RAW MATERIALS PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 31, 5 August 1940, Page 10

RAW MATERIALS PRICES

L_| (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) i „ . LONDON, August 3. s Friday's closing prices for the fol--3 lowing raw materials were as follows, those for July 26 being shown in f parentheses:— ) Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, good - ,J%t Tlcan middling, spot 7.82 d a lb f <7.95 d); September delivery, 7.29 d , Rubber.—Para, 13£ d a lb (14Jd); 1 plantation smoked ribbed sheet, 13d a , lb (12 3-8 d). 2 Linseed Oil—£44 a ton (unchanged). 3 Turpentine.—s3s a cwt (unchanged). 1 FOREIGN EXCHANGES. r , I (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ) I (Received August 5, 11 a.m.) , LONDON, August i, c Today's closing rates for foreign exchnnpes t In relation to sterling compare with those 5 previously cabled as follows: — Par. Aug. 2. Aug. 3. I New York— T Dols. to £ .. 4.856 4.03 4.03 Geneva— Francs to £ . 25.225 17.75 17.75 - Hong Kong— t d. to dol — 14 63-64 14 63-64 Shanghai— \ d. to dol. ... — 3% 3% , Kobe— ' d. to yen .... 24.584 14% 14% ■ Buenos Aires— d. to peso .... 48.82 17.005 17.065 DOW JONES AVERAGES. . (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) i (Received August 5, 10.30 a.m.) ') NEW YORK, August 4. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange ! are as follows: — 20 Rail- 30 Shares roads. Industrials. sold. July 1 25.70 121.12 270,000 July 30 27.09 1^5.97 070,000 July 31 2C.!)2 120.14 5G0.000 August 2 .. 26.95 126.37 . 300,000 August 3 .. 26.96 126.36 ' 120,000 Industrials: Highest in 1939, 151.52; lowest, ; 121.4. Highest in 1940, 152.80; lowest; 114.13.