OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 150, 26 June 1937, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

MEAT AT SMITHFIELD

LAMB MARKET EASIER

The Bauk of New Zealand lias received the following advice from ite London office as at the close of business this week: — Wethers. — Demand and prices are steady. ~ , ~ Kwes.—The market is dull and there is little business doing. ' , Lambs.—The market ie rather easier. Wethers, light. 4%d to oVid per lb; heavy, 4%d to 4%d; ewee, 3V*d to 4%d; lambs, twos. 7%d to 7%d; eights, 6%d to 7d; lours, 6%d to 6 7 /sd; seconds, 7d to 7%d. RISING METAL PRICEB. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 25. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of June 24: — .;une 24. June 25. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 55 13 9 56 16 3 Copper, stan., 3 months 54 10 4J 55 18 9 Copper, electro. . 62 0 0 62 10 O to to 64 0 0 64 0 0 Copper, elec, wire bars 64 0 0 64 0 0 Lead, soft, spot . 23 1 3 23 17 6 Lead, soft, forw'd 22 17 6 23 13 9 Spelter, spot .... 21 2 0 21 18 1) Spelter, forward 21 5 0 22 2 6 Tin., stan., spot . 24it 17 (i 256 2 t> Tin, stan., 3 nios. 249 10 0 255 12 6 Silver, stan., oz, spot 19 7-8 d 19 13-16 d Silver, - line, oz, spot 21 7-16 d 21 3-8 d Quotations for other metals, with last week's prices in parentheses, are: — Pig iron: Home trade, £5 1/ (£o ]/). Antimonv: British, £83 (£83); foreign, £58 (£sß\. Alolvbdenite: £2 0/6 (£2 0/6).. Wolfram, 63/6 (63/9).