AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 181, 1 August 1936, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES.

STEADY IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, July 31. The investment market on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day, although lacking in buoyancy, was not weak. The market for leading issues generally was steady. Gold and tin shares were neglected. Sales included: —Bank of New South Wales, £33 7/6; Commercial Bank of Sydney (ex div.), £20 3/; Bank of Australasia, £12 3/; Bank of Adelaide, £(i 4/; Australian Gas (A), £7 14/6; Goldsbrough, Mort, £1 12/7%; Tooth's Brewery, £2 13/; Anthony Hordern, 18/0; Australian Glass, £4 11/; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), £1 6/3; British Tobacco, £2 1/; Broken Hill Proprietary, £3 13/, (new) £2 13/3; Burns, Pliilp, £3 13/6; Colonial Sugar, £43 10/; Dalgety, £8 19/; Electrolytic Zinc, £2 2/; G. J. Coles, £3 17/6; Broken Hill South, £5 12/'; Mataki .function, 3/4; North Broken Hill, £8 19/; Placer Development, £5 1/; Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cent, 1938 £102, 1953 £101. Bonds Firm in Melbourne. On the Melbourne market short-dated bonds were firm. The rest of tire market, was quiet. Business included:—Commercial Bank of Australia, IS/8; National Bank, (£5 paid) £6 19/6, (£lO paid) £14 3/; Goldsbrough, Mort, £1 12/6; Howard Smith, 19/2; Kauri Timber, £1 4/6; Australian Glass, £4 10/6; Broken Hill Proprietary, £3 13/3; Diinlop, Perdriau, 18/9; Electrolytic Zinc, £2 2/, (pref.) £2 3/9; G. J. Coles, £3 18/9; Yarra Falls, £2 0/3; Emperor, 14/9; Loloma, £1 4/; North Broken Hill, £8 19/. SYDNEY, this day. Sydney Stock Exchange morning sales: — Bonds, 3% per cent, 1948, £95 2/6; 3% per cent, 1947, £100 17/6; 4 per cent, 1938, £101 18/9; 4 per cent, 1953, £100 17/0; 4 per cent, 1959, £101 5/; British Tobacco, 41/3; Goldsbrough, Mort, 32/6; Howard Smith, 19/1%.