ON CHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 20, 25 January 1939, Page 8

ON CHANGE.

LIFELESS MARKETS. DEMAND FOR GILT-EDGED. METAL SHARKS FALL. Bidding was litVWu for all 1 lasses of Ki-i u: it!•■<. rxif.pt itnv eminent sticks, on the \i ki.ind Stock Kxchanje this morn--11 ■«-. The mily sales were in Bank vi New Xi'.ili-i.|< ,md Auckland Gas. L>otli at lower \jlu. -. B iii'in i.tTere.l tirni rates foi .ill Ctovernnien: <t.i,ks and laised tlieir hids slichtl} toi unit nt the .'?Va l>ci rent issues. There was mil) one seller mi the market. Aitivity in New Zealand* wns the featllle "I tile hanking section, four parcels chaiiKiiu li.iihlh .it L'l 1!) :l. .\ buyer Mime in .it t'J li lor Nationals .ind holders lll('|i|ii.| their hunt to £'- H . tlinuith they wimp nellniu .1 week auto Oil higher. Insurances «ei e stead) . Anionu Australian imliiHtii.il* metal shares weie maikeil down. Mount L\ elln Ijimmk i|iiotei| between 114 0 ami £ I 8, . und F.lei tl lily tie Zincs between £2 a ami £2 7 '1. Mount. Mot (tans were compaiatively steady, with a market from Jo' to 1(1 4. Better at Noon. Their was little activity during the niiunilitf, '"it .1 fair numher of Males were leionleil nt the noon call, ami in the fresh imhhnir there was some improvement in Ailsh.ilian issues, which hail slipped back earlier In the banktliK section C'oinmer-ri-tl of S\ .| nc\ hail their first local sale for n 1 on«uleralile period, a parcel chanirinil hinds .it C2l. while New Zealands were active at the reduced fijiure of ,'MI '1. Ivnlms were held firmly, sellers asking J3 ; 111 response to buyers' offers of 15/. SALES COMPLETED. •T TM« 3.11 F.M. CALL Vt»T«IDAV— Lett •••«• i n il t a «1 Nallniinl Bank . 2 7 0.. 2 S « Hunk of X.S.W. .m 0 O .. :il O •> Nat. Insurmiee . (11.1 « ~ " 1"» ♦"' Mom. Invest. . . 0 10 « . . « 16 « rinin, Mrewerles 112 o .. 112 o Tooth's '*m O .. 2 10 l» Kleet. /.hie Oirf) 2 » « .. 2 I<> O Woolwortli (X./..1 OIS 1 .. oIS e, I.oloiiia 1 t « .. 1 111 Late Salee. Woolworth t.N.Z.) HIS 0., 1) IS 1 UNOFFICIAL. S. ffross Aiiece. 0 2 • .. — AT TUB 10 AM. CALL TO —W— Bank N.Z. (4) . I II) 3 .. 1 1» « Auckland Oaa . 0 19 0 .. 019 6 AT TM« IA.I •■».». CALL TO-OAT— . Com. Bank Sytl. 21 0 O .. 20 2 A Bank N.S.W. .. ;;i o 0 .. 31 0 0 ,Bunk N.Z. (2i . 110 .". .. 119 3 N.JS. Breweries . 2 0 0 .. 2 1 O Woolworth (X.35.) 018 0.. 018 1