AUSTRALIA Slight dip at close

Press, 22 April 1986, Page 24

AUSTRALIA Slight dip at close

NZPA Sydney Australian sharemarkets closed slightly easier as continued strong demand for quality Industrial stocks was offset by a weaker resources sector, brokers said. The all-ordinaries index slipped 0.2 points from Friday’s record close to 1218.3 after peaking at a record 1223.3 in early trading. The all-industrials index gained 8.4 points from Friday’s peak to new record close of 1991.6, while the all-resources index fell 6.1 points to 634.5. The gold index finished 2.6 points firmer at 920.2. National turnover was 62.4 M shares worth sAustlO6.6M, with rises outnumbering falls 275 to 211. BHP finished steady at 736 after jumping 14c to a high of 748 in the first hour. Bell Resources fell 20c to 500 while the Bell Group gained 6c to 816. Elders IXL gained 8c to 460 on turnover of 1.7 M shares, including two special sales of I.IM and 300,000 at 457.

Closing quotes Last Industrial Buy Sell sale ACI 360 362 360 AGC 330 340 335 ANI 345 348 348 ANZ 630 632 630 APM 370 373 373 AWA 570 580 574 AdelStm 1360 1370 1370 Adtiser 280 300 — AlliedMl 435 440 435 Alpha 40 —— 42 opt 22 — 22 Amatil 816 —— 826 Ampol 240 245 240 Ariadne 318 320 318 dd 300 — — Arnotts 410 420 415 AFound 225 228 225 BHP 736 738 736 BellG 816 820 816 ctg 1650 — — BondCorp 345 346 346 Boral 498 500 500 Brambles 690 710 700 Brierley 446 450 450

Broadland 270 — — Bundaberg 270 280 270 BurnsP 670 680 680 CIG 340 345 — CSR 325 326 326 Cadbury 455 480 455 ChaseCrp 800 820 820 Claradeen 120 125 125 Clyde 190 193 190 CiydeWd 280 —— 280 opt 180 — 180 CoalAll 430 450 — ColesM 610 612 610 Comalco 220 230 230 Eastcourt 85 88 85 Elders 460 462 460 opt 340 — — Email 230 235 235 Equitcorp 168 172 170 FAI 766 770 770 Fairfax! 690 700 700 Fielder 382 —. 382 Fletcher 320 — 320 Fortuna 100 — —— GPT —— 245 245 GGotch 312 — 312 Hanimex — 82 80 HardieJ 344 350 350 Herald 636 — 636 Hooker 222 223 223 Humes 215 218 215 ICI 265 275 275 lELGrwth 90 95 —- lELIncme 90 95 —- Impala 90 100 — IndEquit 880 890 890 IntrTech 28 31 31 Jennings 215 218 — JonesDav 1520 1530 1520 Jonray 1450 1600 1500 Kern 202 205 202 Keywest dd 670 680 670 Leighton 81 82 82 LLease 976 980 980 Linter 560 580 580 MartinPr 135 140 135 MayneNic 350 360 355 McPherson — 260 260 Monier 255 — ■ 255 NZFP 205 210 210 NZICp 150 —— 150 opt 100 110 — NatAust 658 660 660 NatCons 320 325 320 NewsCorp 1880 1890 1890 Nicholas 350 370 370 OPSM 345 — 350 Oakbridge 88 90 88 PacDunlp 390 398 398 PetersSl 228 230 228 PioneerC 295 300 295 PioneerS 167 170 — QBE 850 900 850 Reckitt —. 440 440 Repco 196 200 196

Rheem 360 — 360 RobUones 280 295 280 Rothmans 880 900 900 Rothwells 810 840 830 SmithHwd — 475 470 Sunshine 240 250 245 TNT 408 410 408 UnionC 440 450 440 UnityCrp 780 790 780 Vapocure 240 250 245 Vestcorp 72 75 70 Viking 85 95 95 Walton 33 35 —— Wattle 255 265 265 WfieldHl 2250 2300 2250 Westpac 624 626 624 Woolworth 340 345 345 Wormaid 380 MINING 385 380 Aberfoyle 850 890 860 Ashton 165 167 165 AustDevl — 27 26 BellRes 500 510 500 Bouganvle 255 260 255 CRA 666 670 666 CarrBoyd —- 135 135 ConsRes 7 8 7 ConsRtle 850 — ERA 170 175 172 Emperor 330 335 330 GMKalg — 790 770 H11150 — 24 24 Kidston 550 554 550 MIM 240 242 240 MetalsEx 32 35 32 NorthBH 212 215 212 PancontM 192 195 195 Paringa 115 120 — Peko 530 540 540 Placer 2030 2300 — Poseidon 235 260 240 QldCoal 144 145 145 RGC 530 — 534 SthnPac 16 17 16 Technomin 30 32 32 WMC 325 326 325 WestSand 220 225 215 WhimCrk 240 OILS 245 245 AOG 180 185 185 AmpolExp 210 213 210 Beach 62 63 62 Bridge 132 135 135 Claremont 95 100 100 Crusader 142 145 142 Hartogen 168 180 170 Magellan 110 115 110 Offshore 7 8 7 OilSerch 32 33 32 PancontP — 14 13 PekoOil 86 87 86 Santos 375 378 375 Vamgas 210 215 215 WeeksPet — 810 — Woodside 100 101 100