MARKING TIME
AUSTRALIAN SHARE
MARKETS
(By Telegraph—Pre^s Assn.— Copyright.) j SYDNEY, September 23. The Sydney share market today was! depressed and business was exceptionally quiet. All the higher-priced securities, as well'as metal stocks,! were weaker. Sales included: — £ s. d. Bank of-New South' Wales . 30 . 7 6 Bank of Adelaide ....:... 6 0 0 Colonial Sugar 46 5 0 Associated News 1 0 1$ Associated News (pref.) .. 1 1 9 Adelaide Steam 1 13 0 Burns, Philp 2 10 3 Australian Gas (A, new) .. 618 6 Australian Gas (old) 7 0 6 British' Tobacco 2 7 0 Tooth & Co. 2 12 6 Tpoheys Ltd , 1 9 9 Carlton Brewery 3 2 6 Australian Glass 4 12 0 Farmers 11l ° Anthony Hordern 0 15 10 General Industries 0 18 6 Mark Foy 0 19 0 Woolworths Ltd. 10 4 Mount Morgan 0 10 11Mount Lyell 1 6 8 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 214 9 Taranaki Oil :... 0 13. 0 MELBOURNE, September 23. On the Stock Exchange of Melbourne today investors continued to mark time on the overseas position. Sales included:— £ s. d. Com. Bank of Australia .. .0 15 9 National Bank (£5 paid) ■»-.. 611 0 G. J. Coles ; I 316 9 Drug Houses 15 6 Australian Glass 4 12 0 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0 5 Goldsbrough Mprt 1 6 10 Felt and Textiles 1 11 3 . "Herald and Times" 2 17 0 Aust. Found. Invest. Trust 0 410 Electrolytic Zinc 1 19 6 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) . 2 4 6 Mount Lyell 1 6 7 Broken Hill Pty 2 14 9 North Broken Hill 2 4 1 Broken Hill South ~. 1 9 0 Emperor Gold 0 12 4 Loloma Mines 13 0 FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless, j (Received September 24, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, September: 23. , Closing mean rates on the following foreign exchanges today were:— Paris, 178 35-64 francs; New York, 4.792 dollars; Montreal, 4.82^ dollars; Brussels, 28.44 belgas; Geneva, 21.23$ francs; Amsterdam, 8.91 7-8 florins; Milan, 81 i lire; Berlin, 12.01 max-ks; Stockholm, 19:40 kronor; Copenhagen, 22.40 kroner; Oslo, 19.90 kroner; Prague, 139 J korunas; Helsingfors, 226J marks; Madrid,' nominal; Lisbon, 110 3-16 escudo; Athens, 547J drachma; Bucharest, 665 lei; ' Belgrade, 214 dinar; Rio de Janeiro, 2 15-16 pence to milreis; Buenos Aires, 10.02 pence to pesa; Montevideo, 20 pence to pesa; Shanghai, 83 pence to dollar; Bombay, Is 5 59-64 pence to rupee; Hong Kong, 15 pence to dollar, Yokohama, 14 pence to yen.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 12
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401MARKING TIME Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 12
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