Indicators

Press, 26 April 1989, Page 44

Indicators

W. Samoa 1.3658 1.3377 Money rates Rates collected by the Reuters Economic Service in Wellington at 11 a.m. on Monday were: Call deposits: 14.79 per cent. Commercial bills, 90 days: 13.85 per cent, 90-day bank bills: 13.46 per cent, GSC Nov. 1993: 13.19 per cent. Consumers Price Index The CPI over the last four quarters, calculated by the Department of Statistics: 4.7 Gold and silver Gold prices, in SUS per fine ounce, from New York (closing mid-rate) and London (3 p.m. fix). Silver spot fix price, Lon-

Metals London, April 24 (settlements in £ a tonne; nickel, aluminium and zinc SUS a tonne): Copper A, 1804; Zinc (special high grade), 1698; Lead, 370; Aluminium (high grade), 2182; Nickel, 15,800; Platinum, 544.00 (SUS a troy ounce).

Oils Latest international oil prices (SUS a barrel) include: Brent fut. (May): 19.85/19.90 Dubai traded (May): 16.90/17.05 West Texas int.: 20.60/20.65

N.Z. market Rises Falls T’over Apr 18 Apr 19 Apr 20 Apr 21 Apr 24 15 29 5,730,475 40 8 9,631,996 25 16 6,061,228 24 19 8,864,867 36 11 9,618,931 Barclays Base 100, January 1, , 1957. Ind. Min. Apr 18 1841.12 174.93 Apr 19 1876.39 177.85 Apr 20 1880.51 180.96 Apr 21 1874.80 187.89 Apr 24 1964.63 NZSE 190.58 Base 1000, July 1, 1 1986 Capital Gross Apr 18 612.78 690.81 Apr 19 621.15 700.24 Apr 20 623.17 702.52 Apr 21 621.33 700.47 Apr 24 633.89 714.64 Overseas Australia Rescs Ind. All ord. Feb 27 748.1 2433.4W1469.9 Mar 28 771.5 2438.1 1486.2 Apr 20 759.6 2389.5 1458.8 Apr 21 751.9 2382.6 1451.2 Apr 24 758.6 2431.4 1475.5 Gold Oil Retail Feb 27 1481.6 561.9 2566.2 Mar 28 1565.4 589.3 2673.3 Apr 20 1489.5 591.6 2726.6 Apr 21 1480.9 587.8 2706.9 Apr 24 1494.7 589.8 2746.5 New York—Dow Jones Ind. Tsp. Utls Feb 27 2250.36 1061.29 181.96 Mar 28 2275.54 1032.18 182.91 Apr 20 2377.38 1114.65 189.31 Apr 21 2409.46 1136.64 190.97 Apr 24 2402.68 1140.85 191.15 Standard and Poor’s NY 500 Comp. Ind. Fin. Feb 27 287.82 332.24 26.09 Mar 28 291.59 336.02 27.12 Apr 20 306.19 353.38 28.54 Apr 21 309.61 357.49 28.83 Apr 24 309.61 357.49 28.83 London.—“Financial Times” FT 30 FT 100 Govt Feb 27 1644.2 1996.7 87.60 Mar 28 1708.0 2070.5 87.98 Apr 20 1698.5 2064.4 86.18 Apr 21 1700.5 2061.0 85.98 Apr 24 1701.9 2062.0 88.16 Asia.—Hong Kong (‘Hang Seng’), Singapore (Shares Index), Tokyo (Av. 25). H.K. S'pore Tokyo Feb 27 3064.18 312.09 32,285.77 Mar 28 3033.03 323.18 32,306.36

Apr 20 3139.68 338.64 33,185.15 Apr 21 3109.23 337.07 33,029.81 Apr 24 3095.99 338.03 32,805.92 Foreign currency Rates quoted by the B.N.Z. yesterday. TT buy TT sell Australia 0.7743 0.7649 Can. 0.7314 0.7196 ECU. 0.5502 0.5386 Fiji 0.8960 0.8795 France 3.8684 3.7895 H. Kong 4.8046 4.7121 Japan 81.38 79.42 Malaysia 1.6572 1.6261 N’lands 1.2894 1.2622 Singapore 1.1981 1.1726 Sterling 0.3604 0.3535 S.Africa 1.5573 1.5376 Switz. 1.0082 0.9863 U.S.A. 0.6169 0.6064 W. Germ. 1.1411 1.1171

don. N.Y. London Silver Feb 27 386.50 390.25 5.95 Mar 28 382.50 390.75 6.09 Apr 20 385.50 384.00 5.77 Apr 21 384.50 384.00 5.78 Apr 24 387.00 387.55 5.78