ON 'CHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 272, 16 November 1936, Page 4

ON 'CHANGE.

WEEK OPENS QUIETLY. 1 QUOTATIONS IMPROVE. UNION BANKS HIGHER. * . ' A new week commenced with a satisfactory tone on the Auckland Stock Exchange, and a fair list of sales was recorded at the first call. A chief feature of the banking section was a further advance in Unions, buyers moving up to £0 18/ without attracting a. counter-otter. New South Wales changed hands 5/ lower, at £35 5/, after which the market lay between £34 15/ and .£35 15/. New Zcalands were quiet, from £2 1/3 to £2 1/5. . Among pastorals, Dalgetys were in demand at £10, with no sellers, _ and Goldsbroughs were on otter at £1 1~/3, with no buyers. Australian industrials firmed up after last week's slackness. British Tobaccos, after sale l%d higher, at £2 6/1 A:, had buyers at £2 0/3, sellers 9d above. Broken Hills between £4 3/6 and £4 4/0 and Ct. J. Coles from £3 17/9 to £3 IS/6 were both quoted higher. Woolworths, both Australian and New Zealand, came to lower levels, both with sales and later quotes. Glass shares weie quoted ex dividend, with sellers at £4 14/6 and no buyers. Local industrials were rather quiet, and there were no fresh developments in. Government stocks. Woolworths Rising. Quotations were again firmer for a number of Australian securities at noon, offers for British Tobaccos moving up to £2 6/6 for Broken Hills to £4 4/3, and for Electrolytic Zinc preferences to £2 8/0. Union Banks had another advance, buyers offering £10, and a seller coining in 5/ above. Among local industrials there was evidence of a weakening, tendency in a sale of Kauri 2/ below last sale pricc, at £1 4/9, and of Macky, Logans down another 6d, at £1 1/6. Woolworths (N.Z.) were, however, stronger, selling at £6 13/. Buyers for the shares of the Sydney firm moved up to £6 14/6. SALES COMPLETED. AT THE 10 A.IVI. CALL TO-DAY—

STOCK EXCHANGE VACATION. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. The New Zealand Stock Exchanges will close for the Christmas and New \ear vacation on the evening of December 2-, reopening on January 7, 1937. Ihe Sjdney and Melbourne Exchanges will be closed from December 23 until January 4.

Last Sale. £ s <1 Bank N.S.W. .. 35 5 0 .. 33 10 0 Renown (pref.) . O 2 S .. 029 British Tobacco 2 6 1*.. 260 Farm. Trad. (A pref., odd lot) 112 .. — Maclty, Logan . 12 0.. 1-3 "VVuuiworth CX.Z.) 6 12 b .. 6 13 t> Auckland City, _ 1/1/41-67 103 o 0 .. lOo o 0 UNLISTED. Woolwortli (Syd) (2) 6 13 9 .. » 14 b HT THE 12.15 P.IH. CALL TO-DAY Kauri 1 | 0 .. 16 g G. J. Coles .. .<1 o IS O .. o 1. 0 Macky, Logan . 1 1 .6 •• i - « Wilsons Cement 1 w •• V-. % Woolwortli (N.Z.) 6 13 0 .. 6 1- <>