Share Indices From World Centres
Indices of share prices on the Stock Exchanges of New York, London. Australia (Sydney), and New Zealand are:
AUSTRALIA
(FROM THE SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE RESEARCH AND STATISTICAL BUREAU). —Base, 1934=100. INVESTMENTS.
NEW ZEALAND (COMPILED BY THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICIAN). —Base. 1926 = 100.—
HEW YORK
DOW JONES AVERAGES
1938. Highest. Lowest. Industrials ... ... 158,41 (Nov. 12) 98.95 (Mar. SI) Railroads 33.98 (Dec. 31) 19.00 (Mar. 31) LONDON (COMPILED BY THE ‘ FINANCIAL TIMES ’). —Case. 1926=100.
PasIndus •34 cial loral trial. -hares. Jan 13 "!: .06.61 105.34 March ••• ••• 104.31 se.so 127.93 122.85 03.81 127.41 122.10 87.63 127.14 122.09 May 10 103.59 May 11 103.87 84.03 127.16 122.03 84.32 128.14 122.90 •Ordinary shares of 34 companies, drawn from the pastoral, retail stores and in dustnal groups. MINING. Stlvei Composite lead Copper Tin. mining. j an 172.61 Feb 166.92 123.25 1)0.28 129.88 120.79 85.72 125.50 May 10 .*• 169.31 May 11 170-33 122.82 81.30 124.81 123.19 81.45 125.31
index fo. 1937 989. June, 1938 1036 982. ... 90? July 1938 ... 920 August, I9i>8 ... 914 September, 1939 ... ... 87H October. '938 ... ... 883 November. 1938 ... ... 861 December, 193H ... ... S’>!) January. 1939 ... ... 871 February, 1939 w «• ... 866
— Base, 1926= = 100.— Sales. 20 Rail SO Indus1,000 roads. trials. chares. Apl. , 27.24 132.83 1,600 May. 35.67 127.83 280 May 7 26.68 131.67 350 May 9 ... 27.43 133.67 710 May 10 27.38 132.82 690 May 11 27.31 133.92 . 400 May 13 27.32 132.40 * 160 May IS 27.24 132.65 830 May 16 26.27 139.86 620 May 17 26.10 129.09 630 Mav 18 26.06 129.43 420 May 20 26.40 131.23 ' 190 May 22 ... 37.05 132.45 420
Govt. Home Indus- Gold. securities, rails. trials, mines. May 9 ... . 104.0 45.0 07.7 131.3 Ma* 10 ... . '04.2 45.4 08.9 103.5 Highest. Lowest. I iov:. see. ... ... 115.1 (htb. 10 11 102.3 (Sep. 20, Home rails ... 06.5 (Jan. 5J 38.7 (Dec.'O) Industrials . ... 119.8 (Jan. 7J 8L2 (Sep. 28;
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Evening Star, Issue 23273, 23 May 1939, Page 6
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308Share Indices From World Centres Evening Star, Issue 23273, 23 May 1939, Page 6
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