OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 274, 18 November 1936, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. COPPER UP AGAIN. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, November 17. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of November 16:— Nov. 16. Nov. 17. £ s. d. £ s. d. Per ton. Per ton. Copper, stan., .spot 43 0 41 43 14 4J Copper, stall., 3 nios. 43 16 10i 44 1 104 Copper, electrolytic 47 15 0 48 0 (J to to 48 5 0 48 10 0 Copper, elec., wire burs 48 5 0 48 10 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 20 15 0 21 2 6 Lead, sol't, forward -0 13 9 21 1 3 Spelter, spot .... 1517 (> 15 15 0 Spelter, forward .10-0 10 O O Tin, stall., spot . . 234 15 6 231 12 b Tin, stan., 3 nios. 232 10 0 230 17 U Silver, spot (per oz) 21 1-lUd 2_l4d Silver, f'wd (per oz) 22Jd 22 15-10 d

TALLOW, HEMP,"FRUIT, ETC. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated November 14, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow. —Spot market quiet; quotations generally 6d dearer. Hemp.—Manila: Market firm; prices have advanced. "K" grade for DecemberFebruary shipment sold at £28 15/. Stocks in London on November 1, 7940 bales, against 5847 at thie same time last year. Sisal: Market quiet and easier. NovemberJanuary shipments sold down to £26 5/. January-March shipments quoted sellers £26 15/. New Zealand: No change to report, owing to lack of offers. Stocks in London at November I, 81 tons, against 28 tons at the same time last year. Apples.—Little more demand. Californian Newtown, 8/6 to 10/6; Oregon Newtown, 12/ to 12/6; Washington Jonathans, 9/6 to 10/6; British Columbian Jonathans, 9/ to 10/9.

Pears. — Market steady; prices generally maintained nothwitlistand heavier arrivals. Californian Winter Nelis, 11/ to 12/; Beurre Bosc, 10/6 to 12/9; Cornice, 11/ to 17/. Eggs.—Market quiet and easier; demand slow. English, national pack, 17/6 to 22/6; ordinary pack, 18/ to 19/9; Danish, 141b to 171b per long hundred, 13/6 to 17/; Australian, 11/9 to 13/9.

COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. LONDON, November 14. (Quotations on Nov. 7 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 6.71 d (6.92 d) a lb; December delivery, 6.49 d (6.70 d). Rubber.—Para, lid (10% d) a lb; plantation and smoked, 8 9-16 d (8 7-16 d). Jute.—November-December shipments, £19 4/4% (£lB 17/6) a ton. Copra.—November-December shipments, South Sea, sun-dried, £16 2/6 to London and Rotterdam (£ls 2/6) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £16 to Marseilles and Genoa (£ls 10/).; plantation, Rabaul, hot air dried, £16 15/ to London and Rotterdam (£l6 5/). Linseed Oil. — £27 10/ (£26 15/) a ton. Turpentine.—4l/9 (39/9) a. cwt.

WORLD WHEAT PRICES.

LONDON, November 10. "Wheat cargoes arc firmer and parcels quiet. Futures — London: November, 37/11 per quarter; March, 38/11 %. Liverpool: December. 8/ per cental; March, 7/8%; May, 7/7%. Chicago.—December, 118% cents per bushel; May, 115% cents; July, 102% ccnts. PRICE OF SILVER. British Official Wireless. RUGBY, this day. Silver is quoted at 2VAd per ounce for spot and forward delivery.