OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 105, 6 May 1939, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, May 5. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those on May 4: —

Other metals quoted, with last week's prices in parentheses, are:—Pier i ron ■home trade. 99/ (99/); antimony, "British f**L 10/ M ( 10j; rorei « n . £ « 10/ (£46); Molybdenite, 40/6* (40/6* - Wolfram Chinese, 53/ (53/) a unit. 'Nominal.

DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Company, report on the London dairy produce market as follow:—Butter: Market dull *ew Zealand, 114/; Australian, 111/; Danish, 126/. Cheese: No inquiry. New Zealand, 60/; Australian, 52/ to 54/African, 50/ to 54/. WORLD WHEAT PRICES. t LONDON, May 4. Wheat cargoes are quieter and parcels lower, futures:—London: May °3/4 per quarter; July. 23/7. Liverpool-Old contiact: May, 4/6% per cental. New con-V/-7/ : o lilV ' J"!-'". 4/6: October, o-//. ?!} ot trade 18 Australian: -0/0. Hour is dearer. Australian, ex store: 19/ to 20/. .Chicago futures:—May, 7> cents per bushel; July, 73%; September, 73%. SUGAR BEET. I - LONDON, May 4. Sugar beet is quoted at 8/5 per cwt. 1

May 4 May 5 Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan. spot 41 18 1J 4:2 1 3 Copper. stan., 8 months 42 ." 7 J 42 S 1} Copper, electro .. 47 ]."» o 47 ].". o to to 48 10 0 48 15 0 Copper, elec, wire r ,,ars 48 IT, 0 48 13 0 Lea. , soft, spot . 14 8 ]J 14 7 « Lend. soft, forward 14 13 1£ 14 11 Jul Speller, spot 13 10 7J 13 It In Spelter, forward . 13 Hi 101 13 1,; 10? lin, stan., spot . 22,1 12 II 225 7 (! Tin, si an., 3 mos 222 17 (i "23 0 o Silver, stan., oz. ... 201 201 Silver, fine, oz. ... 2l| oj^