LATE COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 22989, 21 June 1938, Page 12

LATE COMMERCIAL

BRADFORD MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 20. (Received June 21, at 12.5 p.m.) The Bradford market is quiet and quotations are unchanged. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. Pres® Association —By telegraph- -oopyngr LONDON, June 20 (Received Juno 21, at 12.5 p.m.) Wheat cargoes are lower. Parcels are easier. Futures: London —August, 35s 3d; November, 29s 4d. Liverpool— July, 6s 4d; October, 5s 9Jd; December, 5s B|-d. Chicago futures; July, 78J cents per bushel; September, 79; December, 80|. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, June 21. (Received June 21, at 2 p.m.) Bonds: 4 per cent., 1944, £lO2 2s 6d; 1955, £lO2 12s 6d; 1959, £lO3 12s 6d. Shares: Bank-of New Zealand, 43s 6d; Associated News, 20s 6d; Anthony Hordern, 17s: British Tobacco, 475; Broken Hill Proprietary, 58s; Burns Philp, 60s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £47; Dunlop Perdriau, 20s lid: Electrolytic Zinc, 36s 9d; Felt Textiles, 30s 9d; Henry Jones, 47s 6d; Howard Smith, 20s. FOREIGN- EXCHANGES. ON NEW ZEALAND CURRENCY BASIS. The Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin, quoted the following rates for purchase and sales of foreign exchanges (all rates subject to alteration without notice): —

foreign exchanges. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By lelegrapti—Copyright RUGBY, June 20. (Received June 21, at noon. The following are the mean closing rates; — Paris, franc to £1 3.77 15-16 New York, dollar to £l\ 4,96 9-16 Montreal, dollar to £1 5-004 Brussels, belgas to £1 ... ... 29.204 Geneva, francs to £1 21.634 Amsterdam, florins to £1 8.95 j Milan, lire to £1 94 7-16 Berlin, reichraarken to £1 ... 12.304 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.394 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22.40 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... 19.90 Vienna, schillings to £1 nominal Prague, crowns to £1 1424 Helsingfors, marks to £1 22bjj Madrid, pesetas to £1 ... ... nominal Lisbon, escudos to £1 110| Athens, drachmae to £1 6474 Bucharest lei to £1 ... 672 j Belgrade, dinars to £1 ... ... 218 Warsaw, roubles to £1 ... ... 26.28 *Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 2 13-16 Buenos Aires, pence to dollar 19.004 Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 204 Bombay, pence to rupee ii 25-32 Hongkong, pence to dollar ... 14 15-16 Shanghai, pence to dollar ... 84 Yokohama, pence to yen 14 Batavia, florins to £1 8.944 •Sellers. SHARE QUOTATIONS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Juno 20. (Received June 21, at 1 p.rn.) Share quotations: Clutha River— Buyers Is 74d, sellers Is 104 d; Molyneux —buyers Is IJd, sellers Is 44 d.

SALES QN ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland. —10 a.ra. call: Commercial Bank (pref.), £9 4s; New Zealand Breweries (ex div.), 40s 9d; Taranaki Oil, Hs lOd, 11s lid; Mount Lyeli. 23s ; New Zealand Stock (1952-55), £lO2 2s 6d. 12.15 call: Devonport Ferry, 20s 3d Broken Hill Proprietary, 56s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £46 12s 6d ; G. J. Coles, 80s 9d; Grey and Menzies, 13s 3d; Woolworths (Sydney), 20s 4d ; Taranaki Oil 12s 4d; Broken Hill South, 255; Stock (1953-57), 34 per cent., £97 5s Wellington.—First call: Taranaki Oil. 12s (3). 12s Id; Woolworths Limited (rights), 3s 6d (3). Reported; Four per cent. Stock (1946), £lO2 10s; New Zealand Farmers’ Fertiliser, 18s 6d; Taranaki Oil, 12s; Coles, £4 0s 2d Noon call: Taranaki Oil, 12s Id. 12s (five), 11b lid; Colonial Sugar. £46 12s 6d; Broken Hill, 56s 9d; G J. Coles, 81s; Mount Morgan, 8s 6d. Christchurch. —New Zealand Government 4 per cent. Inscribed Stock (1946), £lO2 15s (2); Commercial Bank of Australia. 15s 8d (2) ; E.S. and A. Bank 975; British Tohacon (cum div.), 45s 9d (2); Broken Hill Proprietary, 56s 3d (2); G. J. Coles, 80s 6d (2) ; Taranaki Oilfields, 12s (2), 11s lid, 11s 9d : Wilcox, Mofflin. 6s 2d ; Woolworths (Sydney, ord.), 20s 3d; Broken Hill South. 25s 3d (2), 25s 2d; Mount Lyeli (ex div.), 22s Bd. Reported: New Zealand Drug Co. (late yesterday), 67s 9d; Woolworths Properties (rights), 3s Bd.

Buying. Selling. London— £100 stg. £124 10/ N.Z. T.T. £124 O.D. £123 10/ £124 8/9 Australia — £A to £100 N.Z T.T. £101 £100 10/ Fiji£F to £100 N.Z T.T. £90 7/6 £89 New York— Dollars to £1 N.Z ,. T.T. 4.0150 3.9805 O.D. 4.0250 3.9845 Montreal— Dollars to £1 4.0170 N.Z ,. T.T. 4.0495 O.D. 4.0165 4.9210 Belgium— Belgas to £1 23.355 N.Z. . T.T. 23.665 O.D, 23.740 23.366 Czechoslovakia — Korunas to £1 118.77 N.Z. .. ... T.T. — ■ O.D. — 118.82 Denmark— Kroner to £1 17.893 N.Z. . T.T. 18.203 O.D. 18.263 17.899 Finland— Marks to £1 185.49 179.69 N.Z . T.T. O.D. 185.89 179.79. France — Ftancs to £1 141.23 N.Z , T.T. — O.D. — 141.27 Germany— Reicbmarks to £1 9.813 N.Z . T.T. —. O.D, — 9.818 Greece— Drachmae to £1 429.54 N.Z T.T, — O.D, — 429.84 Holland — Florins to £1 7,300 7.150 N.Z ,. T.T. O.D. 7.340 7.154 Italy— Lire to £1 75.72 N.Z , T.T. — O.D. — 75.77 Java — Florins to £1 7.279 7.129 N.Z , T.T. O.D, 7.319 7.133 Norway— Kroner to £1 16.182 15.892 N.Z . T.T. O.D. 16.242 15.898 Noumea— Francs to £1139.98 N.Z. ... v. . T.T. O.D. —• . 140.02 Papeete— Francs to £1 140.03 N.Z. ... i. . TT.. — O.D. — 140.07 Sweden — Kroner to £1 15.785 15.490 N.Z . T.T. O.D. 15.845 15.496 Switzerland — Francs to £1 17.562 17.292 N.Z .. T.T. O.D. 17.667 17.297 Hongkong— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar . T.T. 18 9-64 18 33-64 O.D. 18 7-64 18 33-64 India and Ceylon N.Z. pence to 1 rupee . T.T. O.D. 22 21 31-32 22 9-32 22 9-32 Japan— N.Z. pence to 1 yen , T.T. 17 9-16 O.D. — 17 9-16 Manila — N.Z. pence to 1 peso . T.T. 29 11-10 30 3-16 O.D. 29 19-32 30 3-16 Singapore — N.Z. pence to 1 dollar . T.T. 34 1-4 j 34 47-64 O.D. 34 5-32 34 47-64