INVESTORS HOLD OFF
SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, May 12. Profit-taking on the Sydney Stock Exchange today caused some falls in leading industrials, but the undertone of the market was very firm. Investors held off today in order to take stock of the new position created by the recent series of rises. Sales included: — £. s. d.
Comm. Bank of Sydney 19 0 0 Bank of N.S.W., N.Z. delivery 28 17 0 Howard Smith 0 19 0 Burns Philp 2 10 6 British Tobacco 2 7 9 Tooth and Co 2 13 3 Woolworths, Ltd 1 1 10J Australian Cons. Industries 1 14 6 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0 3 David Jones 1 14 9 Anthony Hordern 0 15 4£ Anthony Hordern, N.Z. delivery 0 15 4£ Anthony Hordern, pref .... 1 1 0 General Industries 0 18 10 Mort's Dock 0 15 3 Atkins 1 2 9 William Adams 0 15 7& Newbold Brick 1 8 9 Claude Neon 19 0 Masonite 0 16 0 Henry Jones Co-op 2 8 9 Electro. Zinc 2 6 6 Electro. Zinc, N.Z. delivery 2 6 9 Electro. Zinc, pref 2 9 9 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 3 10 Broken Hill Pty., cont 2 14 6 North Broken Hill 2 14 3 Broken Hill South 1 6 0 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 13 0 Arahura Gold 16 0 Emperor Mines 0 8 7 Loloma Mines 1 1 9 Taranaki Oil 0 5 6 MELBOURNE, May 12. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today included: — £ s. d. Comm. Bank of Aust. . 0 15 2 Nat. Bank of Aust., £5 pd. 6 5 0 Nat. Bank of Aust., £10 pd. 12 8 0 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0 4 G. J. Coles 3 19 6 British Tobacco 2 8 0 Broken Hill Proprietary ... 3 1 3 North Broken Hill .... 2 5 0 Electro. Zinc, pref 2 9 9 Emperor Mines 0 8 7 Loloma Mines 1 1 9
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 12
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318INVESTORS HOLD OFF Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 12
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