STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 12

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

TUESDAY, 24th MAR.CH, 1931

Wellington Stock Exchange— 10 a.m.

Buyers. £ B. d.

Sellers. £ s. d.

*Cum. div.

First Call, Eeported Sales.—Bank of Australasia, £10 7s 6d; Union Bank, £8 10s. ' -'. - ■■ ■ '.■■'■■. i ■

PRICE AND RETURN

Sales reported and made on* the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion yesterday, with the highest price and the' approximate yield ncr cent, per annum to investors, based on the ( last annual dividend and bonus,; if any, including redemption in the case of redeemable securities, were as follows:— .'■■;■■

N.Z,Government Loans— 4% p.c. Ins. Stk., 1939 96 15 0 — 4% p.c Ins. Stk., 1938 97. 0 0 I — 5% p.c. Ins. Stk., 1933 — 99 7 0 5% p.c.Ins. Stk., 1936 — ' 99 5 0 5& p.c. Ins. Stk., 1941 94 5 . 0 — 5% p.c Ins. Stk., 1937 94 10 0 — 5% p.c. Bonds, 1933 . — 99 5 0 5% p.c. Bonds, 1937 . 94 12 6 — BanksAustralasia* ' :..:'... 10 5 0 10 11 0 Com. of Aust. (ord.) . ■ — 0 16 0 Com. . Banking Co., * Sydney: - 16 10 0 Eng., Scot., and Aust. 5 5 0 5.12 6 Nat. of A'asia (£5) - 57 6 New South Wales .. 27 0 0 . 27 lo 0 New Zealand 2 10 6 2 11 7 Union of, Aust.,.'.;. 8 10; 6 — Union of Aust.- (Melb., ; , reg.) -.. ............ 8 10 0 - Financial— Dalgety and Co. .... 7 10 p. 8 0 0 Abraham, & Williams fpref.) /. ' - * 5 0 Equitable Bldg. Co; .. — 8 7 6 Goldsbrough Mort and . ■ ■ Co. .............. 1 16 11 9 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (ord.)* 0 5 11 0 6 8 N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord.) . / — 68 0 0 AVgtn. Deposit & Mtg. 0 9 9 — Gas— i Gisborne ...'.'....... -. 010 0 Insurance— vSouth British 2 11 9 —. Meat Preserving— Gear 18 6 — N.Z. Refrig. (10s) ... — 0 4 0 Transport— P. and O. Stock .... 1 12 0 — TimberNational '...'.. . .— . 0 9 0 Leyland O'Brien 1 10 — BreweriesNew. Zealand ; 1 17 , 0 1 18 0 Staples and Co 1 15 6 — ■ Carlton .......... 1 2 0 — Tooths 1 - 1 2 4 MiscellaneousBritish Tobacco (ord.)* — 1 10 1 Burns, Philp, and Co. 1 10 3 n — Colonial Sugar ..... — 32 0 0 Consol; Brick and Pipe ' — . 0 12 0 Dental and Medical .. — 0 10 0 Dominion Invests. ..113 — Howard Smith (ord.) — 0 9 0 National Electric .... — 0 11 0 Wilson's Cement .... 119 3 2 0 2 OilBlenheim ...... — 2 '5 0 Taranaki ............ — 0 2 9 Mining— Mount Lyell — 112

Highest Yield price p.c., p.a. £ e.d. £ a. d. Wellington. Comm. Bank Aust... 0 15 10 7 17 11 Bank of N.Z. ........' 2 11 .3 5 11 10 N.Z. Quarantee Corp. 0 ,6 6 10 5 2 Auckland. BankofN.Z '2 11 3 5 11 10 Union Bank 8 10 0 7 7 1 N.Z. Insurance 220 4 113 Gear Meat ..". 1 10 0 6 13 4 5% p.c. Govt. Bonds, ', (1933) 99 5 0 5 19 0 Farmers' Trading .. 0 6 6 12 6 2 Chrlstchurch. Back of Australasia*. 10 6 6 6 35 7 E.S. and A. Bank ... 5 10 0 6 16 4 Goldsbi-ough, Mort .. 1 1 (5 9 6 1 N.Z. Breweries ...... 1 17 6 6 13 4 Tooth's Brewery .... 11 8 10 7 8 King Solomon , 0 19 — "i Mahakipawa 0 0 8 — ' N.Z. Insurance 2 2 0 4 11 3 Dalgety and Co. .... 7 15 0 6 9 0 N.Z. Kefrig. (£1) ..., 0 12 8' — Christchurch Gas 1 4 10 6 8 10 N.Z. Breweries .... 116 0' 611 7 Bank of Australasia*. 10 7. 6 6 14 11 *Cum div.