COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10376, 6 April 1927, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HOME WOOL SALES

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date April 1: “The .sales closed firmly, to-day. Home trade is more active. Competition on Gentian and French account is active. As compared with' last sales closing rates, prices are higher about 5 per cent, for scoured crossbred, medium scoured merino, crossbred slipe, inferior scoured merino, and creasy merino. Prices are higlier about par to 5 per cent for scoured merino super and greasy crossbred. The prices realised for average to super grades' of descriptions ™ below were as follows: -Mermo ' nM . 94d to 27d, merino average I 19d to 23d; crossbred 56/58’s 23d ,to I 951 d, 50/56’s 19d to 22d, 48/oO s 16d "to 19d, 46/48’s I4*d to hd 4AJ4b s ]3l d to l5)-d, 40/44.’s 12nd to 14Ad, 36/40’s I2d to l3id.” BRADFORD TOPS QUIET „. CONCESSION’S FOR BUSINESS LONDON, April 4. The Bradford tops market is quiet, top-makers making small concessions for actual busines. —A. and N.Z.C.A. FOREIGN EXCHANGES * CURRENT RATES (United Press Assn.-—Copy right.) LONDON April 4. ’ Foreign exchanges: ' Brussels 34.94 francs to the £; Pans 124.00 francs; Stockholm 18.12 kroner; Oslo 18.69 kroner; Copenhagen 18-20 kroner: Berlin 2049 reichmarks • Rome 101.70 lire; Calcutta «Ul6d; Yokohama. 24-id; Hongkong 24 5-Bd, Montreal 485 9-16 cents; New York • 485 13-16 cents; Amsterdam 12.14* •mid florins; Batavia 12.13 J florins. —A. and N.Z.C.A.

WHEAT MARKET PARCELS QUIET LONDON April 1. IVheat cargoes are inaccice and quotations unchanged- Parcels are ciuiet at late rates. Liverpool iutures: May 10s 3d, July 10s 2d, October 9s llid. _ NEW YORK, April 4Chicago wheat: May 134, July 1934, September 127 cents a bushel. NEW YORK, April 4.

Chicago wheat: May 134, July 1283; September 127 cents a bushel,

STOCKS AND SHARES

AUCKLAND, April 5. Sales on Change: Kawavau 3s Id; Waihi, 16s Sd; Tonson, G'arlick 15s; Auckland Gas 23s Id. —tP.A. ' DUNEDIN, April 5. Reported sales: E.S. and A- Bank, £8 12s 6d; P. and O. Deferred Stock £26O.—P.A. LONDON, April 4. P and O. shares are quoted at £267. HOME METAL MARKET. (Received April 5, 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 4. Copper £55 11s 3d to £56 3s 9d, lead £27 3s 9d to £27 16 s 3d, spelter £29 17s 6d and £3O 8s 9d; tin £3ll 9s 6d and £3Ol 2s 6d, silver standard 26 3-f (id, fine 28(d per ounce. —A. and N.Z.C.A.