FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 115, 10 February 1944, Page 6

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations

The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were a, s. d. £> S. d.

Stock Exchange Sales Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Stock Exchanges yesterday were as follows, the number of shares in each lot being shown in the case of Wellington WELLINGTON.

National Bank of N.Z.. £2/15/-; National Insurance, £l/5/-; Tauplrl Coal, £1 7/-; Northern Steam (cou.l, 2/8; Dominion Breweries, £2/3/- (3); Booth, Macdonald (pref.), 10/- (2); Hume Pipe (Aust.), 18/4?: Wilsons Cement, 19/(>; Woolworths (Syd.). 19/6 (5); Gisborne Gas, 4/-; Wool Bonds. 1/2/4S. 19/9; Commercial Bank, 17/M, IS/- (2) ; N.Z. Insurance. £4 9/6 (3); Claude Neon CN.Z.j, £l/5/6; Bank of N.Z.. £2/3/4; Colonial Sugar. £6O; Consolidated Brick.'lo/2; G. J. Coles, £3/5/-; Inscr. Stock. 3 p.c.. 15/12/53-58, £99/2/6; Northern Steam, 10/2. CHRISTCHURCH. Bank of N.Z.,. £2/3/6; N.Z. Drug Co., £4/14/-; National Bank of N.Z., £2/15/(2); National Insurance (late sale Tuesday), £l/5/-; National Mortgage “B,” £1 12/3; N.Z. Guarantee Corpn. (late sale Tuesday). 4/3; Kaiapot Woollens (17/- pd,), £l/4/-; Wilson’s Cement, 19/6: Woolworths (N.Z.), 18/-; Snowy River. 8/3. DUNEDIN. Dunlop Rubber. £l/iy6; National Mortgage (B), .£l/12/3. London Stock Exchange (By Telegraph.—Press Assu.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 9. On the Stock Exchange quotations of bank shares and other corporation debentures and stocks compared with previous quotations as follows:— Jan. 25. Feb. 8.

Stock And Share Indices (By/ Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.)

Dow Jones Averages

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) NEW YORK, February 7. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100):— 20 Kail- 32 Shares

2J p.c., 1/8/46 98 0 0 —- 2 A p.c., 15/9/47 98 i) 0 2j p.c., 15/6/47-49 .... 97 ;» 0 — 01. nr 1/10/53 95 0 0 —V 3 p.c., 15/7/1945 99 0 0 — 3 p.c., 1/8/51-54 98 12 6 — 3 p.c., 15/0/52-55 .... 99 10 0 3 p.c., 15/5/53-56 .... 99 0 0 — 3 p.c., 1'5/12/53-5(5 ... 99 U 0 99 u 0 31 p.c., 15/1/5G-59 .... 100 10 0 31 p.c., 15/9/57-60 .... 101 15 0 3.5 p.c., 15/1/53-57 .... 102 15 0 — 4 p.c., 15/2/43-46 .... 101 15 0 —- 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 .... 103 0 0 *— 4 p.c., 15/5/49-52 .... 104 0 0 —- 4 n.C., 15/6/52-55 .... 106 0 0 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 106 15 0 Liberty Bonds, 15/9/49 0 19 6 —• 9 0 0 — Com. Bank Aust. ... 0 17 9 0 18 0 E.S. & A. Bank 4 1 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. ... —- w 15 6 B;ink N.Z A 0 —• Ditto, D Mort. 1 12 —- 1 11 0 ■■ — Equit. Buildings .... 10 6 — Newton King, pref. .. 4 0 0 4 4 W !<’ ('’ A pref 0 7 3 Wgtn. Inv. T. & A. .. 0 7 0 — Wgtn. T. & Loan »• x3 14 0 Christchurch Gas .... 1 o 0 •— Wgtn. Ga«., ord. .... xl 11 6 Ditto pref ■ 0 6 i—. f1 o i > n 1 Ins. __ 1 5 3 New Zealand Ins. ... x4 10 0 Queensland Ins. .... 3 2 0 —— Canterbury Meat ..... 15 0 0 — Ditto pref 8 0 0 1 19 6 —— 1 18 0 2 0 u 1 14 Felt & Textiles .... 10 0 —. Manawatu i 17 6 Oainaru Woollen .... 1 8 3 —— Prestige pref. ....... 1 7 0 — Timaru Woollen .... 1 1 0 Wgtn. Woollen, pret. 9 2 6 Leyland-O'Brien Tiinb. .1 £ 0 Rotoitl Timber ...... ■ - 0 9 0 Taupo Totara ...... 0 s 10 2 0 4 Dominion Breweries . 2 0 —. A C I 10 3 2 16 6 Broken TUB . 6 Burns Philp ....■••• o 0 —— Colonial Sugar 59 10 0 60 10. 0 Dental and Medical . 1 0 0 D I C., pref 1 6 u Electro.‘Zine., ord. .. 16 6 Ditto, pref ........ 9 17 6 Griffin &Sons, £1 ... 1 9 3 Ditto, 10/0 14 Hume Pipe 1 1 0 I.C.I., pref 1 5 6 0 16 9 —— Macduffe ord. ....... 0 13 3 Ditto, pref. ••••••.. 1 4 9 McKenzie's 2 11 0 MW Macky Logan 1 11 0 ■ Mette'rs (N.Z.) 0 IS 0 — N.Z. For. Prod., ord. 0 8 0 Ditto, pref. ....... - 0 6 Nat. Electric 1 11 0 N.Z. Drug *1 13 u —— N.z; Newspapers .... 1 6 Sharland & Co., ord. . i 8 u WM Ditto, pref. ........ "£ 9 0 — Selfridges' (A’sia) .... 1 5 3 Win. Cable, pref 1 8 0 —• Woolworths, Ltd. ... —— 0 19 9 Ditto (N.Z.) ’. 0 18 A Ditto, Prop. ........ 1 8 0 - ML Lyell 1 10 0 ■ Mt. Morgan o 8 7 Woolworths Hold. (S. Africa 1 1 12 6 x, ex dividend. ■

No. or s Sale price. shares. s. d. 100 Nat. Bank of N.Z ♦2 15 0 400 N.Z. Guarantee Corp.< .... •0 4 3 1000 Auckland Gas, c. div. (2) •0 7 3 250 Bruce Woollen *1 14 6 7.2 Griffin & Sons (odd . lot) 1 10 0 £800 luscr. Stock, 4 per cent., 15/6/152-55 105 6 £1000 3 p.c. ditto, 15/12/53-56 .. 00 p 6 145 National Mortgage “A” . 3 <5 0 50 N.Z. Insurance, ex div. .. 4 6 150 N.Z. Newspapers o — 0 25 Colonial Sugar (2) 60 0 0 100 Consolidated Brick 0 10 2 ♦Late sale Tuesday. AUCKLAND.

Banks— Australasia £' s. d. £ S. 6 12 d. 6 . 6 10 0 M.S. and A . 3 7 0 3 fi « Union of Aust. . 5 15 0 5 17 6 N.S.W . 20 15 0 21 10 11 National of N.Z. 1 10 6 1 17 6 New Zealand . Others— . 1 0 0 1 10 4} British Tobacco ... . 1 15 0 1 15 B Goldsbrough Mort . 1 1 1 . 1 3 Dalgety 5 5 0 5 5 0 P. and 0., def. .... N.Z. Loan and Merc., 1 14 V 1 15 0 4 p.c. deb N.Z. Loan and Mere.. 90 10 0 90 0 0 ord. 41 10 0 41 0 0

LONDON, February 9. Govt. Heme Goldsee’s. rails. trials. mines. Jan. 28 ..... 112.5 08.9 129.4 157.8 •I<i ri. 31 •»• • 112.5 611.0 129.4 156.8 Feb. 1 .... 112.(1 60.11 1211.3 156.8 Feb. 3 .... 112.0 . 09.0 129.3 157.1 Feb. 4 .... 112.0 68.9 129.3 156.6 Feb. 7 .... 112.0 os.s 129.5 156.8 Feb. S 112jj 08.9 129.8 150.S

roads. Industrial .old Jan. • 9 • • • ♦ 30.01 137.19 019,000 Jan. •>Q ,»««»»•• 30.08 137.15 345,000 Jan. o 1 • • • 30.30 137.40 632,000 Feb. J • 35.34 137.45 855,000 Feb. t 30.10 130.24 003,000 Feb. • 33.80 135.04 000,000 Feb. I) , ... 30.10 135.12 310,000 Feb. V ... 36.17 134.22 573,000