THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19843, 17 April 1928, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. The market opened this morning with ported sales in Union Banks at £l4 14s 6d am] Commercial Banks at £1 8s 4d. Bank of Now Zo.alands were ou offer at £3, but no buyers were evident. Buyers of E.S. and A. Banks improved tlicir quotes to £8 7s, but sellers were not prepared to quit under £8 9s National Bank of Austral* asias (cont.) were not on offer, though buy* ers advanced tiioir price to £8 16s. There was still a buyer of the preference issue of Huddart, Parkers at £1 Os 6d, while a seller came on the market at £1 1». Buyers of Loan and Mnrr.antilcs improved their price to £9B this morning, but were still without sellers. The only quotation in the brewery section were for New Zealands, (here being a buyer at yesterday’s price of £2 5s 9d, with a seller at £2 7s 9d. A seller of .Mount Lyells came on ths market at £1 12s 6d but the best buyer remained at £llls lOd. Mount Isas were wanted at £1 10s without sellers, while there was a seller of Upper Nevis at £l, but no buyers. The Government War Bonds were in good demand, the only seller on the market being in 1938 4i per cent. Bonds, at £97 15s. Sales Reported.—Union Bank, £l4 14s 6d; Commercial Bank, £1 8s 4d.

Buyers. Sellers. £ 6. d. £ s. 3. BANKING— Bunk of Australasia 14 13 0 Hank of N.Z — 3 o" 0 Bank of N.Z. (Long “D”) 1 6 3 Commercial Bank 18 2 — K.S. ami A. Bank ... 8 7 0 8 9 0 Natl. Bank of N.Z. 6 19 0 — National Bank of Aust. (cent.) 8 16 0 Union Bank of Australia, Ltd 14 14 0 14 16 X INSURANCE— National Insnr. Co. ... 0 IS 9 n 16 0 N.Z. Insurance Co. ... 2 0 6 2 1 3 Standard Insnr. Co. ... 3 2 0 — SHIPPING— Huddart, Parker (ord.) 2 8 3 llnddart. Park (prof.) 1 0 6 1 1 0^ P. and 0. Def. Stock 248 0 0 — U.S.S. Co. (prof.) ... 10 1 — COALWeslp.irt Coal Co. ... 1 11 6 Westport • Stockton (ord.) 0 2 4 _ Westport ■ Stockton (prof-) 0 3 9 ■ — LOAN AND AGENCYDalgety and Co. 14 4 1 14 7 6 • Goldsbrough, Mort ... 2 9 0 2 9 9 Nalional Mortgage ... 3 2 0 — N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (ord.) Perpetual Trustees .. 98 0 0 3 2 0 — Wright, Stcph. (ord.) 12 0 — MEAT PRESERVING— Goar Meat Co. 1 17 0 1 18 3 N.Z. Rofrig. (paidl ... — 0 16 9 N.Z. Rcfrig. (cent.) t'-' O' 0 7 11 Southland Fim. Meat (ord.) 1 11 6 ~ MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco 2 0 0 2 0 S Brown, Ewing (prof.) 10 9 — Dominion Invest. ... 12 0 — Dominion Rubber 12 0 — Donaghy’s Rope and Twine ... 1 13 '9 — Dun. Stock Exchange Proprietary 0 9 5 4 0 0 Eclipse Petrol (paid) 0 10 3 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) 0 9 0 — Mi (burn Lime and Cement (new) 0 9 6p — Mosgiel Woollen Co. 6 15 0 0 11 ! National Electric — S N.Z. Drug Co. ; t .366 —- N.Z. Express (ord.) I 0 6 .. •— N.Z. Guarantee Corp. ‘ Ot ago Daily Times ’ 0 8 6 — — 4 0 0 Smith and Smith (prof.) — 0 18 0 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. 2 5 9 2 7 9 MINING— Kawnrau 0 0 5 0 Nokomai Sluicing — 1 15 Waihi Gd. Junction. 0 10 0 X 5 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) ... 1 12 0 — Electrolytic Zinc (def. ord.) 1 11 6 6 Mount Lycll 1 11 10 1 12 Mount Isa 1 10 0 Upper Nevis — 1 0 0 ■WAR BONDS (£100 Bonds)— 1938 4 A p.c. Bonds .. 97 T 6 97 15 0 1939 41 p.c. Bonds ... 97 7- 6 1933 5A p.c. S.S. Bonds 100 0 0 — 1938 4i p.c. Ins. ... 97 7 6 — 1939 p.c. Ins 97 7 6 — 1933 5), p.c. S.S. Ins. 100 2 6 — 1929 5 p.c. P.O. Ins. 98 0 0 — 1950 5i p.c. Bonds ... 9B 0 0 — 1936 5A p.c. Bonds ... 100 5 0 — 1936 51, p.c." Inscribed 100 5 0 —■