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Evening Star, Issue 22953, 10 May 1938, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, May 9. (Received May 10, at 11 a.m.) The following are the mean closing rates:— Pans, franc to £1 177 25-32 New York, dollar to £1 ... ■ ... 4.97 11-16 Montreal, dollar to £1 5.00} Brussels, belgas to £1 29.57} Geneva, francs to £1 21.77} Amsterdam, florins to £1 8.98} Milan, lire to £1 94| Berlin, Reicbmarken to £1 ... 12.38} Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.40 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22.40 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... 19.90 Vienna schillings to £1 26} Prague, crowns to £1 142 J Hel-ingfors, marks to £1 226} Madrid, pesetas to £1 nominal Lisbon, escudo to £1 102 3-16 Athens, draefamaas to £1 547} • Bucharest, lei to £1 677} Belgrade, dinars to £1 217 Warsaw, roubles to £1 26.43 •Rio ,de Janeiro, pence to milreis 2 13-16 Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 19.02} Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 19} Bombay, pence to rupee 17 29-32 Hongkong, pence to dollar 14 15-16 Shanghai, pence to dollar ... 12 Yokohama, pence to yen ... ... 14 Batavia, florins to £1 ... 8.95 •Sellers.

LONDON WHEAT MARKET. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 1 p.m.) Wheat cargoes are steadier. Parcels are steady. Futures—London: May, 38s 2}d; November, 32s Id. Liverpool; May, 6s 7}d; July, 6s 7d; October, 6s sd. Chicago quotations: May, 80}, cents per bushel; July, 79|; September, 79}. METAL MARKET. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright • ' LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 1 p.m.) Copper.—Standard, £3B lls 10}d; forward, £3B 15s 7}d. Electrolytic.—Spot, £43; forward, £43 10s. Wire bars, £43 10s. Tin.—Spot, £167 17s Gd; forward, £l6B 7s 6d. Lead.—Spot, £l4 lls 10}d; forward, £l4 15s 7}d. Spelter.—Spot, £l2 18s l}d; forward, £l3 Is 10}d. Silver.—Spot, 18 11-16 d an ounce; forward, 20 3-16 d. BRADFORD MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 9. (Received May 10, at 1 p.m.) Bradford is quiet and unchanged pending the London sales. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE., Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, May 10. (Received May 10, at 2 p.m.) Bonds: 4 per cent., 1938, £lOl 18s 9d; 1941, £lO2 17s 6d; 1949-50, £lO3 ss; 1955, £105; 1957, £lO5 6s 3d; 1961, £lO4 ss. Shares: Tooth’s, 58s; Anthony Hordern, 18s 7}d; Australian Glass, 95s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 625; Dunlop Perdriau, 22s 6d: Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 475; General Industries, 19s 4}d. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Wellington.—First call: National Bank of Australasia, £l4 Is; Goldsbrpugh Mort, £1 10s 9d; Carlton Brewery, £3 5s 7}d. Reported: South ■British Insurance, £2 6s; Tooth and Co., £2 17s 6d; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), £1 7s 3d; New Zealand Farmers’ Fertiliser, 19s 8d: G. J. Coles, £4 0s 7d (2); Victoria Laundry, £1 0s 6d; Woolworths Ltd. (rights), 3s 6d. . Noon call: Leyland, O’Brien Timber, -17 s 3d; British Tobacco, 48s 2d: G. J. Coles, 80s 9d; Consolidated Brick. 9s Id: Woolworths Ltd. (rights), 3s 6d (7); Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), 41s 7d; Felt and Textiles, 335; Colonial Sugar, £49 15s (2). Oversea listing: Woolworths Holding, 15s 6d. Auckland.—First call: Farmers’ Auctioneering (B pref.), 21s; Iron and Steel (pref.), 27s 3d; Farmers’ Trading,'2os 3d; Henry Jones, 49s 6d; Mount Morgan, 8s 9}d. There was no noon call owing to the funeral of a late of the Exchange. Christchurch. —Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 5d (2); Commercial Bank of Australia (pref.), £9 7s; Broken Hill Proprietary (cum div.), 6ls (3); Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), 41s 7d, 41s 9d; Hume Pipe (Aust.), 19s; New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. (4} per cent. Stock, 1950), £95 (2); Woolworths Properties (rights), 3s sd.