OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 6

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

PRICES OF METALS.

(Received 11.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, August 14. Following are to-day's quot#tions on the London metal market, compared with those of August 11.— Auff. 11. Aug. 14. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan.. spot 44 3 1J 44 S 0 Copper. stan., 3 months 44 3 1J 44 8 9 Copper, electro. . . 40 10 0 40 15 0 ' to to „ , 50 10 0 50 15 0 Copper, elec., wire bars 50 10 0 50 15 0 Lead, soft, spot .. 15 IS 9 15 16 10J Lead. soft, forward 15 14 4 J 15 13 11 ■Spelter, spot .... 14 7 6 14 9 4J Spelter, forward . 14 n> 7£ 14 13 lj Tin, stan.. spot . . 229 18 ft 220 18 f) Tin. stan.. 3 mos. 225 7 6 225 7 6 Silver, stan., oz .. 17 l-16d 17 3-16 d Silver, fine, oz .. IS ~-16d 18 9-l(3d

TALLOW, HEMP, APPLES

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cable from the Hich Commissioner for New Zealand, dated Ausuet 11:— Tallow.— Market quiet. Present spot quotations are:—Mutton: Fine. 21/ to 22'; good. 20/: fair, 15.6 to Iβ'. Beef: Fine'. none; pood, 17/; fair. 15' to 15 6. Mixed: Good, 17/; fair, 15/ to 15 6; put. 13/6 to 15/. Mutton: Dark to dull. 14'6 to 16' Beef: Dark to dull. 13 6 to 15/. ' Hemp.—Manila: Market firm, good business has been done. K grade. AugustOctober shipment, £16 5,'. Sisal: Market very_ quiet. Priceg inclined to be easier, ■nominal value September-November shipment. £14 10/. Apples.—Final stocks moving steadily. Dougherty, 9/ to 12'6: Rome Beautv 8/ to 11/; Sturmer, 7/ to 9'

WORLD WHEAT PRICES.

(Received 11 a.m.>. LOXDOX, August 14. Wheat cargoes are cheaper. Parcels are dull. Futures:—London: August, 18<7% per quarter: November. 19/2. Liverpool: October. 3 '7% per cental: December. 3 10March. 4/0%. " ' ' Chicago.—September. 65V* cents per bushel; December, 65; May, 65%.