SHAREMARKET INDICES
Comparative indices are:— New York.—Dow Jones Shares Rails. Indus. sold April 29 .. 160.52 425.65 2.230.00C May 31 .. 159.87 424.86 1.990.000 June 30 .. 160.95 451.38 2.370.000 July 29 .. 158.19 465.85 2,450.000 August 31 .. 157.14 468.18 1.850.000 Sept. 30 .. 155.05 466.62 2.140.000 October 3* .. 149 53 454.87 1,800.000 Nov. 30 .. 166 65 483 26 2.900.000 Dec. 30 .. 163.29 488.40 2.820.00C Jan. 30 .. 155.10 467.50 1.830.000 Feb ?.9 .. 159.62 483.65 3.900.000 March 29 .. 171.82 511.79 3,480.000 April 2 .. 172.37 515.10 3.120,000 April 30 .. 176.63 516.12 2.730.000 May 1 .. 176.53 513.96 2.500.000 May 2 .. 113.14 512.73 2,440.000 May 3 .. 178.01 514.03 2,640,000 London.— Financial Times: Indus, ord. (1936 equals 100); Govt, and gold (1929 equals 100):— Indus, ord. Govt. Gold March 31 .. 181.9 99.93 87.90 April 29 .. 182.7 96.49 85 07 May 31 .. 197.0 95.30 84.41 June 30 .. 214.3 94.06 85.82 July 29 .. 215.8 92.60 84 10 August 31 .. 194.1 88.27 86 48 Sept 30 .. 191.0 89 72 84 68 October 31 191.1 91.64 79 03 Nov. 30 .. 190.3 90.78 76 10 Dec. 12 .. 198.1 90.53 •87 1 Jan 4 .. 203.4 90.16 t86 7 Jan 31 .. 187.4 88.17 82 5 Feb 28 .. 177.9 88.15 90 6 March 29 .. 180.1 86 50 85 5 April 26 .. 191.2 87.42 82.0 May 1 .. 191.2 87.90 80.8 May 2 .. 192.3 •New series 88.13 begins 80.7 t-Ex dividend (equala 88.1 cum div.)
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27962, 8 May 1956, Page 17
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