THE MONEY MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 106, 31 October 1914, Page 6

THE MONEY MARKET.

This Last Last; week. week. year, per cent, per cent, per cent. Bank rate ... 5 5 ' 5 Short loans ... 1} U 4* Three months' bills ... 3 33-16 S GRAIN AND FLOUR. LONDON, 29th October. Wheat— Market firm, and prices unchanged. Australian is quoted at 48s per quarter. Flour — Australian patent brands, ex store, are quoted at 35s to 36s per sack of 2801b. The market is quiet. The market for barley, oats, and beans is firm, with no change in prices. Peas — Market ,very firm. New Zealand maples, 66s to 68s per quarter. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE Butter — The maricet is quiet. Danish is easier in^ price. Colonial prices are but nominal in tho absence of supplies. - Cheese— The situation is dull generally. Canadian is quoted in the region ot 75s pei cwt '• Bacon— Prices aPe weak owing to heavy shipments from Denmark Sugar— American granulated on tho spot ifi quoted at 27s ~6d per cwt. Jute — Tho business is inactive, and prices are unchanged. BRADFORD TOPS PRICES The market for top-mauing wools for Bradford is still very strong all round, and stocks are almost depletpd. Quotations: — 64's. 31 jd per Ib; super 60s. 30Ad ; common 60Y 29(1 : 56's. 28d , 50's, 2S|d; 46's, 22-i ; 40's. 20d. These prices show an advance of Id in each caso METAL MARKET. Pig-iron — Middlesbro' oig-iron, 49s per ton. Spelter — Lines to arrive are offered at £24 5s to £24 10s pc» ton