Commercial News
ON 'CHANGE
MARKET QUIET AND FIRM
The week opened fairly quietly on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day, with stocks at firm levels and sellers tending to hold aloof. Support for most Australian shares was slightly firmer, and Colonial Sugars gained a further 5/ to sell at £55 5/. English, Scottish and Australian Banks were firmer at £4 1/. In the industrial group, Union Oil, Soap and Candles had first business since September, showing, at fl 8/4, a rise of lOd. Gilt-edged issues were unchanged. SALES COMPLETED At the 9.45 a.m. call to-day:—E-, S. and A. Bank, £4 1/ (£4 0/6); Bank N.Z., £2 0/8 (2); Colonial Sugar, £55 5/ (£55): K.D.V. Boxes, 11/; At the 11.45 a.m. call to-day:—National Timber, 9/ (9/2); Union Oil and Soap. £1 8/4 (£1 7/6). Woolworths (N.Z.), 15/6. Last bale price In parentheses where changed. LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Commercial Bank Australia . 16/0 .. 16/6 National Bank N.Z 2/10/6 .. — Bank New South Wales ... 31/17/6 — Bank New, Zealand 2/0/7 .. 2/0/3 Bank N.Z. (D Mortg.) .... 1/11/6 .. 1/12/3 National Insurance 1/1/6 .. 1/2/6 New Zealand Insurance .... 3/18/0 .. 3/19/0 South British Insurance .... 3/8/3 .. 3/9/6 Standard Insurance 3/9/0 .. 3/11/0 Dominion Investment 1/0/6 .. — Farm. Co-op. Auct (£5 pd.) 4/11/0 .. 4/14/0 N.Z. Guarantee 3/4 .. — N.Z. Loan & Mercantile .. 31/0/0 .. 36/0/0 Pukemiro Coal (ex div.) ... 17/0 .. 18/0 Auckland Gas 7/0 .. 7/2 Devonport Ferry 1/4/3 .. — Huddart Parker (ord.) 2/7/9 .. — Kauri Timber *.... 1/4/9 .. — Kaiapoi Woollen (con.) .... 7/0 .. 8/3 Timaru Woollen 19/3 .. 1/0/0 Ballins Breweries 14/0 .. 15/6 Dominion Breweries (ord.) .. 1/13/9 .. — New Zealand Breweries .... 1/17/0 .. 1/18/0 Ausfc. Consolid. Industries ~ 2/10/6 .. — British Tobacco 2/7/6 .. 2/8/6 Broken Hill Proprietary .... 2/0/10 .. 2/1/6 Claude Neon (N.Z.) 1/4/0 .. — Colonial Sugar 55/5/0 .. 55/10/0 Dental and Medical 19/6 .. — Electrolytic Zinc (pf.) 2/15/0 .. 2/17/3 Farmers' Trading 1/1/7 .. 1/1/10 G. J. Coles 2/16/3 .. — Hill and Plummer 1/7/6 .. 1/10/0 McKendrick Bros, (ord.) -. 1/1/0 .. — McKenzies 2/3/0 .. — M.K. Manufacturers 6/3 .. — N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer .... 19/9 .. 1/1/0 N.Z. Refrig. (paid) 1/3/6 .. — Peters Ice Cream (N.Z.) .. 19/0 .. 1/0/6 Reid Rubber 1/6/3 .. 1/7/3 Sharland (ord.) 1/5/9 .. — Sharland (pref.) 1/6/3 .. — Taranaki Oil Fields 3/8 .. 4/3 Wilsons Cement 18/0 .. 18/3 Woolworths (N.Z.) 15/2 .. 15/6 Woolworths Properties 1/6/6 .. — Woolworths (Sydney) 15/9 .. 16/3 Martha Mines 9/9 .. . — Waihi Investments 4/3 .. 4/10 Emperor 13/6 .. 14/6 Loloma 1/1/0 .. 1/4/0 War Loans: 1/10/53 94/10/0 .. 94/15/0 15/5/48, 2Vz p.c 98/0/0 .. — 15/5/53-56, 3 p.c 99/2/6 .. 99/5/0 Inscribed Stock: 15/9/57-60, 3i p.c 100/17/6 .. — 15/4/46-49, 4 p.c 103/15/0 .. 104/5/0 15/5/49-52, 4 p.c 105/5/0 .. — Auck. Gas perp. deb stk 87/0/0 .. — SOUTHERN EXCHANGES Wellington, this day.—War Loan, 1/8/51-54, 3 per cent, £98 15/; Broken Hill Proprietary, £2 1/ (2); Wellington Wool (ord.), £8 5/; Woolworths (N.Z.), 15/6. Christchurch, this day.—Reported: Dominion Breweries (late Friday), £1 14/; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) (ex div.), £2 16/V/ Z .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19430405.2.98
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 80, 5 April 1943, Page 5
Word Count
437Commercial News Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 80, 5 April 1943, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in