STOCKS IN NEW YORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 145, 20 June 1940, Page 4

STOCKS IN NEW YORK.

Dow Jones' averages (1926 equal* 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange are as follow:— . 2© Rail- 30 Indus- Shares roads. trials. sold. June 13 .... 24.47 1i».91 380,000 June 14 .... 24.87 122.27 050.000 June 17 20.04 122.80 1,210,000 June 18 25.63 123.21 720,000 June 19 .... 25.73 123.68 560,000 Highest in 1939: Railroads, 35.90 (September 7); industrials, 151.22 (September 12). Lowest in 1939: Railroads, 24.15 (April 18); industrials, 121.4 (April 8). STOCKS IN LONDON. - Stock indices compiled by the "Financial Times" are a* follow (October 15, 1926, equals 100):— Govt. Home Indue- Goldsecurities, ralle. trials, mines. June 12 ... 108.9 39.2 77.2 161.8 June 13 ... 108.8 38.8 76.8 160.3 Jun« 14 ... 108.1 37.7 75.7 158.5 June 17 ... 105.6 35.9 72.0 151.2 June 18 ... 105.9 34.2 70.2 147.0 Jnne 19 ... 107.2 34.0 70.6 148.8 FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 19. Foreign exchange rates are:—New York Slollar), 4.00%; Montreal (dollar), 4.45; ongkong (dollar), 14 63-64; Shanghai (dollar), 3 29-32; Stockholm (kr.), 16.80; Batavia (fl.), 7.44 to 7.54; Geneva (fr.), 17.90; Bombay (rupee), 18d; Kobe (yen), 16 3-16; Buenos Ayree (pee.), 17.065. WHOLESALE EGG PRICES. The Auckland Egg Marketing' Committee announces that egg prices are as follow:—Hen: First grade, large size, 2/7% per dozen; firet grade, medium size, 2/3%; first grade, small eize, 1/11%. Duck: First grade, large eize, 2/3%; first grade, medium size, 2/1%; first grade, small eize, 1/11%. Country storekeepers' minimum buying prices for large size eggs are:—Hen, 2/0%; duck, 1/9%.