OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGES

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28480, 9 January 1958, Page 14

OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGES

SYDNEY Key Industrials, uraniums and Commonwealth loans were firm on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Textiles and oils were weaker. Metals were steady. Sales.—A.N.Z. Bank (M. reg.), 41s 6d; Comm. Aust., 18s 6d; Com. Sydney, £22 8s; Tooheys, 24s 9d; Tooth, 46s 3d; A.W.A., 10s 9d; A. Hordern, 24s 3d; A.C.1., 55s 6d; Brtish Tobacco, 31s 9d; 8.H.P., 42s 9d and rts., 225; Burns, Philp, 64s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £4l 15s; D. Jones, 43s 3d; Drug Houses, 32s 6d; Email. 6s 8d; Feltex, 24s 9d; G. J. Coles, 18s H. Jones, 625; Goldsbrough. Mort, 32s 9d; Waltons, 4s 2d paid, 17s; Woolworths, 17s 7*' a d; Mt. Isa, 28s North 8.H., 97s 6d; Ampol Pet., 13s 4d; Assoc. Freney, 7d; Oil Search, 5s lid; ,Mt. Morgan, 10s 6d; Peko, 4s 2d; Placer, 79s 6d; NA..U.C., Is 6d; United Uran., 8s 6d; Timor, ss.

Investment shares on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today maintained a steady tone with few market Variations. Herald rose 6d to close at 265. Mining shares were steady and Commonwealth Bonds maintained a firm trend.

Sales.—Commercial Bank, 18s 6d, Goldsbrough, 32s 8d; G. J. Coles, 18s; Myer, 21s 3d; Wool worths, 17s 7d; Ampol, 13s Id, and 2s paid, 9s, and prepaid. 12s Id; Assoc. Pulp, 30s 9d; Aust. Iron and Steel, pref., 7>,i per cent., 25s Id; A.C.1., 55s 9d; A.P.M., 28s; A.P.M., pref., 6 per cent., 19s 9d; Bradford Cotton, 365. British Tobacco, 31s 9d; 8.H.P., 43s 3d; and rts., 22s Id; Dunlop, 37s 3d; E.Z. Ind., 19s 3d; Herald, 265; Hume Far East, 22s 3d; Humes, 565; 1.C.1., A., N.Z., 565; and 13s 4d C paid, 46s 3d; Kauri Timber, 21s; N.Z. Forest, 20s 3d; Olympic, pref., 6 per cent., 19s lid; Patons and Baldwins, 31s; Mt. Isa, 28s; North Broken Hill, 98s; United Uranium, 8s 6d; N.A.U.C., Is 6d; Emperor, 6s; Mt. Morgan, pref., 7 per cent., 9s 2d; Ampol Exploration, 9s; Oil Search, 6s; Santos, 4s 4d; Timor, 5s 3d. LONDON London Stock Exchange mining sales on Tuesday included:—Broken Hill Pty., 345; Consol. Zinc, ord., 50s and pref., 12s 6d; New Broken Hill, 355; Mount Isa, 22s 3d; Kamunting, 8s 6d; Lake View and Star. 20s 3d; Paringa, Is 2Jd. Schedule Meat Prices (blew Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, January 8. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board announces the following schedule prices assessed by meat operators for the highest grades in each class of meat and payable in the South Island for the week ending January 11, 1958: Lamb, 281 b and under, 24d; lamb, 29 to 361 b, 22d; hoggets, 481 b and under, 14Jd; wether, 481 b and under. 13Jd; ewes, 481 b and under, 5%d. Frozen baby ox beef, under 6401 b, 80s; frozen baby heifer beef, under 6401 b, 72s 6d; ox beef, g.a.q., under 8001 b, 80s; heifer beef, g.a.q., under 8001 b, 72s 6d; cow beef, g.a.q., 655; boner cow beef, 955; boner bull beei. 100 s.

Quotations for beef are at per 1001 b and the remainder at per lb. Wether and hoggets schedules are based on lib wool pull, ewe schedules on V 2 lb wool pull. There were no deficiency payments for the period.

Butter Prices.—Danish butter on the United Kingdom market was reduced on Monday afternoon by 18s to 267 s per cwt, c.iX, reports the New Zealand Dairy Products Marketing Commission, New Zealand remained at 2605, ex store, and there were some small changes in the prices for other origins. New Zealand finest white cheese is still quoted at 131 s, ex store, at which price there was a good trade last week. There was also a ready sale of New Zealand coloured cheese, which opened on Monday at 1965, ex store. United Kingdom produced Cheddars were quoted at 135 s to 140 s Tallow.—C.i.f. quotations on the London tallow market on January 3, with figures for December 20 in parenthesis, were: good colour mixed. £B2 10s to £B3 (£83); good gut, £76 10s (same); edible mutton, £77 (same); edible beef, £B3 (£B2 to £B3).