AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 50, 27 August 1938, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

STEADY ALL ROUND

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, August 26. There was no outstanding feature on the Sydney Stock Exchange today beyond a lively demand for Oil Search shares, which moved up from 8s 3d to 8s 9d. Taranakis also advanced to 14s. Investors were not pressing to sell, most bargaining being within narrow limits, resulting in all-round steadiness. Sales included:— £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales 31 2 6 Comm. Bank of Sydney, New Zealand delivery .. 20 7 0 Colonial Sugar 47 7 6 Associated Newspapers 1 2 6 Associated Newspapers (pref.) 13 6 Burns, Philp 2 12 0 British Tobacco 2 9 0 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 2 3 David Jones 1 19 3 Anthony Hordern 0 17 0 Australian Gypsum 1 1 6 Sydney Ferries 0 6 1 Permewan, Wright ........ 1 9 3 William Adams 0 16 0 William Adams, new (paid) 0 15 0 R. Fowler 0 11 10 Warburton Franki 1 2 6 Taubmans 2 19 0 Goldsbrough, Mort 1 8 0 Wilcox Mofflin 0 6 5 Henry Jones Co-op 2 10 0 Mount Morgan 0 11 3 Mount Morgan, N.Z. delivery 0 11 2 Rawang Tin 0 8 6 Emperor Gold 0 12 9 Taranaki Oil 0 14 0 MELBOURNE, August 26. On the Stock Exchange of Melbourne today short-dated loans were in demand. Leading industrials and Barriers continued to improve on better news from overseas. . Interest was maintained in bank stocks. There was more activity in oil-prospecting stocks, with Taranakis prominent. Sales included:— £ s. d. National Ban kof Aust. (£10) 13 15 0 Carlton Brewery 3 5 3 G. J. Coles 4 0 9 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 2 5 Goldsbrough, Mort 1 8 3 Australian Paper Mfrs. (pref.) 1 5 6 "Herald and Times" ........ 3 0 0 Imperial Chemicals (pref.) . .119 Mount Morgan 0 11 1 Broken Hill Pty. 2 19 3 North Broken Hill 2 6 0 Emperor Gold 0 1^ » Loloma Min.es M .jtsAJM-iJU*»-» * « *