LATE COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 22938, 21 April 1938, Page 14

LATE COMMERCIAL

FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.^ Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, April 20. (Received April 21, at 1.30 p.m.) The following are the mean closing rates: — Paris, franc to £1 ... 158 5-16 New York, dollar to £1 4.98| Montreal, dollar to £1 5.013| Brussels, Belgas to £1 ... 29.57 Geneva, francs to £1 21.68 Amsterdam, florins to £1 ... ... 8.9611-16 Milan, lire to £1 ... ... ... ... 9413J.6 Berlin, Reichmarken to £1 ... 12.39) Stockholm, kroner to £1 ... ... 19.404 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 ... ... 22.40 Oslo, kroner to £1 19.90 Vienna schillings to £1 264 Prague, crowns to £1 143 5-16 Helsingfors, marks to £1 ... ... 2264 Madrid, pesetas to £1 nominal Lisbon, escudo to £1 102 3-16 Athens, dracbmaas to. £1 5474 Bucharest, lei to £1 6774 Belgrade, dinars to £1 216 Warsaw, roubles to £1 ... ... 26.43 *Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 213-16 Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 201 Bombay, pence to rupee 131 Hongkong, pence to dollar 14 13-16 Shanghai, pence to dollar ... -... 134 Yokohama, pence to yen ... ... 14 Batavia, florins to £1 954 'Sellers. METAL MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 19. ~ (Received April 20, at 1 p.m.) . Copper; Standard, £4O: forward, £4O 5s 7§d. Electrolytic: Spot, £44: forward,. £4sr ■ Wire bars, £45. Tin: Spot, £l7O 'Ss; forward, £l7O 17s 6d. . . Lead: Spot, £ls 15s 74d: forward, £ls 15s 7Jd. Spelter; Spot, £l3 19s 4id; forward, £l4 3s lid. Silver: Spot, 18 13-16 dan ounce; forward, 20 S-16d. THE MONEY MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 20. (Received April 21, at noon.) Discount and short loan interest rates, day to day loan, i per cent.; fine trade bills, three mouths, 2 to 2} per cent.; bank bills, three months, 9-16 per cent.; bank bills, six months, 5-6 per cent.; Treasury bills, two months, i per cent.; Treasury bills, three months, 9-16 per cent.; New York call money, 1 per cent. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Wellington.—Morning call: Mount Lyell, £1 Bs. Noon call: 4 per cent. Stock (1949), £lO2 2s 6d,. £lO2 ss; Skippers, id (2). Christchurch.—Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 4d; New Zealand Breweries, 44s 6d; British Tobacco, 47s 9d; Woolworths Ltd. (ex div.), ,;22s Id; Woolworths (South Africa), 15a 3d (6); Grey River (10s paid), 12s 6d (3); Sandhills, l£d; Mount Lyell, 28s 6d (3). _____ SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, April 21, (Received April 21, at 1 p.m.) Bonds: 4 per cent., 1938, £lOl 10s; 1941, £lO3 7s 6d; 1944, £lO2 Is 3d; 1947, £lO3 3s 9d; 1956, £lO3 15s; 195153, £lO4 ss; 1951-55, £lO4 12s 6d; 195157, £lO5 12s fid; 1951-59, £lO3 11s 3d; 1951-61, £lO4 ss. Shares; Bank of New South Wales, £3l 15s; Australian Gas (A), £7 8s 6d; British Tobacco, 48s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 61s 3d.