MARKETS DULL

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 14

MARKETS DULL

Australian Stock Exchanges N.Z. ORDERS LACKING By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. (Received December 9, 9.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 9. Today's market on the Sydney Stock Exchange was without any important price changes, but these were tending easier. The market is suffering from the deprivation of orders' from New Zealand following the new financial measures in that country. Government loans were also inclined to drift with the approach of the Christmas season. Sales included : —

•Morning sales included :—•Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1947, £lOl 15/-; 4 per cent., 19-50, £lO2/2/6; 4 per Cent., 1953, £lO2/17/6; -I per cent., 1955. £lO2/18/9; Bank of New .South Wales, £3O; Toohcys, 30/6; Tooths. 53/3; Associated News, pref., 23/-; Australian Glass, 101/6; Broken Hill Proprietary, 56/-; Electrolytic Zine, pref., 48/-. MELBOURNE, December 9. On the Stock Exchanges of Melbourne today, the market was very dull and unchanged. Sales included

N.Z. Perpetual Forests Dividend Dominion Special Service. AUCKLAND, December 9. The directors of the New Zealand Perpetual Forests-’, Limited, have declar'al an unchanged interim dividend of 4 per cent. Payment will be made on December 15. London Butter Market Firm By Telegraph.— Press Assn.—Copyright LONDON, December 8. The butter -market is firm. New Zealand choicest salted, 107/- to 108/-; unsalted, 110/-. Australian, salted, 106/-; unsalted, 107/-. Cheese is steady. New Zealand, white and coloured, 68/6 to 69/-; Australian, 64/- to 65/6.

£ s. d. Bank of New South Wales .. 30 0 0 Commercial Bank of Australia 0 10 9 Bank of Australasia 9 10 0 Colonial Sugar 47 0 0 United Insurance 10 0 British Tobacco 9 0 Tooths and Co. 13 6 Drug Houses 1 z 10 Australian Glass o 6 Dunlop Perdriau, pref 4 1 18 7 General Industries .. 0 IS 9 Ditto, pref 1 4 3 Kandos Cement 1 0 0 Mort’s Dock 0 13 Standard Cement » I 1 6 Permewan, Wright 1 « 0 Woolworths Ltd 1 0 Cash Orders 0 15 6 Taubmans 17 0 Newbold Brick 1 9 0 Gordon and Gotcb z 10 G Henry Jones 8 3 Electrolytic Zinc, pref *» 8 0 Mount Morgan 0 9 - Broken Hill Ppty o 16 o North Broken Hill *> Y 0 Broken Hill South 1 8 0 Bulolo Gold, ex div 6 o G

National Bank, £5 paid .... £ 6 IO d. 0 Australian Paper .Mfrs., pref. 1 1 1 :i British Tobacco 2 8 0 G. .1. Coles . > 19 •> Melbourne Investment Trust (1 .10 Australian Glass 2 e Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0 ; i Herald and Times Australian Foundation In- - 17 G vestment Trust 0 1 I Yarra Falls 1 17 0 Broken Hill J’ptv. 1.7 y North Broken Hill »> 1 0 Emperor Gold 0 y 9