OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. (Received 1« noon.) T _ . LONDON", February 3. . - Fojloiving are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with ' those on February 2:—

Feb. 2. Feb. 3? Per ton. Perton. " Copper, stan. spot 42 IS*' 1} J lf'io's Copper, Stan., 3 0 I r l months 43 3 0 43 3 n Copper, electro .. 4S 0 0 .'48.10'0 .; Copper, elec,, wire 40, ° 0 49 0 0 v ba , rs 40 0 0 49 0 o Lead, soft, spot .. 14 5 IV 14 6108 Lead, soft, forwd. 14 10 7J 14 10 7S Spelter, spot 13 11 10j 13 10 7i Spelter, forward . 13 16 10j 13 15 -Tj Tin, stan., spot ..215 7 6 215 3 9 Tin, Stan., 3 mos. 214 7 6 214 5 9 Silver, stan., oz. . ID 15-16 d 203 „ Silver, fine, oz. .. 21Jd . 219464

Quotations for other metals, with" last weeks prices in parentheses, are:—Pig iron: Home trade. £4 19/ (£5 9/) .'per' toil- Antimony: British, ■ £70 10/" (£7O 10/); foreign. £41 10/* (£4l 10*). Molybdenite, £2 ]/* (£2 1/6*) a/unit. Wolfram, Chinese, £2 17/* (£2 IS/*) a unit. •Nominal. STATISTICS OF. TIN. , LOXDOKT, February 3. The world statisticial position ot tin at tile end of January compares wifch-Uiat of recent months as follows:— Sept. Oct. Dec. Jan. _ . ... Tons Tons Tons' Tons World visible supplies 20,210 20,055 20,50S Zijtti Straits carry- „ over .. 6,441 6,610 6,047 Supplies received .. 7,804 5,635 6,454 8,770 Deliveries . 7,693 5.219 5,837 SM4 SUGAR BEET. r " LONDON, Fctrrnirr'2. Sugar beet is quoted at 6/3 per ewt.