OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 142, 18 June 1938, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

METAL PRICES IMPROVE. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 17. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of June 16:— June 16. June 17. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan.. spot 33 15 7J 33 18 1£ Copper, stan., 3 months 34 0 0 34 3 1J Copper, electro. 38 5 0 38 5 0 to to 30 0 0 39 5 0 Copper, elee., wire bn rs 39 0 0 30 5 O Lead, sort, spot .. 13 9 4J 13 9 I.rad. soft, forw'd 13 10 7J 13 9 4i Spelter, spot 12 8 1J 12 9 4.J Spelter, forward . 12 13 lj 12 13 1} Tin, stan., spot .. 173 17 C> 178 12 6 Tin. stall.. 3 inos. 174 12 « 179 7 6 Silver, stan.. oz. . 18 13-lfid 182(1 Silver, tine, oz. . 20 5-lfkl 20} d Quotations for other metals, with last week's prices in parentheses, are: —Pig iron: Home trade. £5 9/ (£o 9,/). Antimony: British, £70 10/ (£7O 10'); foreign. £41 (*£43). Molybdenite: *£2 3/ (*£2 3/) a unit. Wolfram: £ 14/6 (*£2 7/6) a unit. "Nominal. SUGAR BEET. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 15. Sugf-.r beet is quoted at 5/2% per ewt. Wheat cargoes are barely steady. Parcels are quiet. - Futures:—London: August, 36/ per quarter; November. 30/4%. Liverpool: July. 6/6% per cental; October, 5/11%; December, 5/10%. Spot trade is steady. Australian, ex ship. 34/ to 36/. Flour is firm. Australian, ex store, 24/6 to 25/. Chicago futures:—July, 79% cents p«t bushel; September, 80%; December, 819 L