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Evening Star, Issue 19559, 18 May 1927, Page 14

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——-« FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Press Association —By Telegraph—" Copyright LONDON, May 16. Tho exchange rates on London are as follow: — M.-iy I-’. M;,y 10.

METAL MARKET. LONDON, May JO. Copper: Spot, £'ll 16s lOfd; forward, £55 8s TRI. Load: Spot, £25 2s 6d; forward, £25 12s 6d. Spelter: Spot, £29 2s Gd; forward, £29 3s 9d. Tin: Spot, £290 15s; forward, £233 5s Silver: Standard, 25 13-16 d; lino, 27 7-Bd. WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, May 16. Wheat cargoes arp steady at late rates, but tho demand is weaker. Garthpool’s cargo, 55s 3d. Parcels aro steady, and distant loadings arc rather harder to buy, hut thero is small business. Liverpool futures— May, 10s lOd; July, 10s 9d; October, 10s 5 7-8 d per cental. BRADFORD TOPS. LONDON, May 16. The Bradford market is very sensitive and business is extremely quiet. Quotations are unchanged.

Paris, franc to £1 ... 124.00 124.110 Brussels, belgas 10 £1 ... ... ... 34.07 34.05 Oslo, kroner to ... 18.81 18.81 Stockholm, kroner to ... ... 18.17 18.10 Copenhagen, kroner to £ i18.21 18.21 Beilin, reichmarken to /.I 20.53 20.50 Montreal, dollar lo £\ 4,85] 4,85; New York, dollar to £\ 4.85} 4.85, Yokohama, st. to yen 27; Hongkong, st, to dollar 24} -’ll Calcutta, st. to rpe., 10 to gold £ 17 15-10 is.no Rome, lire lo £i ... so.on 80.31 Amsterdam, guilder tu /:i 12.14] 12.13] Batavia, guilder to £ I 12.13 12.13 — A. and N.Z and *-Suu ’ Cable.