BUSINESS ACTIVE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 257, 28 July 1939, Page 12

BUSINESS ACTIVE

Australian Share Markets ADVANCE IN A.C. INDUSTRIES By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received' July 27. 0.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 27. The Sydney Stock Exchange rallied today, a feature of the market, being a record high price for Australian Consolidated Industries, which closed at 37/4J. Investment rises otherwise outnumbered the falls. Sales included : — £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales 28 7 0 Com. Bank of Sydney ..... 18 18 0 Colonial. Sugar 45 5 0 New Zealand Insurance ... 2 7 9 Associated News, pref 1 1 7 Burns Philp 2 10 0 Huddart Parker, N.Z. delivery .- 212 9 Aust. Iron and Steel,, pref. .1. 8 0 Tooth and Co 2 .12 3 Anthony Hordern, N.Z. delivery 013 ii Woolworths, Ltd 1 2 0 Ditto. N.Z. delivery .. 1 2 0 Kaudos Cement 1 11 9 Mort's Dock 9 Jo H William Adams 9 la J Aust. General Insurance .. oli 6Felt and Textiles • 1 910 It. Fowler 0 1.1 3 Meggitts, Ltd. 110 0 W. R. Carpenter ~.. - 1 6 Wunderlich 1 9 1 G. J. Coles, rights L £ J Australian Consol. Industries 117 4j United Provisions 0 S 0 Standard Cement 1- 3 0 Sargents, Ltd. 1 7 9 Broken Ilill Pty •’ 9 Ditto, contributing .... 219 7 North Broken Ilill 2 5 0 Broken Hill South 1 6 0 Mount Lyell 1 «> ‘i Emperor Miues . y 9 <) Loloma Mines 1- * b Austral-N.Z. Gold 1 1 0 Arahura Gold 1 * 0 Morning- sales included : — wealth Bonds, 31 per cent., 1948, £96 8/9 • 31 per cent., 1943, £99/12/6; 3 per cent., IM9, £9B/11/3; 3 7-8 per cent., 1954, £99/6/3; 3 7-8 per cent., 19a4, £99 6/3; 4 per cent., 1941, £lOO/16/3; 4 per cent., 1947, £lOl/12/6; Tooth’s Brewery,. 52/3; Australian Gas. A, old, £7/f>/6; Australian Iron and Steel, pref.. 28/-; British Tobacco, pref.. 28/6: Broken Hill Proprietary, . 63/-:. Cash Orders Amalgamated, pref., 24/6. MELBOURNE, July 27. Sales on the Stock Exchange of Melbourne today included: — £ s. d. Metropolitan Gas 13 7 0 Australian Consol. Industries 117 0 Dunlop-I’erdriau 0 19 9 G. J. Coles, ex rights 3 14 0 Emperor Mines 0 9 9 North Broken Hill 2 5 0 Money Market Rates LONDON, July 26. Discount and .short loan rates on the London market, compared with those for last week, are as follows: — July 19. July 26. p.c.' - p.c. Day-to-day loam i i Fine trade bills (3 m 05........... 3to 3a 3to 3J Bank bills (3 mos.) .. 13-16 j Bank bills (6 mos.) .. I.J 1J Treasury bills (2 mos.) g- 11-16 Treasury bills (3 mos.) 13-16 J NEW YORK, July 26. Call money is unchanged at 1 per cent. Dividends And Calls Smith and Smith—half-yearly pret., 2J p.c. less S.S tax July 31 Imp. Chemicals—pref., 5 p.c., p.a July 31 G. .1. Coles—final. 1/0 a share; bonus 9d. ,i share July 31 Bricks and Mortar, Sydney—final, 2 p.e Inly 31 Auckland Gas—lot., 2J p.c Aug. 1 Wellington Gas —int., 4 p.c. Aug. 1 British Tobacco—quarterly, pref.. 6} p.e., p.a July 81 N.Z. Insurance —final, 1/- n share Aug 8 N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer—ord., 11 p.c p.a., pref., 51 p.c., p.a Aug. te Mount Morgan—pref., 8 p.c.. p.a. ■■ Aug. 15 Woolworths Ltd.—half-yearly. Ist. pref.. 5 p.c.; 2nd pref., 3) p.c. .. Aug. 15 Commercial Bank of Australiafinal, pref.. 4 p.c.; ord., 3J p.c. Aug. 17 Bank of New South Wales quarterly, 6/- a share > Aug. 31 electrolytic Zinc final, pref, and ord., 0 p.c . .. Sept 15 CALLS— Broken Hill Pty-new, final, 5/- a share July 31 Imperial Chemicals—pref., final, 5/- a share ...... July liX