STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 139, 8 March 1941, Page 6

STOCKS AND SHARES

Yesterday’s Quotations

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:— N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS.

Unofficial List

Stock And Share Indices (By ‘Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, March 6. ‘•Financial Times” stock and share indices with previous quotations are (October 15,1926, equals 100) :—

Dow Jones Averages (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 6. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange compare as follows:—

Buyers. 3 Stock, 15/7/1939- 5 0 Sellers. £ s. d. 3J p.c. ditto, 15/1/1953100 10 0 3J p.c. ditto, 15/11/1938Ivv O v — 4 /p.c. ditto, 15/3/1940- — Ditto, 15/2/1943-40 . 101 17 6 — Ditto, 30/11/1948 ... 103 7 6 — Ditto. 15/4/1940-49 . 104 0 0 104 15 0 Ditto, 15/5/1949-52 . — „ Ditto, 15/6/1952-50 . 101 7 0 105 17 6 Ditto, 31/5/1954-58 . — 4 p.c. Bonds, 15/4/194649 .... — 104 7 ,6 3S p.c. State Advances, 1/9/1955-60 — „ War Loan, 1/10/53 ... 81 15 0 98 2 6 82 0 l 0 . LOCAL BODIES’ DEBENTURES. Auck. City, 4 p.c., 15/12/63 — 106 5 0 Auck. Transport, 4J p.c., 20/7/49 103 10 O — BANKS. Comrdl. of- Aust., ord. 0 14 1 Eng., Scot, and Aust. — National of N.Z * — „ 4 6 6 1 17 0 New South Wales .... 28 io o — New Zealand ? i „ —— Ditto, D long term Ivo — FINANCIAL. Goldsbrough, Mort and N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 2 9 16 0 0 3 0 N.Z. Invest., Mortgage 0 10 0 and Deposit ..i. — Wairarapa Farmers, pref 0 4 10 Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 6 GAS. Christchurch — 12 3 Ditto, contrib —. 0 11 0 Gisborne — 0 6 0 Napier 6 5 0 Wellington, ord , “ „ 1 13 0 Ditto, pref 1 1 6 INSURANCE. National of N.Z 0 19 0 South. British — 2 11 0 MEAT PRESERVING. Gear Meat — .. — 0 14 1 TRANSPORT. Huddart, Parker, ord. — c2 12 6 Ditto, pref Cl 6 4 —— Union Steam, pref. .. \1 6 o — WOOLLEN. Bond’s Hosiery Mills cl 6 3 — Felt and Textiles, ord. 1 19 9 Wellington, ord 6 11 6 6 17 6 Ditto, pref 6 lb u COAL. < Grey Valley 9 5 0 Pukemiro 0 17 0 —— Renown, ord 0 9 0 Westport-Stockton .. — 0 2 9 Ditto, pref — 0 6 9 TIMBEB. National 0 6 6 Rotoiti , „ — 0 4 0 Taringamutu 0 13 o Taupo Totara, ord. .. — 0 5 0 Ditto, pref 0 10 0 BREWERIES. ■ Dominion 19 9 1 10 6 N.Z. Breweries ' 1 12 2 Tooth 2 10 0 Taranaki — 12 0 Staples (in liquidation) — 0 13 MISCELLANEOUS. Aust. Consol. Industries 1 19 6 — British Tobacco ..... — c2 8 0 Broken Hill Pty _ — 2 18 Ditto, rights 0 17 10 0 18 3 Burns, Philp and Co. — 2 12.3 C. M. Banks, pref. ... — 0 12 0 Claude Neon Lights 1 0 ,0 (N.Z.) . Colonial Sugar 9 0 Dental and Medical Supply ' 0 la 6- — D.I.C., ord. o 13 9 — ' Dunlop Perdriau .... 1 0 .-8 — General Industries ... — 0 18 6 G. J. Coles — 3 5 6 Macduffs, ord — 0 10 1 Ditto, pref 1 — 0 19 3 McKenzie's. ......... — 2 4 6 Moturoa Oil, pref. ... National Electric .... 1 0.2 0 5 0 10 7 N.Z. Drug, 20/- paid 2 9 10 Selfridges (A/asia.) . — 110 Sharland and Co., ord. 0 18 0 —— Ditto, pref 0 18 0 —— Taranaki Oilfields ... — 0 6 0 Taranaki Oil Development — 0 3 6 Laundry ... — 10 0 Ditto, contrib — 0 14 9 Wm. Cable, pref. ... 116 — Woolworths Ltd., ord. cO 17 3 0 17 7 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. — Woolworths Properties, 0 14 2 prefd. ord 1 4 3 Claude Neon Industries — 17 6 MINING. Big River — 0 13 <Srey River — 0 16 0 Martha 0 7 0 ■— Australian Mining. Blount Lyell 1 7 0. — Wellington ABuvials . — 0 5 0 OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) ... 0 14 9 —- c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. —

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. Assoc, Motorists’ Pet17 6 Aust. 'Motorists’ Pet0 11 0 Billiards Ltd 0 16 6 Frozen Products Ltd. 0 6 0 0 8 0 N.Z. Theatres, perp. deb., 4} p.c 0 8 6 —— - 0 6 0 Scouilar and Co 0 0 0 Selfridges (N.Z.), fully z lid —— 0 11 3 Ditto, 16/- paid .... — 0 7 3 Wellington Mortgages 0 8 6 — W- E. Woods Ltd. .. — 0 13 0

Govt. Home IndusGold sec’s. Rails. trials. mines Feb. 5 .... 1C9.2 52 95.8 190.4 Mar. 1 .... 109.9 54.1 101.6 195.9 Apr. 1 .... 108.6 55.5 98.2 196.1 May 2 .... 110.0 54.8 96.2 198.8 June 3 ..... 109,6 38.1 77.0 165.1 July 1 .... 107.1 33.8 69.4 137.0 Aug. 2 .... 109.2 39.6 75.2 150.8 Sept. Q 110.3 37.9 78.3 162.7 Oct. O 110.3 36.6 79.9 168.6 Nov, ”1 110.0 39.7 82.7 165.5 Dec. 2 ...» 112.0 41.8 86.8 175.3 Feb. 4 .... 112.3 43.9 88.1 175.4 Mar. 3 .... 112.2 42.3 85.0 170.5 Mar. • • a 112.3 41.8 84.6 170.1 Mar. 6 .... 112.4 41.6 84.5 170.0

20 Rail roads, ii 30 ad u stria Is. Shares sold. Feb 8 .... 31.46 148.40 870.000 Mar. 6 ..... 31.01 147.97 860.000 May A .... 30.66 147.76 650,000 June 24 .... 25.71 123.76 470.000 July 31 .... 26.92 126.14 560.000 Aug. 3 ...... 26.96 126.36 120.000 Sent. 3 28.00 129.74 540,000 Oct. 2 , 29.37 134.97 770,000 Nov. 29.22 134.85 470,000 Dec. 3 .... 28.00 130.78 450,000 Jan. 6 .... 28.40 132.83 720,000 Feb. 4 .... 28.09 122.63 350,000 Mar. 3 .... 27.32 120.88 330,000 Mar. 4 .... 27.37 121.16 310,000 Mar. 6 .... 27.92 121.63 480,000