COMMERCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MAKEET

LONDON SHARE INDICES.,

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.?, LONDON, January 18, "Financial Times". stocks and share indices* with previous quotations, ara (October 15, 1926. equals 100): —

DOW JONES AVERAGES.

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)' NEW YORK, January 19< Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) :— 20 rail- 32 Indus- Shares

♦Cum div. -fEx div. Sales after going to press yesterday:—£93o 2Vs p.c. Stock, 1947-49, £96 10s; £500 3 p.c. Stock, 15/12/53-36, £98 12s 6d; 23 Union Bank, £7 12s; 85 AVool Bonds, 19s 9d; 300 South British Insurance, £3 16s 3d; 100 Wilson's Cement, 19s 3d. Sales today:—£2so 3 p.c. Stock, 15/12/53----56, £98 12s 6d. .■Unofficial List.—Buyers: A.P.A., 20s; N.Z. farmers' Co-op. Dist., A, 14s fully paid, 10s ;j C. and A. Odlin, 21s 3d; Wellington Publishing^ Co., 82s 6d; John Puller, 4& p.c, 1/3/49,1 £85' (sellers £89). 1 Noon call.—Commercial Bank of Australia J (ex div.), 17s (3d; N.Z. Government 3 per cent. ' Stock (1953-56), £98 las. DUNEDIN, This Day. Sales reported.—N.Z. Government 3 per cent. Stock (1953-56), £98 12s; "Waitahu Gold, sd. P.A. • CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Sales.—War Loan, 2% per cent. (1953), £94 15s; Union Bank of Australia, £7 13s; Christchurrch Building, £20. P.A. AUCKLAND, This Day. Sales.—Bank of New Zealand, 43s l%d; New Zealand Insurance, 90s; N.Z. Government 2V> per cent. Stock (1953), £94 12s 6d; 3 per cent. (1953-56), £98 17s 6d; 8.H.P., 44s Gd. MT. MORGAN WORKING DEFICIT. Mt. Morgan mine reports an estimated working deficit for the four weeks ended January 9 of £17,406.

Government Loans— 2Y 3 p.c, 1/8/46 .. 99 0 0 2V> p.c, 15/9/47 , 98.0 0 2V a p.c., 15/5/48 9T 0 0 2*/> P-C, 1/10/53 .... 34 10 0 3 p.c,, 15/7/1945 .... 98 17 6 3 p.c, 1/8/51-54 .... 99 5 0 3 p.c, 15/12/53-56 .... 98 12 6 3Yi p.c, 15/1/56-59 .. 100 5 0 3% p.c, 15/9/57-60 .. 101 10 0 3% p.c, 15/1/53-57 .. 102 2 6 4 p.c, 15/4/46-49 102 10 0 4 p.c, 15/5/49-52 .... 103 1'5 0 4 p.c;, 31/5/54-58 .... 106 15 0 Bonds— Liberty Bonds,' 15/9/49 0 19 3 Wool Bonds, 1/2/48 .. 0 19 . 6 Banks, Insurance, Finance— "•** C.B.A. t 0 17 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z t — N.S.W. 33 15 0 New Zealand 2 2 11 New Zealand "D" .... 1 11 9 U.B.A t 7 11 0 Queensland .. ... 3 2 0 Standard Insurance ... 3 17 ' 6 FinancialNewton King (pref.) .. — N.Z. Guarantee 0 4 3 W.F.C.A. (pref.) .... 0 7 3 Wgtn. Inv. T. & A. ... 0 7 6 Wn. T. and Loan .... 3 14 0 Nat. Mortgage A ' — Nat. Mortgage B ...... . — Other Shares— Wellington Gas (ord.) \ 1 12 6 Canterbury Meat 15 0 0 Gear -t — N.Z. Befrlg. (£1) ...» 1 6 10 N.Z. Kefrig. (10s) ...* — P. and O. . 1 17 0 Westport Coal — 2 15 i 2 3 f 1 1 9 3 2 9 13 0 1~4 « o 13 iq 1*6 •

January 10 .... January 13 .... January 15 .... January 17 .... January 18 .... Govt. Homo Indus- Goldeecs. rails, trials, mines. 112.6 68.6 128.7 159.8 112.6 68.4 128.6 159.2 112.6 68.5 12S.5 159.3 112.6 68.9 128.7 159.2 112.6 6S.9 128.5 153.8

roads. January 10 .. 34.82 January 13 .. 34.91 January 15 ... 35.77 January 17 .. 35.66 January 18 ... 35.86 Felt and Textiles .... Oamaru ... Prestige (pref.) ....... Leyland Taringamutu ..,.-.... Rotoiti N.Z. Breweries Donilniou Tooth '. Booth 'Macdonald (pref.) ..... Booth Macdonald (ord.) British Tobacco Broken Hill Burns, Philp Colonial Sugar ....... Consol. Brick' D.l.C. (pref.) ...... Dunlop ... Elec. Zinc (ord.) .... Elec. Zinc (pref.) .... Farmers' Trading .... I.C.I. (pref.) t J. J. Niven Macduffs (ord.) ...... Macduffs (pref.) McKenzies Nat. Electric ....... N.Z. Drug X.Z. Newspapers Sharland Sharland (pref.) .... Wilson's Cement Cable (pref.) Woohvorths Ltd Woolworth (N.Z.) .... Woolworths Props. Alt. Alorgan Woolworths Holdings trials. 137.80 137.36 138.40 138.10 137.87 2 10 0 18 3 17 0 12 3 0 15 9 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 16 0 0 9 0 2 8 0 3~0 0 57 15 0 16 0 14 3 2 15 0 2 16 0 15 6 0 16 9 0 13 0 14 9 2 9 10 1 10 0 4 10 0 2 0 3 18 0 19 0 0 19 2 18 0 0 19 6 17 0 sola. 722,00<| 678,00(1 662,000 816,000 815,000 10 0 0 9 3 2 0 6 2 19. 0 13 2 9 6 2 5 0 0 10 6 15 9 0 19 1] 0 18 4 0 8 1 (South Africa) .... 1 13 0