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Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 8

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DOW JONES AVERAGES Press Association—-By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, April 30. 1926 = 100. Sales,

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, May 1. (Received May 1, at 1.20 p.m.) Bonds: 4. per cent. 1941, £lO3 10s; 4 per cent. 1961, £IOB 10s. Shares: Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l9 3s; Australian Gas (A), £6 10s 6d; Associated News, 12s Bd, preference, 17s; Anthony Hordern, 12s lOd; Burns. Philp, 54s 3d; Dunlop Perdriau, 19s 7 id ; Farmers, 26s 6d. . NEW GUINEA .GOLD SHARES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 30. (Received May 1, at 11.40 a.m.) New Guinea Gold shares are quoted at Is 10|d. TIN QUOTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 30. (Received May 1, at 1 p.m.) Tin; Spot, £253 os to £253 10s; forward, £248 15s to £249. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY, Christchurch. —Bank of New Zealand, 43s 8d; New Zealand Refrigerating (con.), 9s 6d. Wellington.—There were no sales on the Stock Exchange. Auckland, —Morning cal!: Pukemiro, 16s; Consolidated Brick, 9s 9d; Stock (1943-46), 4 per cent., £lO3 6s. Noon call: Newton King (pref.), 10s; Wright, Stephenson (pref.), 20s; Lewis Eady (pref.), 18s; M.K. Manufacturers, 6s; Auckland Harbour Board (1959), 4J per cent., £107; Auckland City (194459), 4i per cent., £lO3.

20 Rail- Indus1,000 roads. trials. shares. Feb. 7 ... 30.83 146.63 490 Feb. 29 ... 30.48 146.54 680 March 1 30.41 146.23 600 March 27 30.79 147.45 1190 April 1 30.73 147.72 750 April 8 31.96 151.29 1260 April 16 30.64 148.18 1510 April 17 30.59 148.35 900 April 18 30.30 147.15 1000 April 19 30.37 146.80 1150 April 20 30.60 147.67 720 April 22 30.63 148.01 870 April 23 30.75 148.93 880 April 26 30.97 148.56 820 April 29 30.74 148.41 570 April 30 30.69 148.43 590 STOCK INDICES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 30. (Received May 1, at 11.45 a.m.) Stock Indices Compiled by the ‘ Financial Times, i October 15, I92fcl = 100. Govt. Sccuri- Home Indus Gold ties. rails. trials. mines. Feb. 7 108.8 52.9 96.5 190.9 Feb. 29 110.0 55.3 101.5 196.3 March 1 109.9 54.1 101.6 195.9 March 29 108.3 55.4 97.8 195.4 April 1 108.6 55.4 98.2 196.1 April 8 108.8 56.1 99.1 198.5 108.2 54.6 97.7 196.4 110.1 55.8 97.1 198.8 110.1 55.7 96.8 197.9 April 29 110.3 55.3 96,4 197.6 April 30 110.7 55.3 96.2 197,9 FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright 4 LONDON, April 30. (Received May 1, at 12.5 p.m.) Pars, franc to £1 3.51 Paris, franc to £1 • ••• 176| Amsterdam florins to £1 17.90 Montreal, dollar to £1 ... ... 4.45 Switzerland, franc to £1 16.90 Stockholm, kroner to £1 540 Athens, drachmae to £1 /b.bb Lisbon, escudo to £1 16.80 Kobe, pence to yen ib .&5-64-Honkgonk, pence to dollar 14 29-32 Shanghai, pence to dollar 44 Brussels, belgas to £1 23.825 Rome, lire to £1 24.175 Tokio, pence to yen 24.37 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 — Oslo, kroner to £1 Milan, lire to £1 63.25 Argentine, jesos to £1 68.00