OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1937, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BRADFORD TOPS. MARKET TRENDING UPWARDS. LONDON, February 25. The Bradford market is firm with an upward tendency and more business passing. Consumption is moderate. Following are to-day's quotations and those of recent weeks: —

BUTTER SLOW; CHEESE QUIET. (Received 1 p.m.) LOXDON, February 25. Butter is slow. Danish 118/: choicest salted Australian and New Zealand, 88; to 89,'; unsalted Australian 92/, New Zealand 92/ to 94/. j Cheese is quiet. New Zealand, white j and coloured 54/6. Australian 52/6 to 53/. 1 1 SYDNEY PRODUCE VALUES. 1 {j SYDNEY, February 25. The wheat market is firm. Bagged 3 grain is quoted at 5/2 and bulk wheat in country at 4/5, which is equal to about 5/ ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £12 15/; bran, 0 £5 10.'; pollard, £6; potatoes, Tasnianian, 3 £7 10/: Victorian, £0 U)/; onion*. Yic--4 torian QJobes, £12; white, £10; maize, 4 yellow, * 6.

Foh. 4. Fob. 11. Fob, 1S. l>b. 23. •I. <1. <1. (I. Seventies ... 39 39 Sixty-fours . 37 :!7 3H 3<> sixties :?<> sk ::r, Fifty-eights . 33 33 31 314 Fifty-sixes . 20 29 28 2S Fifties 24i 24J 24 24 Forty-sixes . 23J 23J 2.'! 23 Forties 23J 23J 23 23 The last quotation is nominal. PRICES OF METALS. LONDON. February 25. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of February 24: — Feb. 24. Feb. 23. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan.. spot (i« IS 9 BO o 7J Copper, stall., 3 mos. (56 1 8 0 H8 10 41 Copper, electro. . . 71 1(1 u 74 0 0 to to _ , 73 0 0 73 0 0 Copper, elec., wire bars 73 It o 73 0 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 30 10 O 31 12 ti JUead, soft, forward 30 10 O 31 12 H Spelter, spot .... 20 13 0 30 o 0 Spelter, forward . 29 13 0 30 2 H Tin, stan., spot . . 241 10 o 248 10 O Tin, stan., 3 mos. 242 O 0 249 2 6 i Silver, oz. spot . . 20 1-160 20 id I i Silver, line, oz . . 21£d 21 ll-16d