COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17284, 27 September 1916, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

LOlßtil MAROTS.

By Telegraph—Press Aisociation—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Aaiociation. (Received September 26, 6.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 2G. SHAKES. TVaihi, 36s 3d to 87s 6d.

METALS. Copper.—Spot £lls 15s; three months, £llß 10s; electrolytic, £136 10a. Lead.—Spot, £'3o 10s; three mouths, £39 10a. Spoltor.—Spot, i£s2; three months, £U. Tm.—Spot, to £172 2s 6<l; threo months, £172 12a 6d. Silver.—32 15-16 d per standard ounce. LONDON WOOL SALES. Tho Bank of England yesterday received the following l cablegram from its London office:—Current prices:—CroBS-breds, coarse I7d to 17id. medium 18d to ISJd, fine 20d to 20Jd; merincos, inferior ]6d to 17d, superior 24d: half-bred 21-Jd to 22-jd. Messrs Dalgoty and Co., Limited, huve received the following cablegram from their head office, dated London, Sep.embor 22: " Wool sales closed fair. As compared with last sale's c!o?ir.g rates, merinoes, scorned, super and good, aro par to 3 per cent lower; short faulty, 5 per cent to 10 per cent lower; merinoes, greasy, suuer and good, 5 per cent higher; short, faulty, 5 per cent lower. Lainlw', free, 5 per cent higher; faulty, o per cent lower. Cross-bred, greasy, fine, 5 per cont; medium and coarse, 5' per cent to 7J per cent higher; cross-bred, scoured. 5 pelcent lower; lambs', free, 5 per cent higher; faulty, 7J per cent lower; and slipes, par to 5 per cent higher. Of. the quantity available, the Home trade took 87,000 bales and tho Continent 6300 biles, leaving to be carried forward 10,600 bales, of which 5000 wore not offered. ■*

Th? following cable message has been received by tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Comtjany, Limited, dated London. September 22:—" Sales closed good demand. As compared with July 28, merino, Bcoured and inferior greasy, was S r>cr cent, nnd croßs-bred, ecoured, o per cent to % per cent lower."