WHEAT TRADING

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21034, 9 December 1933, Page 13

WHEAT TRADING

CARGOES, PARCELS, AND FUTURES LONDON AND LIVERPOOL QUOTATIONS (OKIiMD PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT ZLBCTXIC TILXOBATH—COPYXIGRT.) (Received December 8, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 7. Trading in wheat cargoes is inactive. Parcels are inclined to ease. Futures are quoted— Dec. 4. Dec. 7. s. d. s. d. London (a quarter) December .. 18 5 18 3 February .. 18 6 18 4 April .. 18 9 18 7£ Liverpool (a cental)— December .. 42g 4 Ig March .. 45g 44f May .. 4 7 | 4 e-t July .. Spot trade is quietly steady. Australian ex ship 24s to 265. CHICAGO FUTURES NEW YORK, December 7. Chicago wheat futures are quoted: Cents a bushel. Dec. 5. Dec. 7. Decern bee .. 84| 84i May .. 861 87 ~ July .. 85J 85 J New York (cash) .. 96j 96i BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—ET ELtCTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 8, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 7. The following j» the Bnnk of England return for tho week ending December 7:— ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £ £ Not.es Issued— Govt. debt. 11,015,1C0 In circula- Other Govt. tion .. 374,881,145 securities 242,376,050 In bank. Other secuing dept. 75,757,228 rites .. 2,905,817 Silver coin 3,642,433 Fiduciary issue .. 200,000,000 • Gold coin & bullion 190,038,373 Total 450,636,373 Total 450,038,373 BANKING DEPARTMENT. £ * Proprietors' Govt, secucapital . 14,553,000 ritiea . 78,010,092 The rest . 3,327,147 Other sectlPublic de- lities—posits . 0,890,165 Discounts Other ' and addeposits— vancrs . 8,495,644 Bankers' 115,873,179 Securities 13,658,108 Other acs. 3G,414,031 Notes .. 75,757,228 Seven-day Gold and and other silver coin 1,137,079 bills .. 929 Total 177,064,751 Total 177,064,751 Proportion of reserve to liabilties, 48.30 per cent.; short-dated bills, J per cent.; three months' bills, 1 3-32 per cent. The fiduciary issue of .f200,000,000 consists of the following:—Government debt, other Government securities, other securities, and silver coin.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (Received December 8 55 p.m.) LONDON December 7 The following are the atest quotations of Government securities compared with the prices ruling on November 30:Last Week. This Week. £ s. d. £ s. d. <. . 74 0 0 *73 12 6 Funding h-.nn, 4 p.«,-. J 009*70 110 15 0 no 10 0 p.c. War I/oan 100 5 0 100 7 6 Conversion Loan, Hi p.c. 300 15 0 100 12 6 Victory Bonds, 4 p.c. 109 10 0 105 7 6 Commonwealth, 5 p.c., 3945-75 110 10 0 *108 0 0 Commonwealth, 6 p.c., 1931-41 Commonwealth, 3£ 100 0 0 100 0 0 p.c., 1936-37 101 3 9 101 ' 5 0 Victoria, 3 p.c., 3 929-40 92 6 n *92 0 0 Victoria, 3} p.c., 1929-49 97 10 0 97 0 0 Victoria, 5i p.c. 1930-40 102 0 0 101 17 6 Victoria, 5 p.c., 1932-12 101 2 6 101 15 0 Victoria, 4 2 p.c., 1940-60 105 10 0 ■■107 10 0 "New .South Wales, f> p.c., 19;;5 . . 100 10 0 100 12 6 New South Wale*, 3i l>.c., 1930-50 97 10 0 *95 15 0 Queensland, 5 p.c., Stock. redeemable .19-10-60 J 07 « 3 107 I s Queensland, 3 p.c., 1922-47 92 J 2 € '9? 0 0 New Zealand, 4.5 p.c., 1P45-58 107 6 3 107 5 0 New Zealand, 33 p.c., 1940 101 2 6 *99 15 0 New Zealand, 3 p.c., 1945 .. 95 15 0 95 1 3 New Zealand, 6 p.c., 1936-51 107 2 6 107 0 0 South Australia, p.c., 1939 . . 101 0 0 *100 0 0 South Australia, 3 p.c., 1916 or after 79 lu 0 *78 0 0 Tasmania, 35 p.c., 1920-40 101 0 0 99 7 6 Tasmania, 3 p.c., 1920-40 98 0 0 J 96 17 G Western Australia, p.c., 1920 3 Ji 101 0 0 101 0 0 Western AnMraih, 3 p.c.. i 91 5-3 5 100 () 0 J00 5 0 ■ 1 x dividend.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES (liKlTltfll OFFICIAL WIUKLESS.) RUGBY, December 7. Par. Dec.6. Dee. 7. J'ana, fr. to il .. lit.'.'! So 9-32 S3 15-32 >. c.v York, dol. toil. ■I.Sii'i 5.12i 5.10; Montreal, clol. to i'l 4. sot; 5.051 5.04 Brussels, bclgas toi'I 35 23.17 '.-3.5.V llonijvu, fr. io £1 25.2215 16.83 ' 1C.8G Amsterdam, 11. io £1 12.107 S.10 8.1.'! Milan, lire to £1 .. y-2.4U 01 13-10 02 reichmarken io fl .. 20.43 ] 3.(50 Stockholm, kr. to it 18.150 19.394 19.33 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 I8.i5a 22.40 22.10 Oslo, kr. to £1 .. 18.lay 19.90 19.90 Vienna, schgs. to £1 34.585 30 29g Prague, kr. to ±'1 .. 165.23 1095 H0i Helsingfors, marks to i'l 193.23 226J 225 17-S2 Madrid, pesetas to i'l 25.2215 3y 15-16 39 31-32 Lisbon, cseudo3 to £1 110 no no Athens, drach to i'l 375 5G5 570 Bucharest, lei to £1 818.fi 550 550 Uelgride, dinars .. 25.£2115 212 210 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milrcis 4.802 1£ 4 it (officiatl (offieinb Buenos Aires, ponce to dol. 35.577 (official) (official) Montevideo, pence to dol. 51 35?t 35j Bombay, pence to (official) (official) rupee .. 19 IS 1-S2 18 1-32 Shanghai, pence to dol. * 15 11-16 15 11-16 Hong Kong, pence to dol « 17 8-16 17 8-16 Yokohama, pence to yen 24.57 14 19-32 ■Warsaw, par zlotys to .. 43.36 99 Batavia, guilder .. 12.107 S.17 8.09 * Determined hy price of bUtm.