SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 113, 6 February 1935, Page 12

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE

Market Fairly Strong (Received February 5, 8.50 p.m.) Sydney, February 5. On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day the investment market continued .fairly strong in the case of high-priced issues, but the lower-priced were weaker. Bonds were quiet, and also banks, but stronger buying interest was displayed in gold and tin shares. ’ , „ „ , Sales: —Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7/1/-; Colonial Sugar, £42; Associated News, 24/-; Burns, Philp, South Seas, 27/6; Australian Gas, A, £B/2/-. - British Tobacco, 39/3; Tooths, 51/-; Tooheys, 30/3; Dunlop Perdriau, 19/6; Dalgetys, £B/12/6; Goldsbrough Mort, 29/11; Wilcox Mofflin, 10/-; Morns Hedstrom. 18/6; Henry Jones, 37/o. Electrolytic Zinc, 21/<i; W. R. Carpenter, 45/6; General Industries, la/-; ditto., pref., 27/-; G. J. Coles, 56/3; Standard Cement, 20/10}; Anthony Hordern, 19/-; David Jones, 40/-. Euratha Gold, 6/5; Mt. Morgan, 40/-; Mt. Dyell, 18/-; Rawang Tin, 8/2 ; Darnt Tin 12/7: Placer Development, £2B. Melbourne. February 5. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included. Commercial Bank of Australia, 17/1; Australian Glasa, pref., 42/6; Herald and Times, .57/6 tHudda.t Parker, 38/-; Howard Smith.l7/-; South Broken Hill. 77/-- North Broken Hill, 100/-. Base Metals Market By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. [Received February 5, 8.50 P-m.) London, February 4. The official London (middle) quotations for Monday, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare as under with those previously

cabled: — Jan. 31. Feb. 4. Per ton. Per ton. Copper— £ s. d. .. 27 11 101 £ 8. 27 11 d. 10J Standard, forward 27 18 9 27 18 14 Electrolytic .. 30 13 0 to 31 0 0 30 10 31 0 0 0 .. 31 0 0 31 0 0 Lead— 10 8 9 10 3 9 .. 10 7 6 10 8 9 Spelter— 12 2 0 11 10 3 ■Forward .. .. 12 0 0 12 1 3 Tin— ... 233 17 fl 233 11 3 Forward ... 228 18 9 228 18 9 SilverStandard, per ox. . 24 7-lfld. 24 7-16d. Fine .. 2C3-8d. 26 3-8d. •American, 50.70 cents a . lb.