FOREIGN EXCHANGES

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 103, 28 October 1932, Page 3

FOREIGN EXCHANGES

DECLINE IN STERLING

The following were the rates current on 20lh October; French francs, 86 3-8 ;■ U.S. dollars, 3.39 f-8; Belgian belgas, 24 13-32; German marks, 14.2T>^; Genera francs, V.aV/-; Dutch florins, 8.45 V..

(irltlsb Official Wireless.) KUGBT, 27th October. Foreign rates of exchange on 25th and 27th October are compared with par rates as follows :— _ Par. 25th Oct. 27th Oct. Francs to £ .131.41 84 S3 9-16 New York— Dols to £ 4.86 2-3 3.30 ' 3.2S^4 Montreal— Dols. to £ 4.86 2-3 3.60%' 3.63 Brussels— Behjas to £ 35 23.72'/ 23.60V; Geneva — . Francs to £ 25.22% 17.09%- 17.00% Amsterdam— Florins to £ 12.107 8.19% 8.16 Milan— - Lire to £ . 92.40 .64% 64 % Berlin— -Marks to £ 20.43 13.88% 13.80% Stockholm— Knr. to £ . 18.159 19.16 19.12% Knr. to £ . 18.159 19.55 19.60 I Copenhagen— Knr. to £ . 18.159 19.20 19.18% Vienna— I Schill. to £ 34.58 % *28% *28 Prague— Knr. to £ . 164H 111% 111 . HelslDEtora— Marks to £ 193.23 230 230 MadridPesetas to £ 25.522% 40Vi 40% Lisbon— Escudos to £ 110 ' 109% 108 Athens— Drach. to £ 375 575 570 Bucharest— Lei to £ .. 813.6 555 555 Belgrade— Dinars to £ 276.310 250 245 Bio— Pence to mil. 5.899 5 9-32 *5% Buenos Aires— Pence to peso 477.65 *C4 »64 Monterideo— Pence to peso 51 *30 «30 BombayPence to rupee 38 18 11-64 18 11-64 ShanghaiPence' to tael — ■ 2111-16 21% Hone Kong— ' Pence to tael — 16 7-16 16% YokohamaPence to yen 24.582 16 7-16 16 Silver, spot, 18<4d per oz; forward, 18 3-16d. ; 'Nominal.