STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 52, 25 November 1941, Page 3

STOCKS AND SHARES

Yesterday’s Quotations WELLINGTON EXCHANGE The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Wooiworths Holdings nl7 9 :«nirfh Africa) ... 016 11 ull J e Cum dividend, x Ex dividend.

New Zealand Exchanges Tele-ranhic rates of exchange. New Zealand on the overseas centres mentioned, were quoted yesterday by the Bank of New South Wales as f olluws: - Buyln „. Selll . ls New York, dol. to EN.Z. 3.2542 3.2000 Montreal, dol. to EN.Z. 3.6039 3.0.J0 Java, florins to A.N.Z- 6.187 b-uui Hong Kong, N.Z.d. to■dol. 18i 1.) 1 3India and Ceylon, N.Z.d. .Manila, pesos to £N.Z. 6.uu9 Vn'ni Shanghai, N.Z.d. to dol. - 1 (H Singapore. N.Z.d. to dol 34 41-64 303 J 04

Lower Gold Price In Australia

The first change in the Australian price of gold for 14 months was announced bythe Commonwealth Bank alet "’The price was fixed at £lO/13/- a fine ounce, a fall of 1/ —and at £9/15/3 a standard ounce, a fill. of lid. lor sovereigns the price was 3d. lower at x~ 9/-. Previous prices weie the highest on record. Increases in the prices announced in September last year were a resuß of a slight reduction in the costs ot realization by the Commonwealth Bank. Similarly, an upward variation in these costs is understood to have caused tne present decrease in the gold price.

Dow Jones Averages ißv Teleiirauh. I’reM Assn I’u-.vrlirbt.) NEW YORK, November 22. Dow Jones average (1926 equals 100) and turnover on the New lork Stock Exchange compare as follows:—

N.Z. government loans. Buyers. ', ' a s. ii. 24 n.c. Stock. 1/8/1946 97 15 0 tellers. £ s. d. 3 p.c. ditto, 15/7/1945 100 10 0 Ditto, 15/9/1948-48 . 99 7 6 Ditto, ,l/8/19ol-a4 . 98 5 3i p.c. ditto, 15/1/ 0 1956-59 100 12 6 Ditto, 15/9/1957-60 . 100 2 34 p.c. ditto, 15/1/ 6 1953-57 102 17 4 p.c. ditto, 15/2/19436 40 101 lo 0' Ditto, 30/11/1948 ... 106 0 0 Ditto, 15/4/1940-49 . 103 10 0 Ditto, 15/5/1049-52 . 104 li 6 Ditto. 15/0/1952-55 107 17 6 108 a 0 Ditto. 31/5/1954-58 . 108 10 31 p.c. State Advances, 0 1/6/1944 100 7 6 38 p.c.’ ditto, 1/9/19550 War Loan, 1/10/53 ... 88 2 6 OTHER DEBENTURES. Amalg. Brick, Wgtn., n G p.c., 31/3/44 ... 101 10 0 BANKS. 8 17 G National of N.Z; JT19 9 New South Wales ... 27 la 0 6 0 3 ‘Ditto. D long term — ■ xl 11 6 7 Ditto, London reg. — i i 0 FINANCIAL. ' Equitable Bdg. Co., 20/paid 0 19 3 — Ditto. 5 p.c. perp. deb. stock 0 15 0 General Finance — 0 1G 0 Newton King, pref. .. — 0 15 3 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 0 Wairarapa Farmers, 0 1 0 1 — Wgtn. invest., T. & A. — 0 8 0 Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. o 18 Trustees' Executors & 6 Agency Co., Ltd. . — 4 15 0 GAS. i 3 1 Wellington, ord 1 10 9 — 9 INSURANCE. 0 ■ » 0 —• MEAT PRESERVING. fiaor Afnaf 0 14 10 N.Z. Refrigerating, 10/- — 0 9 0 TRANSPORT. Union Steam, pref. .. 17 0 — P. and 0. defd. stock 1 14 G WOOLLEN. Bond’s Hosiery Mills 1 10 0 — Felt Textiles, ord. .. 1 1( 0 — Kaiapoi, contrib OB 1 — Ditto, pref 1 lg 9 0 0 ■ 1 Prestige, N.Z., pref. . 1 2 6 6 0 19 6 Wellington, ord. ..... — 0 7 7 17 17 G 6 COAL. • 6 —— TIMBER. Leyland-O’Brien ... — 3 xO 18 0 Taupo Totara, pref. .. 0 1- — breweries. 5 1 ■— N.Z. Breweries C J 3 — ■■ 1 s 0 MISCELLANEOUS. Aust. Consol. Industries x2 0 0 British Tobacco, Aust. — 6 6 Broken Hill Pty 1 19 6 0 Burns, Philp and Co. — s 14 Consol.. Brick & Pipe 0 7 — r Dental & Medical Supply. 0 16 Dominion Fertilizer .. 13 3 3 - p j r nrd 0 14 0 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. — Ditto/8 p.c. pt. pret. — 2 2 11 14 0 6 G. J. Coles .......... 3 1 6 I.C.I. Aust, and N.Z., » p rG f 1 4 6 0 —— 9 —— McKenzies - * Metters (N.Z.) o lu 0 National Electric .... 1 •» 6 0 Ditto, 20/- paid ... - 10 9 — N.Z. Farmers’Fertilizer 10 3 N.Z. Paper Mills .... 1 W 6 R. & F. Tin gey, prof. 1 2 G 0 Taranaki Oilfields .... G 6 United .Provisions ... — Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement x0 17 6 0 IS Wm. Cable, pref. .... 1,1 9 —— Woolworths Ltd., ord. 0 10 Wool worths (N.Z.), ord. xU 14 9 Woolworths Properties, i p Woolworths (W.A.) . 3 1 0 18 fi Dominion Rubber . • 0 19 3 mining. 0 —- o Consol? Goldfields ... 0 8 6 —- Australian Mining. xl Broken Hill South ... — 8 Aiounu cu 0 q North Broken Hill .... 1 19

20 Railroads. 30 Indus) rials Shares sold. Jan. 0 M fl r 3 28.40 27.32 132.83 120.88 720.600 330.000 Apr. 2 May 2 Jun 2 28.97 123.47 450.000 28.51 115.72 400,000 27.56 116.18 260.000 July 2 28.45 123.58 390.000 Aug. 1 Sept 2 30.88 12S.22 680.600 30.17 128.31 520,000 Oct 1 28 .S3 126.85 370.600 Nov 1 28.32 118 11 240.06!) Nov. 15 27.51 116.72 350.000 Nov. 17 27.59 116.20 630.000 Nov. IS 27.61 115.87 OSO,060 Nov. 19 27.92 116.68 800,600 Nov. 21 28.42 117.05 850,000 Nov. 22 28.29 117.01 360.000