OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28368, 29 August 1957, Page 17

OVERSEAS EXCHANGES

Sydney Key industrials, metals and uraniums were irregular on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Commonwealth loans were steady and textiles and oils easier. Sales.—Comm, of Sydney, £2l 6s; National, 12s 6d paid. 22s 7|d: National, 20s 6d paid. 35s 3d; Tooheys. 24s 9d; Tooths. 49s 9d; British Tobacco. 32s 9d; Broken Hill Pty.. 56s 3d; Burns, Philp, 64s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £56; Courtaulds. 18s 10Id; Drug Houses. 32s 4Jd. and new 325; Felt and Textiles, 25s IJd; General Industries, 14s 6d: Coles. 18s, and new 18s: Goldsbrough, Mort, 36s 6d; H. Jones, 61s 9d; Humes, 57s 9d; I. 525; Morts Dock, 14s 8d; Waltons, 19s 4Jd, and 4s 2d paid 17s; Woolworths, 18s IJd, and rights 12s sd; Woolworths, N.Z., 21s 9d; Mt. Isa, 34s lOJd; New Broken Hill, 545; North Broken Hill, £6 19s; Ampol Petroleum. 13s Ud; Ampol Exploration, Us 7d; Associated Oil. UJd; Peko, 5s Id; Placer, £5 12s 6d: Timor Oil. 15s. MELBOURNE Investment stocks maintained a firm market on the Melbourne Stock Exchange yesterday. Humes rose Is 6d. " Mining stocks, with the exception of the silver-lead group, which dropped slightly, maintained their market. Turnover was moderate.

Sales.—Commercial Bank, 19s 3d; Carlton Brewery. 24s 3d; A.W.A., 10s 3d; Dalgety, rights. 10s; Goldsbrough, 36s 6d; G. J. Coles, 17s lid, new 17s lOd, and pref. 275; Myer, 19s 6d, and pref. 30s; Woolworths, 18s 3d, and rights 12s sd; Ampol, 13s 9d. and Is paid 8s Id; Associated Pulp, 37s 9d; A.C.1., 66s 6d; A.P.M., 28s 6d, and pref. 20s 3d; British Tobacco, rights. Us 6d; Broken Hill Pty., 565: Courtaulds, 18s Ud; Dunlop. 35s 3d: E.Z. Industries. 23s 8d; Gordon and Gotch, 20s 6d; Henry Jones, 61s 9d: Herald. 255; 1C.1., A.N.Z., 52s 3d; Kauri Timber. 24s 6d, and February 28 paid 23s Rd; N.Z. Forest, 21s 9d: Olympic. 8s 2d: Patons and Baldwins. 30s 3d: Broken Hill South, 92s 6d; Mt. Isa, 355; Mt. .Lyell, 26s sd; New Broken Hill, 54s 3d; North Broken Hill, £7: Commonwealth Mining, 13s 3d: N.A.U.C., Is lid; Uranium Development, 8d; United Uranium, 7s lid; Emperor Mines. 6s 6d; Mt. Morgan, Ils 4d; Ampol Exploration. Us 8d; CHI Search, 8s 3d; Timor Oil, 14s 6d; Woodside, 2s 3d. LONDON Tuesday’s sales and quotations included:— Aust, and N.Z. Bank, buyers 30s 6d, sellers 40s 6d; Commercial Bank of Aust., 14s 6d. 15s 6d; E., S., and A. Bank, 34s 4d*; National Bank of Aust., 28s. 295; Bank of New South Wales, £32 Is 3d*; British Tobacco, 24r 6d, 25s 3d; Goldsbrough. Mort, 295. 30s; Dalgety, 34s 6d*; National Bank of N.Z., 28s 9d*; Aust. Mercantile Land and Finance. £69, £7l; Dalgety. 4 per cent., 1975-80, £7l, £73; N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, ord. 4 per cent., £59, £6O; N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, ord. stock, 235. 245; P. and O. Deferred (mid price), 31s 4Jd. •Sales.

Minings.—Broken Hill South. 765: Broken Hill Pty.. 45s 3d; Consolidated Zinc, ord., 70s 3d, and pref. 12s 3d; New Broken HUI. 44s 4Ad: Mt. Isa, 27s 3d.