Australian prices easier

Press, 28 December 1985, Page 21

Australian prices easier

NZPA Sydney Australian sharemarkets closed firmer yesterday in lacklustre trading with end-of-year book squaring pushing up prices. Turnover was a light 29.2 M shares worth sAust4s.9M, rises outnumbering falls 143 to 136. Brokers said heavy trading in three stocks — Westpac (Westpac), the National Australia Bank and CSR — provided half the day's turnover. More than 2M shares traded in both Westpac and the

National Australia banks. Westpac steadied on 450 while the National lost 14c to 446, after paying a 14c dividend. The ANZ added 8c to 438. About 1.7 M CSR shares traded at a steady 358 with Bell Resources unchanged on 510. By the close of trading, the all-ordinaries index had risen 3.0 points to 997.2, the allindustrials marker had gained 3.3 points to 1472.7 and the allresources index had put on 2.7 points to 6302. The gold index was up 7.7 points to 830.5.

Closing quotes Buy Sell Sale 280 285 282 ACI 240 245 240 AGC — 200 — AMI Tyota 273 — 272 ANI 435 438 438 ANZ 284 286 285 APM 576 580 - AWA 960 980 — AdelStm •—» 230 — Ad’tiser 300 310 - Allied Ml 39 40 39 Alpha 604 610 604 Amatil 220 — 225 Ampol 207 210 210 Ariadne 205 — 205 Ariadne dd 300 305 — Arnotts 215 — — AFound 880 882 880 BHP 630 640 620 BellG — 178 178 Bond Corp 318 320 320 Boral 220 — 220 BorgW 425 430 — Brambles 586 590 590 Brierley 205 215 — Bundaberg 500 — — BurnsP — 280 276 CIG 356 358 358 CSR — — — C’maine — 410 — ChaseCrp 470 480 470 CoalAll 415 417 415 Coles 180 182 — Comalco 205 240 — Costain — 248 248 Dunlop 302 304 302 Elders 120 — — opt 167 170 170 Email 170 178 178 Equitcorp 445 — — Equitcorp 445 FAI dd 650 660 — FairfaxJ — 235 — FeltexNZ — - 260 — Fletcher — 92 — Fortuna 215 218 220 GPT 205 — 208 GPT nts 230 240 - GUD 300 340 300 G Gotch 83 — 83 Hdnimex 317 320 317 Hardie J — 490 490 Herald 182, 184 183 Hooker 170 172 172 Humes 220 — 225 ICI 105 — IEL Grwth 80 100 — IEL Incme 636 120 644 — Impala 640 Ind Equit 25 26 — Intr Tech 200 — 200 Jennings 522 524 — Johns Pry 1020 1025 1020 Jones Dav — 810 — Jonray — 250 — Kern 210 — — Kern pref 87 88 88 Leighton 574 580 580 L Lease 2700 2800 - MLC — — Martin Pr 325 — — Mayne Nic 195 — 200 McPherson 195 200 ’ 195 Monier 1100 1120 — Morris P 170 190 - NZFP 135 138 138 NZI Corp 108 — — opts 446 450 446 Nat Aust 215 220 — Nat Cons 900 904 900 News Corp 235 240 235 Nicholas 285 — 290 OPSM 115 117 115 Oakbridge 70 80 — Olims 180 185 185 Peters SI 252 — 252 Pioneer C 150 155 — Pioneer S 600 650 - QBE 350 — 350 Reckitt 155 156 156 Repco 180 190 — Rob Jones 630 640 — Rothmans 440 445 440 Smith Hwd 166 168 167 Stockland 215 218 218 Sunshine 244 250 250 TNT 196 — 200 Taubmans 510 520 510 Tooth 320 340 — Union C 270 — 280 Vapocure 95 98 — Vestcorp 35 36 35 Walton 260 270 - Wattle 135 — — Waugh Jos 1300 1330 - Wfield Hl 450 452 450 Westpac 490 495 - White Ind 335 345 340 Woolworth 345 350 350 Wormaid

Dividends P/E Year’s Cents Yld% ratio high low 17.00 6.03 12.6 315 185 11.00 4.58 7.6 305 230 7.00 3.50 3.4 260 200 19.20 7.03 8.7 300 228 31.00 7.08 4.6 540 426 19.00 6.67 8.9 310 216 20.00 3.47 19.9 620 440 30.00 3.06 11.6 1100 590 11.00 4.78 11.0 306 225 12.50 4.03 17.9 351 250 — — — 70 5 25.00 4.14 8.9 606 398 7.50 3.33 8.7 255 175 5.50 2.62 23.6 215 188 — — 222 180 14.50 4.75 12.2 460 300 9.75 ' 4.53 20.7 215 142 35.00 3.98 12.1 924 485 10.00 1.59 15.2 1200 470 10.00 5.62 10.6 248 115 15.00 4.69 9.3 389 302 16.00 7.27 5.7 285 215 18.00 4.24 10.6 460 345 — — — 660 516 2.50 1.16 36.6 240 153 19.00 3.80 9.4 570 360 14.50 5.25 10.4 335 248 18.00 5.03 13.9 380 263 28.00 3.50 18.1 830 425 — — 1 430 308 7.00 1.49 26.1 650 290 21.00 5.06 9.1 458 360 —• — 44.4 290 155 10.00 4.76 11.2 250 125 11.50 4.64 9.3 275 185 20.00 6.62 9.0 412 265 — — — 145 52 11.50 6.76 8.4 175 120 —- — — 188 102 — — — 108 108 4.20 .94 15.1 500 440 13.50 2.08 13.6 930 540 8.75 3.72 9.0 240 185 16.10 6.19 6.4 270 225 7.56 8.22 5.1 105 92 20.40 9.36 10.7 235 205 19.36 9.31 — 225 195 10.00 4.17 11.4 245 190 15.00 5.00 11.2 345 270 — 9.8 105 75 22.00 6.94 10.0 386 280 18.75 3.83 15.8 622 340 11.00 6.01 8.6 225 155 12.50 ' 7.27 8.3 205 155 16.00 7.11 9.5 237 182 3.86 4.06 24.6 155 85 7.72 9.08 11.0 110 78 — — — 145 60 10.00 1.56 24.1 950 480 2.75 1.00 8.6 36 23 10.00 5.00 9.8 220 143 24.00 4.60 9.6 530 325 30.00 2.94 10.5 1050 495 — — — 820 280 5.00 2.17 23.0 270 105 1.07 .49 — 240 198 12.00 3.64 6.4 188 78 30.00 5.17 10.2 748 510 75.00 2.75 25.6 5500 2550 — — — 172 50 15.50 4.77 9.8 346 282 11.50 5.75 9.4 205 135 11.00 5.64 8.4 235 152 37.50 3.41 9.5 1190 530 10.15 5.97 7.7 240 160 5.95 4.31 10.7 163 97 — 120 55 27.50 6.17 5.1 510 335 13.00 5.91 7.7 265 140 9.00 1.00 12.0 1410 626 10.00 4.26 11.3 260 159 12.00 4.14 15.3 315 220 — — 159 62 5.00 7.14 7.8 85 55 13.00 7.03 7.3 215 165 12.50 4.96 9.5 258 153 6.00 4.00 20.5 157 108 20.00 3.33 9.3 710 470 19.00 5.43 9.0 405 300 10.00 6.41 16.4 156 104 —— — — 192 155 23.50 3.73 7.2 670 365 22.50 5.11 17.5 640 335 14.80 8.86 11.3 175 140 5.00 2.29 24.5 280 185 12.00 4.80 9.6 250 171 11.00. 5.50 7.7 215 145 35.00 6.86 10.9 610 510 18.00 5.63 10.8 350 225 1.87 .67 44.1 690 235 2.50 2.63 12.5 140 78 — — — 53 30 12.60 4.67 9.8 350 270 8.00 5.80 9.2 152 115 15.00 1.15 32.9 1380 780 27.00 6.00 6.2 528 330 10.00 2.02 26.5 570 200 16.00 4.71 10.9 363 255 20.00 5.71 9.9 402 310

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