow, 3/2; white. 3/3. Adelaide prices are: Wheat — Growers' lota, 3/. Flour—Bakers' lote, £9. Bran and pollard, £5 5/. Algerian oats, 2/3. •Navel oranges, 4/6 to 6/. Lemons, 3/ to 6/. MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat is quiet and easier, at 3/1% to 3/2 per bushel; flour, £8 7/C per ton; pollard, £5 5/; bran, £5; oats, 2/6 per bushel; barley, English 2/10 to 3/1; maize, 3/6 to 3/7; onions, £7 -to £7 2/6 per ton.