OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27962, 8 May 1956, Page 17

OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

SYDNEY Commonwealth loans, key industrials and metals, were irregular on the Svdnev Stock Exchange yesterday. Textiles and oils were a little firmer and uraniums closed steady. Sales.—Comm, of Sydney. £2O 3s; Bank of New South Wales. £3l 12s 6d and April, paid. £3l 2s 6d; Tooheys, 265; Tooths. 48s 9d; A.W.A.. 5s paid, 16s 9d; A.C.1., 525: Bradford Cotton. 375: British Tobacco. 33s 4Jd; 8.H.P., 41s; Burns, Philp. 55s 9d: Colonial Sugar, £39 15s: David •Tones. 54s 3d; Drug Houses. 31s 6d: Dunlop, 295; Electrolytic Zinc, pref., 44s 6d: Felt and Textiles, 25s 4Jd; Gen. Industries. 28s 9d: Goldsbrough, Mort, 33s Jld.’ H. Jones, 40s; 1.C.1., 45s 6d: Waltons. 14s 2d: Woolworths, 19s 10id, and Prop., Pr.. ord.. 17s; Assoc. News, pref., 18s 6d: Mount Isa, 255; North Broken Hill. 123 s (L.D.); South 8.H., 79s 3d; Ampol Petrol, Ils 3d: A.0.E., paid. 4s 3-Jd: Oil Search. 14s lid; New Guinea Gold, 2s 2Jd; Aust. Uran Corp., 3s; North Uran. Development, 6s lOd; Uran. Dev., Is lOd. MELBOURNE On the Melbourne Stock Exchange yesterday investment trading dropped to a low level. Prices held round steady rates with rises and falls almost balancing. Mining turnover was small. Rises exceeded falls, but few variations were more than 3d. Sales.—Commercial Bank. 17s 10d: Carlton Brewery. 17s 6d; Amal. Wireless, 16s 9d: Goldsbrough. 345; G. J. Coles, 18s; Myer, 13s 9d; Ampol. Ils 2d. prepaid 9s lOd and options 2s 3d; Assoc. Pulp, 30s; A.C.1., 51s 6d: A.P.M.. 21s 7d and do.. pref.. 18s; 8.H.P., 41s; Drug Houses, 31s 6d; Dunlop, 28s 6d; Electro. Zinc. 48s 6d: Gordon and Gotch, 17s 9d; Herald. 19s 6d; Humes. 50s 6d; 1.C.1., A.. N.Z.. 455: N.Z. Forest. 22s 9d: Olympic, 7s 6d: Patons and Baldwins. 21s; Mount Isa. 24s 9d: Mt. Lyell, 29s 3d; North Broken Hill. 122 s 6d; Peko Mines. 8s lOd; Uranium Mines. 6s 9d: Emperor Mines, 10s 9d; Northern Hercules. 6s 6d; Oil Search, 14s 8d; Santos. 7s 5d and rts., 4s 9d: Woodside, 8s lOd.