FOREIGN EXCHANGES AUSTRALIAN WOOL

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1934, Page 12

FOREIGN EXCHANGES

AUSTRALIAN WOOL

WITHDRAWALS IN SYDNEY

(British Official Wtrelea*.) ■ ' RUGBY, May 14. Foreign rales. of exchange on May 10 and May 14, compared with pat rates, were:— 1 . Par. ; May 10. May 14. ParisFrancs to £ .. 124.21 77 9-32 77 11-32 New York— Dols. to £ .. 4.86 2-3 5.11% 5.10% Montreal— Dols. to & .: 4.86 2-3 5.10% 5.10% Brussels— • . i Belgasto S, i- 35 21.84% 21.83% Geneva— . ' . Francs to £~ 25.22% 15.73% 15.73 Amsterdam— Florins to £. 12.107 7.53 7.53 MilanLire to £ ... 02.46 59 31-32 60 1-16 Berlin— Reichmk. to £ 20.43 "12.90% 12.90 Stockholm— Knr. to £ ... 18.159 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen— Knr. to: £ ... 18.159 22.39% 22.39% Oslo— . Knr. to £ ... . 18.159 19.19% 19.90% Vienna— SchllL. to £ . .34.58% : 28 28 Prague— ■ Knr. to £ ...164% 122% 122% Helslngfors— -Marks tp £ .. 193.23 226% 226% Madrid— •■-.'. Pesetas to &. 25.22% 37 5-16 37% Lisbon— Escudos to £ . 110 110 110 Athens— ■ ■ Drach to.£; .. 375 " 5530 5530 Bucharest— ' Lei to £ .... 813.6 510 510 Belgrade— • Dinar to £ .. 276.32 225 225 Hio^. ... ... Pence to mllreis 5.899 54% 54% Buenos Aires — .Pence to peso 47.62 836% e36% Montevideo-^ Pence to peso 51 538% 538% Bombay— Pence to rupee 18 18 3-32 18 1-16 Shanghai— • Pence to D.S. dol. —. . 15% * 15% Hong Kong— Pence to dol. — 17 5-161 16% Yokohama— . , Pence to yen . 34.58 14% 14% s. —Sellers' bfcclal rate.

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SYDNEY, May 15. At the wool sales today 6613 bales were offered, of which 3814--were sold' at auction, also 5G72 bales were sold privately. Competition was limited, the principal operators being the German and French sections, with restricted support from Japan and the local mills.

Prices were at about the previous day's levels, sonic irregularity resulting from the heavy withdrawals. Greasy merino made to 17d.