OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28150, 13 December 1956, Page 19

OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

SYDNEY

Leading industrials were steady on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Textiles were steady, metals slightly firmer. Commonwealth loans steady, oils irregular and uraniums inactive. Sales.—Com. of Sydney, £2O 10s; Nat., 12s 6d paid, 20s; Nat., 20s paid, 32s 10y 2 d; Bank N.S.W., £34 12s 6d; Tooheys, 23s 10>/ 2 d; Tooths, 475; British Tobacco, 33s 1 1 ,2 d; Broken Hill Pty., 45s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £42 12s 6d; Courtaulds, 19s 9d; Drug Houses, 29s 3d; Dunlop, 33s 6d; Elec. Zinc, pref., 63s 3d; Gen. Industries, 2s; Henry Jones. 49s 9d; I.C. Industries, 48s 6d; Morts Dock, lis 3d; New Zealand Forest. 225; Waltons, 14s 4d; Winchcombe, 41s; Woolworths, 17s; Mount Lyell, 30s; Consol. Zinc, 85s; Mount Isa, 34s 6d; North Broken Hill, £6 17s; Soiith Broken Hill, 83s 6d; Ampol Petroleum, Ils lOd; Ampol Exploration, 14s lid; A.0.E., paid, 4s 8d; Oil Search, Us 7d, and rts., 6s sd; Peko, 8s 8d; N.U.D., 12s. MELBOURNE The undertone of the investment market showed further improvement, but trading remained below average. Turnover of mining shares was again light and prices were easier. Sales.—N.S.W., £34 10s; A.W.A., 10s sd; Goldsbrough, 33s 3d; G. J. Coles, 19s; Ampol, Ils lid, 4s paid, 10s 2d, and options, 2s 3d; Assoc. Pulp. 33s 6d; A.C.1., 555; A.P.M., 23s 3d; Brit. Tobacco, 33s 3d; 8.H.P., 45s 6d; Containers, 19s lOd; Drug Houses, 295; Dunlop, 33s 6d; Electro. Zinc. 63s 6d, and pref., 645; Felt and Textiles, 23s 9d; Gordon and Gotch, 17s lid; Herald, 21s Id; 1.C.1.A.N.Z., 48s 3d; Kauri Timber, 24s 4d; N.Z. Forest. 22s sd; Olympic, 7s 4d; Consol. Zinc, 85s; Mount Isa, 34s 6d; Mount Lyell. 30s; N.A.U.C., 7s; Uranium Mines, 12s 2d; Mount Morgan. 225; Oil Search, Ils 4d, and rights, 6s 3d; Santos, 6s. LONDON Banks and debentures quoted on Tuesday were:—A.N.Z. Bank, 33s 3d*; Bank Aust., buyers 13s, sellers 14s; E.-, S., and A., £7 2s 6d, £7 7s 6d; Nat. Bank Aust., 25s 3d. 26s 3d; Bank N.S.W., £26 10s, £27 10s; Brit. Tob., 25s 3d, 26s 3d; Goldsbrough Mort, 255, 265; Dalgety, 10s 7 1 / 2 d*; Nat. Bank N.Z., 32s 9d*; Aust. Merc. Land and Finance. £77, £79; Dalgety, 4 per cent., 1975-80, £7B, £80; N.Z. Loan and Merc., ord., 4 per cent., £63, £65; N.Z. Loan and Merc., ord. stock, 19s 6d, 20s 6d; P. and O. deferred (mid-rate), 33s 7«/ 2 d. * Sale price. Minings: 8.H.P., 355; Consolidated Zinc, 68s.