AUSTRALIA All sectors firm

Press, 26 December 1985, Page 14

AUSTRALIA All sectors firm

NZPA-AAP Sydney Australian sharemarkets closed firmer on Tuesday, with end-of-year book squaring pushing the market up. Trading was restricted to half a day. The market will reopen tomorrow. At the close of trading the all-ordinaries index had gained 3.7 points to 994.4, the allindustrials index improved 4.6 points to 1469.2, and the allresources index put on 2.9 points to 628.0. The gold index was up 2.4 points to 480.9. Turnover was 27.6 M shares, worth sAust47.2M, rises outnumbering falls 151 to 139. Predictions of a fresh raid on BHP by the Bell chief, Mr Robert Holmes aCourt failed to eventuate. BHP closed 6c up at 876 after reaching a high of 880 with about 500,000 shares traded. Among other market leaders Bell Resources fell 14c to 510 and CSR, with about 1.76 M shares traded, lost 1c to 358. Heavy-weight miners traded thinly, but with a firmer bias, the majors recording gains. Peko gained 10c to 495, CRA 6c to 536, MIM 3c to 265 and Western Mining 2c to 317. Gold stocks were firmer, with Emperor up 15c to 285, Sons of Gwalia 5c to 300 and Central Norseman 4c to 610. x In the oil and gas sector Bridge Oil was heavily traded, with about 700,000 shares sold overseas in special sales. It finished unchanged at 400 while Santos lost 2c to 526.

About 6M Pioneer Concrete shares were traded, making it the day’s most traded share. It surged up 8c to 248. Elsewhere on the industrial board, lEL gained 26c to 650 ex-bonus, the Bell Group put on 10c to 610 and Coles gained 3c to 417. Adsteam lost 10c to 980 and Fairfax 2c to 650. Banks were steady with the

ANZ on 430, Westpac on 450 and the National Australia Bank on 460. Closing

quotes Last Industrial Buy Sell sale ACI 80 282 280 AGC 240 245 245 ANI 270 270 ANZ 428 430 430 APM 284 285 284 AWA 576 580 576 AdelStm 976 980 980 Ad’tiser — 230 — AlliedMl 300 — Alpha 41 42 42 Amatil 600 610 600 Ampol 225 230 225 Ariadne 207 210 207 Ariadne dd 205 — — Arnotts 300 305 305 AFound 215 — — BHP 876 878 876 BellG 606 — 610 BondCorp 178 180 180 Boral 318 320 318 Borg-W 220 — — Brambles 425 440 422 Brierley 580 590 590 Bundaberg 212 215 — BurnsP 500 — 500 CIG 270 283 283 CSR 357 359 358 ChaseCrp — 410 410 CoalAll 470 480 470 Coles 415 — 417 Comalco 180 182 182 Costain 205 240 — Dunlop 240 — 238 Elders 298 300 300 opt 120 — — Email 167 170 — Equitcorp 184 185 185 FAI dd 444 445 445 FairfaxJ 650 660 650 FeltexNZ — 235 — Fletcher —- 260 —- Fortuna 90 92 — GPT 215 218 215 GPT nts 205 —— 208 GUD 230 240 — GGotch 300 340 300 Hanimex 80 83 — HardieJ 315 — 315 Herald — 510 Hooker 182 185 181 • Humes 170 172 172 ICI 220 225 217

lELGrwth — 105 - lELIncme — 90 — Impala InaEquit — 120 120 640 650 650 IntrTech 25 26 25 Jennings 200 202 200 JohnsPry 522 530 — JonesDav 1020 1025 1025 Jonray — 810 — Kern 225 230 —• Kernpref 210 — — Leighton 87 89 88 LLease 574 580 580 MLC 2700 2800 — MartinP dd 105 — MayneNic McPherson 325 195 340 210 325 197 Monier 195 200 — NZFor 170 190 170 NZI 135 140 — opt 108 — — NatAust 460 462 460 NatCons' 215 220 — NewsCorp 890 898 898 Nicholas 230 240 OPSM 285 290 285 Oakbridge 112 117 117 Olims 70 80 70 PetersSl 180 188 185 PioneerC 248 250 247 PioneerS 150 — 150 QBE 600 650 — Reckitt 345 355 —— Renco 155 156 156 RonJones 180 190 — Rothmans 630 640 630 • SmithHwd 440 445 440 Stockland 162 166 165 Sunshine 218 219 218 TNT 248 250 248 Taubmans 205 — 205 Tooth 510 520 — UnionC 320 340 320 Vapocure 270 280 280 Vestcorp 95 98 95 Walton 34 36 35 Wattie — 270 270 WaughJos 135 — WfieldHl 1300 1300 Westpac 450 452 450 Whitelnd 490 500 — Woolworth 345 — 345 Wormald 345 350 350 MINING Aberfoyle 830 — 830 Allstate 20 22 —■ Ashton 110 112 112 AustDevl 12 15 — BellRes dd 506 510 510 Bouganvle 190 192 190 CNGold 610 620 610 CRA 536 542 538 Carr Boyd 150 152 152 CMI 300 — ConsRtle 670 — 670 Cudgen — 280 — ERA 160 — 160 Emperor GMKalg 285 774 290 780 285 780 Hill50 27 28 27 Kidston 480 520 — MIM 265 270 265 MetalsEx 38 — 38 MidEMin 25 28 —- Niugini 205 210 210 NorthBH 227 229 228 NthFlndr 280 295 295 PancontM 175 180 175 Paringa — 95 95 opt — 17 — Peko 490 495 495 Placer 2400 2500 —- Poseidon 258 260 260 QldCoal 140 142 142 RGC 480 488 485 Southland 270 280 270 SthnPac 16 18 16 WMC 317 318 317 WestSand 152 —- 152 WhimCrk 240 245 — OILS AOG 135 140 — AmpolExp — 250 — Beach 70 75 — Bridge 200 210 200 Claremont 115 118 115 Crusader 180 185 185 Hartogen Magellan 190 200 190 220 230 220 Magnet 10 11 ■— Offshore 12 13 — OilSerch 30 33 32 PancontP 20 21 21 PekoOil 76 80 78 Santos 526 530 526 Vamgas 275 290 285 WeeksPet 620 644 620 Woodside 112 115 —