COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 24, 29 January 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.— Presi Assvclatlon.f-CapyrifßA LONDON, 27th January. The "Tamumu" clip made up to 13d per lb (fleece portion), and averaged ll|d; "Hatchet," 144 d and lOjjd. A big selection of merinos was offered, Yorkshire and Continental manufacturers buying freely, while Americans took the best eroßsbreds. I ' LONDON MARKETS. I LONDON, 27th January. I Cotton. — The Liverpool quotation for American middling Upland cotton, Janu-ary-February shipment, id Hi points higher at 5.32 id per lb. Jute.— January-February shipment is quoted at £22 5s per ton, a fall of ss. New Zealand hemp. — The market is qu'ict, and prices unchanged at £22 5s for January-March shipments. Rubber. — 'Fine hard Fora rubber is lid higher at 4s 7d per lb. Copra.— Only Bmall sales are, reported. South Sea copra, in bags, is unchanged at £24 10s per ton. METALS. Copper.— On the Bpot. £61 17» 6d per ton; at three months, £62 12s 6d. Tin. — On the spot, £192 5s per ton;, at three months, £190 ss. BREADSTUFFS. (Received January 29, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 28th January. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 2,565,000 quarters ; for the Continent, 990,000 ; Atlantic shipments, 170,000; Pacific shipments, 45,000. The total shipments to Europe during the week amounted to 750,000 bushels, including 13,000 from Argentina, 105,000 Russian, 117,000 from the Danubian Provinces, 104,000 from India, and 120,000 from Australasia.