Indicators

Press, 22 July 1989, Page 30

Indicators

Foreign currency Rates quoted by the B.N.Z.

Money rates Rates collected by the Reuters Economic Service in Wellington yesterday were: ■Call deposits: 13.60 per cent. Commercial bills, 90 days: 13.85 per cent, 90-day bank bills: 13.40 per cent. Govt stock Nov. 1993: 13.12 per cent. Consumers Price Index The CPI over the last four quarters, calculated by the Department of Statistics: 4.4 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, London.

Metals London, July 20 (settlements in £ a tonne; nickel, aluminium and zinc SUS a tonne): Copper A, 1563; Zinc (special high grade), 1692; Lead, 431; Aluminium (high grade), 1725; Nickel, 12,050; Platinum, 489.75 (SUS a troy ounce). Oils Latest international oil prices (SUS a barrel) include: Brent fut. (Aug): 17.95/18.05 Dubai traded (Aug): 15.70/15.85 West Texas int.: 19.90/19.95

N.Z. market Rises Falls T’over Jul 17 16 24 13,665,714 Jul 18 18 25 12,652,232 Jul 19 33 12 34,737,909 Jul 20 29 15 11,586.837 Jul 21 24 17 16,864,168 Barclays Base 100, January 1. 1957. Ind. Min. Jul 17 1920.22 170.05 Jul 18 1904.92 162.45 Jul 19 1902.72 165.19 Jul 20 1930.48 167.93 Jul 21 1938.88 NZSE 172.34 Base 1000, July 1, 1986 Capital Gross Jul 17 631.90 727.95 Jul 18 627.98 723.46 Jul 19 632.89 729.48 Jul 20 634.82 731.71 Jul 21 635.96 733.03 Overseas Australia Rescs Ind. All ord. May 26 789.2 2519.2 1530.7 Jun 23 787.5 2471.0 1509.7 Jul 19 845.4 2532.4 1571.2 Jul 20 863.9 2563.9 1595.7 Jul 21 869.9 2566.7 1600.6 Gold Oil Retail May 26 1422.2 587.5 2736.8 Jun 23 1433.7 566.3 2633.4 Jul 19 1524.7 598.0 2706.8 Jul 20 1541.5 613.9 2748.2 Jul 21 1560.4 620.5 2738.0 New York—Dow Jones Ind. Tsp. UtlS May 25 2482.59 1152.65 199.27 Jun 22 2482.17 1177.88 207.21 Jul 18 2544.76 1232.05 215.61 Jul 19 2584.41 1233.34 217.68 Jul 20 2575.49 1232.37 216.55 Standard and Poor’s NY 500 Comp. Ind. Fin. May 25 319.17 366.50 29.81 Jun 22 322.34 368.45 30.65 Jul 18 331.35 378.73 31.53 Jul 19 335.73 384.22 31.85 Jul 20 333.51 381.96 31.72 London.—“Financial Times” FT 30 FT 100 Govt May 25 1777.3 2136.6 86.06 Jun 22 1809.3 2180.0 84.51 Jul 18 1883.3 2273.1 86.40 Jul 19 1903.2 2292.5 86.30 Jul 20 1901.4 2292.3 86.34 Asia.—Hong Kong (Hang Seng), Singapore (Shares Index), Tokyo (Av. 25). May 25 H.K. S’pore Tokyo 2752.51 336.82 34,005.39 Jun 22 2272.50 345.42 33,345.28 Jul 18 2505.48 361.18 33,343.73 Jul 19 2547.10 362.58 33,557.17 Jul 20 2543.08'361.70 33,664.87

yesterday. TT buy TT sell Australia 0.7688 0.7593 Britain 0.3568 0.3500 Can. 0.6872 0.6755 ECU. 0.5329 0.5215 Fiji 0.8830 0.8662 France 3.7-170 3.6681 H. Kong 4.5237 4.4313 Japan 82.01 80.16 Malaysia 1.5537 1.5227 N’lands 1.2469 1.2197 Singapore 1.1370 1.1115 S.Africa 1.5673 1.5476 Switz. 0.9544 0.9344 U.S.A. 0.5790 0.5685 W. Germ. 1.1053 1.0813 W. Samoa 1.3393 1.3108

N.Y. London Silver May 25 365.25 363.60 5.21 Jun 22 370.00 369.75 5.32 Jul 18 372.25 371.70 5.24 Jul 19 368.05 370.70 5.22 Jul 20 371.25 371.05 5.18