OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

! PRICES OF METALS. I j AN EASIER TENDENCY. ! LONDON, April 29. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of April 28:— April 29. April 2S. Ter ton. Per ton.. £ s. (i. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 37 0 7J 37 4 4J Copper, stan., 3 mos. 37 0 10J 37 10 7J Copper, electrolytic 41 7 U 41 5 0 I to to 41 12 6 41 15 0 Copper, clec., wire bars 41 12 6 41 15 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 16 5 0 10 5 0 Lead, soft, forward 1(1 3 9 16 5 0 Spelter, spot .... 15 0 0 15 I) 0 Spelter, forward . 15 0 0 15 2 0 Tin, stan.. spot . . 207 17 0 207 2 0 Till, stall., 3 mos. 202 7 li 202 17 0 DAIRY PRODUCE. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, April 30. Butter is quiet. Danish, 102/ per cwt; New Zealand and Australian, salted and unsalted, all 88/. Cheese is strong. New Zealand, wliite 55/6 to 56/ per cwt, coloured 54/(3; Australian, white 53/6, coloured 52/6. MERCHANTS' CABLES. The following cables have been received this day by local produce dealers from their principals in Tooley Street, London:— Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co. (Messrs. Trengrouse and Nathan).—Butter: BS/ per cwt. Quiet. Cheese: White, 55/ to 55/6; coloured, 54/6 per cwt. Firm. Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Co. (Messrs. J. and J. Lonsdale and Co.).—Butter: Market steady. New Zealand, SS/; Australian, 87/; Danish, 99/. Cheese: Market firm. White, 55/; coloured, 54/ to 54/6. Mr. L. McCartney (Messrs. Henry A. Lane and Co.). —Butter: 88/. Market steady. Cheese: White, 55/; coloured, 54/. Market quieter. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, April 30. Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market:—Wheat, at country sidings, 3/2%, equal to about 3/9 ex trucks Sydney; flour, £9 15/ per ton; bran and pollard, £6 5/; potatoes, Tasmanian, to £10; others, £8; onions, Victorian brown, £11 10/; maize, 4/4 per bushel. Adelaide prices are:—Wheat, growers' lots. 3/7 per bushel; flour, bakers' lots, £9 12/6 per ton; bran and pollard, £6 5/: Oats, Algerian, 1/9 to l/lO per bushel; barley, about 1/11.. (Received 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 3/11 per bushel; flour, £9 12/0 per ton; bran, £6 5/; pollard, £6 10.'; oats, 2/2% to 2/3 per' bushel; barley, English, 2/6; maize, 5/ to 5/3; potatoes, £8 5/ to £9 per ton; onions, brown Spanish, £9 5/; globes, £8 10/ to £8 15/.