COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 37, 12 August 1920, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

POUND SLIGHTLY RECOVERS IN NEW YORK.

<The sterling exchange op New York during tfe» war was s.o6'highest, 4.60 lowest; March, 1020, 3.96 highest,..3.42 lowest; April, 4.02 highest, 3.76J lowest May. 3.9S dollars highest; 3,81' dollars, lowest. On 3rd June, 3.92J dol-l If its; on the. 7th June, 3.985 dollars, on the-21st-June,-'3.98J dollars; on 24th June, 3.96$ dollars; on 2nd July, 3.96 dollars; or,i'sth July," 5.041 dollars'; oh Bth July, 3.35} doilars; on 12th July, 3.95 dollars; on the 15th July, 3.88} dollars; on 19th July, 3.55} dollars; on 22nd July, 3.82 dollars; on 25th July, 3.78J do'Hars; ou 29fch July, 3.75 dollars; on 3rd Augl ust, 8.68 dollars).

(UNITED PRE6S ASSOCIATION.—COPIKIBHT.) .(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) tONDON, 9th August. Foreign rates ol exchange on London on the 9th August,' compared with first half of 19H and previous quotations, are as follow:— July, 19U. Aug. 6. Aug. 8. Paris, francs 25.22J 50.20 51.00 Stockholm, kron 18.244 17.50 17.56 Christiania, kroa. .. 18.24 i 23.50 28.60 .Montreal, dola 4.57f 4.07 4.06 New York, dols 4.87J- 3.50 3.61 Calcutta, rupee ' 16d 22Jd 23d