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Evening Star, Issue 23353, 24 August 1939, Page 7

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 23, (Received August 24, at 11.30 a.m.) Paris, franc to £1 New York, dollar to £1 ... ... Montreal, dollar to £1 4.68 1-19 Brussels, belgas to £1 , 27.65 i Geneva, francs to £1 20.72 i Amsterdam, florins to £1 8.724 Milan, lire to £1 89 3-38 Berlin, reichsmarben to £1 ... 11.68? Stockholm, kroner to £1 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 ... 20.24 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... ... ... 19.90$ Vienna, schillings to £1 ♦Prague, crowns to £1 ... ... 137 J Helsingfors, marks to £1 227 Madrid, pesetas to £1 ... 42j Lisbon, escudos to £1 ... 110$ Athens, drachmae to £1 547 J Bucharest, lei to £1 ... 660 Belgrade, dinars to £1 210 Warsaw, roubles to £1 24.87 Rio do Janiero, pence to milreis 2| Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 20.12 Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 18i Bombay, pence _to dollar 17 15-19 Hongkong, pence to dollar ... 14 11-16 ♦Shanghai, pence to dollar ... 4$ ♦Yokohama, pence to dollar ... 14 Batavia, florins to £1 8.72 J ♦Nominal. Paris, New York, and Stockholm, were nof; received. THE METAL MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 23. (Received August 24, at 1 p.m.) Following are the latest official (middleV quotations on the London metal market, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metal Association, compared with those of August*

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE.

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SYDNEY, August 24. (Received August 24, at 1.40 p.m.)' Bonds; 3J per cent., 1951, £9B 10s 3g per cent., 1954, £99 ss; 4 per cent., 1941, £lOl 3s 9d; 4 per cent., 1947,' £lO2. Shares: Bank of New South Wales, £27 15s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 14s 2d; Tooths, 49s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 58s 3d; David Jones, 32s IOJd. LONDON MONEY MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 23, (Received August 24, at 11 a.m.) London discount and short-loan interest rates, day to day loans, i per cent.; fine trade bills, three months. 3 to 3J per cent.; bank bills, three months, 1; bank bills, six months, 2; Treasury bills, two months, |; Treasury bills, three months, 1. New York call money, 1 per cent.

SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY.

Auckland.—First call: Commercial Bank, 16s; Electrolytic Zinc, 53s 6d; 1.C.1. (pref.), 24s 6d; Taranaki Oilfields, 5s 6d, Noon call; Broken Hill Proprietary, 665; Electrolytic Zinc (pref., 58s; Farmers’ Trading (B pref.), 19s, ord., 17s 9d; Farmers’Fertilizer, 17s 2d; Wooiworths (Sydney), 24s 9d; South British Insurance, 42a 3d; Stock (1940-43), £99 10s. Christchurch.—British Tobacco, 50* Id, 50s (3); Broken Hill Proprietary, 665; Colonial Sugar, £4B; Electrolytic Zinc (pref., cum div.), 575. Reported: Government 3J per cent. Stock (195357), £9l; Union Bank of Australia, £7; 18s, £7 17s 6d; Wooiworths (Sydney, ord.), 25s 2d. Wellington.—New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 8s; Wooiworths Ltd. (ord.), 24s lOd, 25s Id; Woolworths Properties, 255.

Aug. 22. Aug. 25, Copper- £ s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot ... 44 19 4} 44 13 li Forward ... 44 10 10} 44 8 lJ Electrolytic, spot 50 5 0 Forward 50 15 0 50 5 50 15 0 0 Wire Bars— Spot ... ... 50 15 0 50 15 0 LeadSpot ... 16 0 U 16 5 14 Forward ... ... 1516 104. 15 18 9* Spelter— Spot ... ... 14 8 9 14 8 9 Forward ... ... 14 10 74 ’ 14 10 74 Tin— Spot ... ... 229 18 9 229 18 9 Forward ... 224 7 6 223 12 3 Silver— Standard, per 02 18 7-16d 18 1-164 Fine, per oz ... 19 7-8d 19 l-2d