STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 125, 20 February 1941, Page 3

STOCKS AND SHARES

Yesterday’s Quotations WELLINGTON EXCHANGE The latest buying and selling recorded yesterday on the \\ellin„ton Stock Exchange were as follows.—

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES Position Of Sterling <By Telegraph.-- Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, February IS. The following mean closing rates on foreign exchanges were current today:

LONDON, February 18. field -£B/8/ an ounce, fine. Silver.—Standard, 23 5-16 d. an ounce; fniv, 25 3-16<l. New Zealand Exchanges Telegraphic rates of exchange, New Zealan <1 on the overseas centres mentioned, were quoted yesterday by the Bank of New South Wales as follows:—

London Stock Exchange (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 18. On Hie Stock Exchange today prices of corporation debentures and stocks compared with previous quotations as

N.Z. GOVERNMENT EGA Buyers. 3 P 41 S< ?f k :.^^ 939 ' 09 5 0 3} p.c. ditto, 15/1/1953NS. Sellers. £ s. d. 100 10 0 4 p.e. ditto. 15/3/1910- () 0 Ditto. 15/2/1943-46 . 101 15 0 —■ Ditto. 30/11/1948 .. 10. 0 Ditto, 15/4/1940-49 . 104 0 Ditto, 15/5/1949-52 . 104 o 0 0 — Ditto, 15/6/1952-00 . — Ditto, 31/5/1954-58 . — 105 5 106 0 s 31 p.e. Bonds, lo/l/ 1953-57 100 0 0 — 33 p.e. State Advances. 1/9/1955-60 — 99 10 0 War Loan, 1/10/53 ... 82 o 0 LOCAL BODIES’ DEBENTURES. Wgtn. Hospital Bd., 4} p.e., 14/9/43 103 10 0 Makerua Dge.. 4| p.c., 1/8/54 —* 104 0 0 Ditto, 4J p.c., 1/8/57 — 104 0 0 BANKS. S 16 6 Eng, Scot, and Aust., 4 0 0 National of N.Z ~~ New South Wales .... x-S 10 0 10 2 1 6 Ditto. D. long term 1 9 0 — financial. N Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 2 9 — N.Z. Invest.. Mortgage and Deposit Wairarapa Farmers, 10 0 10 0 pre f 0 4 Wgt'n. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 G GAS. 6 1 2 C 'bitto, contrib — 0 11 (I Wellington, ord 110 1 13 INSURANCE. National of N.Z 0 IS 9 3 4 2 11 3 MEAT I’R'ESERVIJ G. 0 14 3 N.Z? Refrigerating, 10/0 8 9 TRANSPORT. Union Steam, pref. .. 16 6 —* Kelburne Tramway, 1 2 0 WOOLLEN. Bond’s Hosiery Mills 1 0 — Felt and Textiles, ord. 1 19 fj 0 0 13 Kaiapoi (i Ki 0 Wellington, pref o lo 0 — COAL. 9 — Westport-Stockton ... — xO 3 0 TIMBER. Levland-O’Brien .... 0 14 6 — National 0 b 0 0 4 0 0 — Taupo Totara, ord. ... — 0 5 0 0 —— breweries. 3 19 0 1 11 0 - 1 12 11 MISCELLANEOUS British Tobacco — 2 10 0 Broken Hill Pty 2 » 6 Ditto, rights 0 18 0 0 18 Burns, Philp and Co. — 2 13 0 12 C. M. Banks, pref. ... — Claude Neon Lights 1 1 (X2) — Dental and Medical 0 0 16 6 nic UP ord 0 13 General Industries ... — 0 19 0 .Macduffs,- pref „ “ xl 0 3 National Electric .... 10 — N.Z. Drug, W- paid 1 19 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertilizer, 3 11 ) —— 1 3 0 1 12 N.Z. Newspapers .... — Taranaki Oil DevelopWilsons (N.Z.) Cement — 0 19 Woolworths Ltd., ord. — 0 IT Woolworths (N.Z.). ord. — 0 14 Woolworths Properties, prefd. ord — 1 5 Selfridges (A/asla.) .. — 1 0 MINING. o 0 0 4 0 — Australian Mining. 6 — 0 11 3 North Broken Hill ... “ — OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) ... 0 14 9 0 15 6 e Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. 1

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. Aust. Motorists’ Pet11 0 2 —— Fullers’ Theatre Corp. 0 0 6 Melters (N.Z.) Ltd. .. — 0 15 N Z. Theatres, A. pref. 0 4 9 0 3 Kitto, B. pref 0 0 9 0 1 o National Tobacco ... 1 9 0 Selfridges (N.Z.), 16/n — — 0 Selfridges (N.Z.), fully 0 11 3 — 0 6 0 Wellington Mortgages 0 8 6 Wellington Publishing 3 0 0 3 12 G W.. E.' Woods Ltd. ... — 0 12 0

par. Feb. 18. New York, dollar to £ 4.800 4.03 .Montreal, dollar .. to £ 4.860 4.4o Paris francs .... to £ 124.21 Geneva, francs .... to £ 25.225 1 i .•->& St’holm, kroner ... to £ 23.43 10.90 Lisbon, OS to £ 100 110.25 Milan, lire to £ 92 Athens, drac to £ 375 346 Rio de .1.. d. to mil 4.49 —— Buenos Aires, d. to pcsa 47.62 17.905 Monte Video, d. to ■peso 51 Calcutta, d. to rupee .. IS IS Shanghai, d. to dollar . Hon- Kong. d. to dollar 34 15 Kobe. d. to yen 24.5S2 14 21-32 ♦Dealings suspended.

On. Buying. Selling. Non York, dol. to £N.Z. 3.25-12 3.2050 Montreal, dol. to £N.Z. 3.6039 3.5290 Greece, drac. . to £N.Z. — 412.70 Java, florins . to £N.Z. G.1S7 6.001 Hongkong. N.Z.d. to dol. 188 191-32 India and Ceylon, N.Z.d. to rupee oo 5-3 f> 22 19-64 Manila, pesos to £N.Z. **6.559 6.442 Shanghai. N.Z.d. to dol. — •» Singapore, N.Z.d. to dol. 34 41-64 35 39-04

follows • •’ob 4. Ieb. IS. £ d. £ 6. <1. and Co., 4 p 10 0 74 10 0 Dak'etj and Co., 4 10 0 4 12 i> British Tobacco . 1 16 104 1 17 (5 Goldsboronah Mort 1 0 0 1 1 I’ and 0. Deb. . . 1 0 74 1 0 6