Indicators

Press, 27 July 1989, Page 36

Indicators

Jul 21 2495.74 360.17 33,899.43 Jul 24 2482.54 360.94 34,093.33 Jul 25 2517.02 363.14 34,358.90

Foreign currency

Money rates Rates collected by the Reuters Economic Service in Wellington yesterday were: Call deposits: 12.25 per cent. Commercial bills, 90 days: 13.85 per cent, 90-day bank bills: 13.37 per cent. Govt stock Nov. 1993: 12.91 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. ? N.Y. London Silver

Metals London, July 25 (settlements in £ a tonne; nickel, aluminium and zinc SUS a tonne): Copper A, 1589; Zinc (special high grade), 1700; Lead, 418; Aluminium (high grade), 1756; Nickel, 12,475; Platinum, 490.90 (SUS a troy ounce). Oils Latest international oil prices (SUS a barrel) include: Brent fut. (Aug): 17.30/17.35 Dubai traded (Aug): 15.10/15.20 West Texas int.: 18.50/18.54

N.Z. market Rises Falls T’over jui 2d 29 15 11,586,837 Jul 21 24 17 16,864,168 Jul 24 28 21 13,503,515 Jul 25 25 23 11,282,885 Jul 26 26 19 12,130,229 Barclays Base 100, January 1, 1957. Ind. Min. Jul 19 1902.72 165.19 Jul 20 1930.48 167.93 Jul 21 1938.88 172.34 Jul 24 1937.69 172.26 Jul 25 1953.60 171.28 Jul 26 1960.28 NZSE 170.86 Base 1000, July 1, 1986 Capital Gross Jul 20 634.82 731.71 Jul 21 635.96 733.03 Jul 24 635.97 733.71 Jul 25 640.63 739.09 Jul 26 642.51 741.25 Overseas Australia Rescs Ind. All ord. May 31 793.3 2510.0 1529.4 Jun 28 801.4 2472.3 1508.2 Jul 24 874.7 2573.6 1604.6 Jul 25 873.5 2573.8 1605.8 Jul 26 880.5 2589.5 1616.6 Gold Oil Retail May 31 1434.7 585.7 2738.7 Jun 28 1426.7 567.0 2646.2 Jul 24 1576.4 619.7 2738.3 Jul 25 1582.5 617.7 2727.4 Jul 26 1592.0 614.5 2721.4 New York—Dow Jones ' Ind. Tsp. Utls May 30 2475.551156.05 199.80 Jun 27 2526.371192.59 211.77 Jul 21 2607.36 1231.40 217.05 Jul 24 2584.98 1240.30 215.92 Jul 25 2583.08 1253.07 215.42 Standard and Poor’s NY 5M Comp. Ind. Fin. May 30 319.05 366.30 29.90 Jun 27 329.19 376.70 31.19 Jul 21 335.90 385.31 31.81 Jul 24 333.67 382.38 31.75 Jul 25 333.88 382.20 31.84 London.—“Financial Times” FT 30 FT 100 Govt May 30 1705.3 2103.3 85.88 Jun 27 1829.7 2206.4 85.35 Jul 21 1892.9 2283.0 86.40 Jul 24 1872.9 2259.1 86.34 Jul 25 1886.0 2269.4 86.34 Asia.— Hong Kong (Hang Seng), Singapore (Shares Index), Tokyo (Av. 25). H.K. S’pore Tokyo May 30 2805.46 338.31 34,076.89 Jun 27 2232.65 344.31 33,469.21

Rates quoted by the B.N.Z. yesterday. TT buy TT sell Australia 0.7769 0.7674 Britain 0.3581 0.3514 Can. 0.6960 0.6842 ECU. 0.5329 0.5215 Fiji 0.8938 0.8769 France 3.7472 3.6684 H. Kong 4.5817 4.4893 Japan 83.23 81.32 Malaysia 1.5727 1.5417 N’lands 1.2473 1.2201 Singapore 1.1511 1.1256 S.Africa 1.5691 1.5493 Switz. 0.9516 0.9316 U.S.A. 0.5865 0.5760 W. Germ. 1.1065 1.0825 W. Samoa 1.3552 1.3266

May 30 365.00 362.10 5.22 Jun 27 375.75 376.25 5.28 Jul 21 372.00 370.40 5.22 Jul 24 372.75 371.95 5.20 Jul 25 373.00 371.25 5.21