OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27924, 22 March 1956, Page 17

OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

SYDNEY Commonwealth loans were stronger on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Key industrials, metals, and uraniums were variable, oils weaker, and textiles very steady. Sales.—Comm, of Aust., 18s; National, 12s 6d paid, 19s 4Jd; Bank N.S.W., £3l 10s; rights. £5 8s; Tooheys, 255; Tooths, 50s; Anthony Hordern, 355; Brad. Cotton, 37s 3d; Broken Hill Pty., 40s; Colonial Sugar, £3B 17s 6d: Drug Houses, 30s 7Jd; Dunlop, 28s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 33s 6d; H. Jones, 51s; 1.C.1., 44s 6d; Waltons, 16s 4Jd; Winchcombe. 395; Woolworths, 19s; Associated News, 22s 3d; pref., 18s 6d; Associated Oil, Is 4d; Associated Freney, Is 10d; A.0.E., paid, 5s 6d; Oil Search, 14s 6d; Mount Morgan, 29s 6d; Peko, 10s Id: Australian Uranium Corpn., 3s lOd; N.A.U.C., 3s 8d; Uranium Development, 2s 4d

MELBOURNE Investments were moderately active at steady to firm prices. Rises exceeded falls but few variations exceeded 3d. Mining turnover dropped slightly, although most prices tended to firm. Woodside provided an exception. The old shares dropped 4d. after sales down to 5s lid. The market closed at 7s 9d. Santos failed to respond to the report of oil traces. Other mining was quiet.

Sales—Commercial Bank, 18s; N.S.W., rights, £5 Ils: A.W.A., 17s 3d: G. J. Coles, 17s 1-d: Myer. 13s 4d; Woolworths, 19s Id; Ampol, 12s 3d; and. Is paid, 6s lid; A.C.1., 525; A.P.M., 22s 6d: British Tobacco. 32s 9d; Broken Hill Pty., 40s; aid. 13s 4d cap. paid, 28s 9d; Drug Houses, 30s 9d; Electro. Zinc, 47s 3d; and,'pref., 455; Gordon and Gotch, 18s 3d; Henry Berry. 15s; Herald, 21s; Hume. F. E., 18s 9d; 1.C.1.,' A., N.Z., 44s 3d; Kauri, new. 275; Olympic, 7s lid; Patons, 22s 8d; Broken Hill South. 75s 9d; Mount Isa. 245: Mount Lyell, 34s 4d; N.A.U.C., 3s 8d; Uranium Mines, 5s 8d: Emperor, 10s 3d: Mount Morgan, 29s 9d; Ampol Exploration, 18s 9d; Oil Search, 14s 3d; Woodside, 7s 9d. LONDON Tuesday’s sales of banks and debentures included A.N.Z. Bank, 35s 4Jd; C.8.A., 13s 4Jd; E., S., and A. Bank.‘buy 91s 3d, sell 96s 3d; National Bank Aust., buy 22s 9d. sell 24s 9d; Bank N.S.W.. £23 ss; British Tobacco, buy 26s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, buy 265. sell 275; Dalgety, 9s; National Bank N.Z., buy 275, sell 28s 6d; Loan, Mercantile, buy 19s 6d. sell 20s 6d; P. and O. (middle price), 30s 6d. Minings.—Broken Hill North. 94s 6d; Consolidated Zinc, 525: New Broken Hill. 445; Mount Isa, 18s 7Jd.