SYDNEY SHAREMARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 87, 14 April 1941, Page 4

SYDNEY SHAREMARKET.

DEPRESSED BEFORE HOLIDAYS. : Sydney shore values shoved a gencrsxl tveak- ; ening tendency before the Faster vacation, and the Stock Exchange index for ordinary chares fell from 123.17 to 122.87. the lowest level since : March 17. 8.11.P. shares moved back t.o £ I 19 6. compared with £2 1/71 j a week previously. Aus- i tralian Consolidated Industries at £2 0 6 were ; 1 6 chcaper.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. DIVIDENDS. Due Woolworths (Syd.)—Final. 11l 3 p.c. April 15 Woolworths <N.Z.) —lnt., pref.. 4** p.c. April 15 Woolworths tVic.) —Int.. half-vear. vu . 3'a p.c. *pr:i 15 M.IC Manufnct —6 nr. *ivil 16 Dunedin Brewery, ann.. 5 p.c. April 19 Drug Houses —3 p.c. . April 30 British Tobacco —Int.. quarterly, pf.. 6 1: - p c.. p.a. April 30 New Auckland Laundry, 3 p.c. p.a. April 30 ! Aust. Iron and Steel.—Final, p!.. £2 18'1'i p.c. May 1 I William Cable —Half-year, pf., 3 1 a p.r. May 1 , D.l.C.—ln*., b n.c. pa Mav 1 i Mosglel Wool. int.. half-year. 4 pc. May 14 ' NEW YORK SHARE VALUES, j Dow Jones' sverage (192G cnuals 100) and turn-t over on Ihe New York Stock Exchansc arc as follow:— j 20 30 Shores Railroads. Industrials. sold. April 8 28.40 121.21 710.000 I April 9 ... 28.33 118.85 830 000 ! April 10 28.11 119 66 380 000 I April 12 27 80 1 18.60 290.000 • Highest and Lowest In 1010 —Ralls 38 07-2' '5- ! Industrials. 152.80- —111.84. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES, j LONDON. April 12 i Foretell exchanee rates are:—New York idol i ! 4 03: Montreal (dol.l. 4.45; Honirfcons irini ) isW ' Shsnshal (dol.l. 3 0-32 d: Stockholm fkr i 'lU9O : ' Batavia (fl.>. 7.44 to 7.51: Geneva (kr.i. 17 35 : I Calcutta (rupee). 17 3-32 d: Kobe ivcni 14> ,d • Buenos Ayrcs (pes.). 70.013.1. ' I