COMMERCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 82, 6 April 1944, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MARKET

Buyers. Sellen. £ s. d. £ i. d. Government Loans— 2% p.c, 1/8/46 ...... 98 10 0 —' 2% PC, 15/9/47 98 10 0 — 2i,i" p.c, 15/6/17-49 .. 93 5 0 98 12 « 2% p.c., 1/10/53 — 94 17 • 3 p.c. 15/7/1945 .... 99 10 0 — 3 p.c, 15/0/46-48 99 7 8 — 3 p.c, 1/8/51-54 .;... 99 5 0 — 3 p.c. 15/9/52-55- .. 9S 12 6- — 3 p.c, 15/5/53-56 99 12 6 — 3 p.c, 15/12/53-5G 09 10 0 — ■S'A P.C 15/9/57-BO ..101 5 0 — 4 p.c, 15/2/43-4G .... — 101 10. 0 4 p.c, 30/11/1948 .. 104 10 0 ..: — 4 p.c, 15/5/49-52 .... 105 10 0 ./'. — 4 p.c, 31/5/54-58 107 17 6 ,/ijk,— ' Bonds— '—^'*! 4 p.c, 15/4/46-49 ... 104 0. 0 , — ' Liberty Bonds, 15/9/49 0 19 10 . « — ■. Wool Bonds, 1/2/48 .. 10 0 — Banks, Financial, Insurance— } f C.B.A. (pref.) 10 10 0 '• — E.S. and A 4 40 ~, N.B. of N.Z 2 15 3 :> — New South 'Wales 30. 5 0 { — New Zealand 2 4 3 ' — New Zealand "D" 1 13 0 ¥ — ; ■ U.B.A "... 8 2 6 — Nat. Australasia (£5) . — 6 12 6 Dalgety 8 10 0 — Coldsbrough Mort .... 18 3 — Newton King (pref.) .. 12 3 13 0N.Z. Guarantee 0 4 2 — W.F.C.A. (pref.) .... 0 8 3 *•:— Wn. Inv. T. and A 0 ,7 9 <. — . Wn. T. and Loan ..... 3 14 0 — National Insurance .. 1. 4 9 — , Queensland 3 2 0 — • Other Shares— . • . Christchurch Gas ... 15 3 ■;-. — Chrlstehurdi (eontrib.) 0 12 9 : — Wellington (ord.) 112 9 -. — Wellington (pref.) 1 4 9 ', — Canterbury, Meat '.... 15 0 o.' * — " Gear 1 5 3 — N.Z. Kef. (10s) '.... —■ 0 14 4 Huddart Parkec 3 3 3 — P, & 0 2 0 0 — Renown ' 0 9 6 , 0 10 • Bond 3 ■■'■■ *1 19 7 — Bruce ..' ; 1 16 3 ; — Felt and Textiles ..... . ■': 2 9 6' " — Kaiapoi (pref.) 1 4 0 1 5 3 Slanawatu 119 6 — Oamaru 19 6 -v — Prestige (pref.) 17 0 — Timaru 1 0 0 — Wellington 9 5 0 9 10 0 Wellington (pref.) .... 976 — Kauri — > 1 10 3 Leyland Timber ...... 13 3 — National , — .■" 0 9 0 RotoiH ,:/.-;— . 0 9 0 Taupo Totara , !( :*i— 0 10 3 Taringamum ::',;;| • — y >, 1 2 6 N.Z. Breweries " — 2 2 3 Dominion 2 4 0 — Tut 1 13 0 1 17 0 Ballins 0 18 0 , — C. L. Innis (pref.) ... ~—. i 1 13 0 Broken Hill —"' 2 5 3 Burns, Phllp 31 0 — Burns, Pliilp (S.S.) .'. 10 6 — Colonial Sugar — 60 0 0 C. SI. Banks (pref.) ... ' 014 0 — • Claude Neon (N.Z.) V,.. • j — 16 6 Dom. Fertiliser ......'■£■.l 6 9 — D.I.C- (pref.) ....' XI 0 6 — Dunlop '•" ■ — 1 5 ' Electro. Zinc (ord.) ..f 217 0 3 10 Electro. Zinc (pref.) ... ,r 2 18 0 . — Farmers' Trading .... ',; 16 4 "'".i — Frozen Products , 0 13 3 \ , — G. J. Coles — ■ 3 8 $ Gates. Ltd. 0 7 6 . — Griffin and Sons (£1) 19 6 • — Griffin and Sons (10s) 0 14 6 — Griffin and Sons (r.ref.) — 1 12 0 Hume Pipe ..' 018 9 ... 019 9 J. J. Nlven 017 3 i;. — Macduffs (ord.) '.: 0 15 4 — Macduffs (pref.) ' — 16 9 Macky Logan .■ 112 0 — Sletters (N.Z.) .. 0 16.3 ■ -rForest Products .... — 073 Forest Products (pf.) —; 011 6 Nat. Electric ..; 1 11 0 — N.Z. Drug t 4 16 ■ 0 — N.Z. Farm, Fert 14 0 14 9 N.Z. Newspapers 2 2 3 — Sharland 110 3 • 1 12 0 Sharland (pref.) 1 11 0 — Taranakl Oilfields — 0 2 9 Wilson's Cement — ■ 10 0 Woolworths, Ltd. ..f 019 9 1 0 3 Woohvorths (N.Z.) .. 0 IS 0 — Woolworths (pref.) .t 2 0 0 — Martha x — 0 .9 0 Snnwy River ........ 0 7 6 — Waiht — 0 5 9 Broken Hill South — 1 10 0 Jit. Lyell — .115 3 Mt. Morgan 0 7 0 — Wgtn. Alluvials 0 25 — Woolworths Holdings (South Africa)f — 1 11 6 Auckland H. 8., 4%, 9/7/54 — 10.9 0 0 *Cum div. " tEx dlv. Sales made late yesterday:—£soo 3 per cent. Stock, 15/5/53-50, £09 1.1s; £1000 3 per cent. Stock, 15/12/53-56, £99 15s; 100 N.Z.Forest Products, 7s; 143 Wool Bonds,. £1 Ofl 3d; 180 (2 sales) N.Z. Insurance, £4 9s 6d; 200 Woolworths (N.Z.), ISs 2d;. 100 Farmers' Trading, £1 Gs (id. . ,; P.A. AUCKLAND, This Day. Sales. —New Zealand Insurance, S9s; South British Insurance, 775; North Auckland Farmers' (B pref.), 16s; Ballln's Breweries, 18s Od; Reid Rubber, 31s 6d; Consolidated Brick. 10s 3d. Unofficial: Silknit, 235; Fletcher Holdings, 235. The Wellington Stock Exchange will close at noon today for the Easter vacation and will reopen on Monday, April: 17. LONDON SHARE INDICES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, April 4. "Financial Times" stocks and) shares indices, with previous quotations, are (October 15, 1926, equals 100) :— Govt. Homo Indus- Goldsees, rails, trials, mines. March 22 112.5 67.9 129.S 155.3 March 27 112.5 67.7 129.6 153.8 March 28 112.4 67.6 129.4 155.1 . March 29 112.4 G7.4 129.C 155.1 March 31 112.5 67.4 129.7 155.1 April 4 112.5- 67.4 129.9 157.1 DOW JONES AVERAGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 4. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) :— 20 rail- 32 Indus- Shares roads. trials. sold. March 22 .... 40.24 139.9S 1,572,000 ■. March 23 40.02 138.95 1,174,000 March 27 39.99 139.12 693,000 March 2S 39i21 137.5S 1,344,000 March 29 39.14 ' 137.45 1,107,000 March 31 39.54 138.54 797,000 April 1 39.61 135.84 323,000 April 4 39.33 135.06 572,00*