OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 19, 24 January 1939, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, January 23, Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of January 20:— Jan. 20. Jan. 23. Per ton. Per ton. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 42 19 7J 42 9 4J Copper, stan., 3 months 43 fi 10J 42 15 7J Copper, electro. .. -48 5 0 47 15 0 to to 49 5 0 48 15 0 Copper, elec., wire bars 49 5 0 48 15 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 14 B 3 14 O 7J Lead. soft, forward 14 10 71 14 6 101 Spelter, spot . . 13 12 6 13 8 9 Spelter, spot 13 12 6 13 8 9 I Tin, stan., spot . 216 6 3 213 17 6 I Tin, stan., 3 mos. 216 16 3 214 17 6 I COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. LONDON, January 21. I (Quotations on January 14 in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 5.18 d (5.09 d) a lb; February delivery' 4.83 d (4.84). Rubber.—Para, 7d (7il) a lb; plantation and smoked, 8d (7 15-ltJd). Jute. — January-February shipments, £21 15/ (£2O 3/9) a ton. Copra — January-February shipments, South Sea, sun-dried, £9 10/ a ton London and Rotterdam (£9 12/) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £9 7/6 to Marseilles and Genoa (£9 10/); plantation, Rabaul, hotair dried, £10 5/ to London and Rotterdam (£lO 7/6). Linseed Oil. — £25 5/ (£25 5/) a ton. Turpentine,—33/6 (34/) a cwt. WHEAT MARKET DULL. (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 23. Wheat cargoes are dull and parcels easier. Futures are quoted:—London: March, 23/11 per quarter; May, 23/10%. Liverpool: Old contract, March 4/9 per cental, May 4/9%; new contract, March 4/6%. May 4/6%, July 4/7%. Chicago.—May, 69% cents per bushel; 69% cento; September, 69% cents.