STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 73, 27 March 1931, Page 12

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

FRIDAY, 27th MARCH.

Wellington Stock .Exchange— 10 a.m. Buyers. Sellers. £ b. d. & s. d. iN.Z, Government Loans— 4% p.c. Ins. Stk., 1939 90 10 0 — 4% p.c. Ins. Stk., 1938 96 10 0 07 10 0 SVi p.c. Ins. Stk., 1941 94 5 0 — oVi p.c. Ins. Stk.,1932 99 15 0 — o 1/* p.c. Ins. Stk., 1934 97 0 0 — 5% p.c. Ins. Stk. and Bonds, 1933 99 0 0 — 5% p.c. Ins. Stk. and Bond, ]933 99 0 0 — P& p.c. Bonds, 1939 and 193S 96 10 0 — 5% p.c Bonds, 1936 99 0 0 — SVs p.c. Bonds, 1937 94 15 0 — Banks— Aust. of Commerce .. — 0 16 S Com. of Aust. (ord.) — 0 15 7 Com. Banking Co., Sydney — 16 10 0 Eng., Scot., and Auet. — 5 6 6 National of N.Z 5 0 0 — Nat. of A'asia (£5) 4 17 6 5 3 6 New South Wales ..27 0 0 27 5 0 New Zealand 2 9 3 2 9 11 New Zealand Long Term 16 0 17 0 Union of Aust 8 S 0 8 12 0 Financial— Dalgety and Co 7 9 0 7 17 6 Goldsbrough Mort and ■ Co - I20 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (ord.) - 0 6 6 N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord.) - 68 0 0 Wn. Deposit & Mort. 0 9 9 — GasAuckland - „ l 3 6 Christchurcb. 112 ~ Gisborne - ° 10 ° Insurance— National 0 12 9 013 4 New Zealand — ~ i o Meat PreservingGear 18 8 — N.Z. Eefrig. (10s) ..032 039 Transport— Huddart-Parker (prd.) — 12 6 P. and O. Stock .... 1 12 0 — Woollen— ' Wellington (pref.) ... 4 10 0 — Timber— Leyland O'Brien .... 110 — National - 0 9 0 BreweriesNew Zealand •*. IB 8 1 16 9 Tooths — 12 4 Miscellaneous— Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) — 0 18 0 British Tobacco (ord.)* 19 7 1 10 2 Burns, Philp, and Co. 1 10 0 1 14 0 Colonial Sugar 30 0 0* 32 0 0 Dental and Medical . — 0 10 0 Dominion Investments 113 — Electro Zinc (ord.) — 0 13 3 Electro Zinc (pref.) — 0 17 8 National Electric ... — 0 11 0 N.Z. Drug 2 16 6 3 0 0 Wilson's Cement ... — 2 0 3 Hume Pipe .-. — 0 11 0 OilBlenheim — 2 6 0 Moturoa. 0 3 0 — Taranaki — 0 2 9 Mining— Mt. Lyell - 1 <> ? Mahakipawa — 010 Stoney Creek — 0 0 2 Paddy's Point — 0 4 6 *Cum. div. First call this day: No sales. AUSTRALIAN STOCKS FALL IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, '25th March. Australian securities declined sharply to-day, following London cable advices that a. reduction in the Commonwealth gold reserve ratio was contemplated. Quotations of Australian loans on Wall Street on 23rd March were as follows:— 16th Mar. 23rd Mar. Commonwealth. Dol. Dol. 5 p.c. Jan.-July, 1055 73 Tl 5 p.c. March-Sept., 1957 73 72'A iVi p.c, May-Nov., 1056 te'/z 66 New South Wales — 5 p.c., Feb.-Aug., 1957 63 fin'/i 5 p.c, April-Oct., 105S 62% 05 Queensland— 6 p.c, Feb.-Aiis., 1047 * * 7 p.c, April-Oct., 1942 * 0G *No sale. BEET SUGAR. LONDON, 26th March. Beet sugar. April delivery, 6s <Pii,& per cwt. *