OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27928, 27 March 1956, Page 17

OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

SYDNEY . Commonwealth loans, oils, and uraniums were weaker on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Leading industrials and textiles were steady and metals irregular. Sales.— Commercial of Australia, 18s; New South Wales, £3l 12s 6d, and rights, £5 10s; Tooheys, 255; Tooth, 50s; A.C.1., 52s 3d; Bra Cot, 37s 6d; British Tobacco, 335; Broken Hill Proprietary, 40s; Burns. Philp, 50s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £39 2s 6d; David Jones, 55s 9d; Drug Houses, 30s lid; Dunlop, 28s 6d; Goldsbrough, 33s 7Jd; H. Jones, 51s; Waltons, 16s 6d; Woolworths, 19s; Yarra Falls, 28s 3d; Associated News, 22s 6d; Mount Isa, 25s 6d; New Broken Hill, 575; Ampol Petroleum, 12s; Associated Freney, Is 8d; A.0.E., paid, 4s 9d; Oil Search, 14s 7d; Peko, 9s lOd; Australian Uranium Corporation, 3s 9d; North Broken Hill, £6 2s 6d; N.U.D., 5s 9d. MELBOURNE No definite trend was recorded in the investment section, and prices moved within narrow limits. Turnover was moderate. Mining trading was quieter, but prices were mostly firm. An exception was Santos, which dropped Is 9d. Sales.—Commercial Bank, 17s 8d; New South Wales, rights, £5 10s; Carlton Brewery, 19s sd; Goldsbrough, 33s 6d; G. J. Coles, 17s; Myer, 13s 6d; Woolworths, 19s; Ampol. 12s 2d, and Is paid. 6s 9d; A.ssociated Pulp, 29s 6d; British Tobacco, 32s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 39s 9d. and 13s 4d cap. paid, 28s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £3B 17s 6d; Drug Houses, 29s 8d; Dunlop, 28s 3d; Felt ar d Textiles, 25s 3d, and pref.. Ils lOd; Gordon and Gotch, 18s. Herald, 21s; Humes, 48s 9d; 1.C.1.A.N.Z., 45s 3d; Kauri Timber, 295. and new, 28s 3d; N.Z. Forest, pref., 21s 6d; Olympic, 7s lid; Pa tons, 22s 6d: Consolidated Zinc, 66s 6d; Mount Isa, 25s 9d; Mount Lyell, 34s 6d; N.A.U.C., 3s 9d; Uranium Development, 2s 2d; Uranium Mines. 5s 9d; Mount Morgan, 29s 8d; Ampol Exploration, 18s 4d; Oil Search. 14s 9d; Santos, 15s 6d; Woodside, 9s Id.