WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 7, 6 December 1932, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS AND PRICES. No improvement was shown in the tone of the stock and share market yesterday. There was a weak and hesilant inquiry from invoslors who showed very little interest in any section, but there were numerous sellers. Government securities wero a very dull market. There were again inquiries for the 5£ per cents., 1937, at £97. Sellers of 4i per cents, eased their price to £94, and a sale of the 1938 bonds was mado in Christchurch at £93 10s. Local body debentures were right out of favour. The only bids in the banks section were 41s 6d, cum. dividend, for New Zealands, sellers asking 435, and £lO ss, ex dividend, for National of Australasia, £lO paid, an easing of 2s 6d on Saturday's price. In the other sections of the market there wore few recorded bids. New Zealand Breweries were unchanged at 255, cum. dividend, but Staples eased to 21s 6d. Colonial Sugars wore weaker at £46, holders asking £4B 10s. New Zealand Insurance weakened to a sale at 41s. Goldmining shares wore the only bright spot in the market. There was a fairly active demand at firm rates. Consolidated Goldfields were done at 9s and 9s lid, and Blackwaters at 22s 2d. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS. Buying and selling qubtations at yesterday's final call on tho Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow:

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. SYDNEY, Doc. 5. On the Sydney Stock Exchange- to-day investors were still disinclined to enter into normal trade owing to tho unsettled war debts situation, and pending the result of the internal Commonwealth loan. Values consequently were irregular and tending to sag, but bank shares held well. Sales: Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l6 10s; National Bank of Australasia, £lO paid, £l2 2s 6d ditto, £5 p-aid, £6 3s • Colonial Sugar, New Zealand delivery, £53 2s 6d: Huddart-Parkcr, 30s; Henry Jones, 37s 3d; Australian Gas, A, £6 18s; British Tobacco, 33s 7Jd; Dun-lop-Perdrian, 16s 6d; ditto, prof., 325; Goldsbrough, Mort, 24s 6d; Broken Hill fty., 265; Winchcombe Carson, 235; Tooths, 35s lid; Now Zealand Government debentures, 5i por cent., 1937, £lO7 10s. Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lO2 lis 3d; 1941, £IOO 17s 6d; 1944, £101; 1947, £lOl 10s; 1950, £lOl 10s; 1953, £lOl 18s 9d; 1955, £lO2 10s; 1957, £IOO 10s Id; 1959, £IOO 17s 6d; 1961, £lOl 10s.

MELBOURNE, Dec. 5. Sales: Goldsbrough, Mort, 24s 6d; “Herald-Times,” 555; Mt. Lyell, 225; Taranaki Oil, 2s lid.

Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— i 6. d. £ s. d. 4j; p.c. Bonds, 1938 ... — 94 0 0 54- p.c. ditto Sep., 1937 97 0 0 — 44 p.c. Stock, 1939 ;.. — 94 0 0 54 p.c. ditto, 1936 — 98 0 0 54 p.c. ditto, Feb, 1937 97 0 0 — - 5£ p.c. ditto, Sep, 1937 97 0 0 98 0 0 5| p.c. ditto. 1934 — 97 15 0 DEBENTURES— Palmerston N. 6 p.c., 1945 — 99 10 0 Makerua Drainage, 6 p.c., 1946 — 96 10 0 Chch. Drainage, 5A p.c., 1965 — 97 15 0 Waitomo E.P. Bd., 6 p.c., 1961 — 99 10 0 Well. Gas Co 99 0 0 — BANKS— Australasia — 9 10 0 Comm, of Aust., ord. — 0 14 1 E.S. and A — +4 10 0 Nat. of Australasia, £10 paid +10 5 0 — New South Wales ... +27 10 0 New Zealand *2 1 6 2 3 0 Union of Aust — 7 15 0 FINANCIAL— Equitable Building ... — 4 10 0 Goldsbrough, Mort ... 1 1 0 — N.Z. Guar. Corp., ord. — 0 5 3 N.Z. Invest., Mort and Deposit 0 7 3 — N.Z. Loan and Mercantile — 53 0 0 Well. Dep. and Mort. — 0 8 0 GAS— Wellington, ord — 1 10 0 Ditto, prof 0 18 3 — INSURANCE— Aust. Prov. Assce. ... 0 5 6 0 7 3 Queensland — +2 8 6 South British — 2 16 0 MEAT PRESERVING— Gear — 1 10 0 N.Z. Rrefrig., £1 paid — 0 9 6 Ditto, 10s paid 0 2 9 — TRANSPORT— Union Steam, pref. ... 1 0 7 — WOOLLEN— .Wellington, ord — 5 6 6 TIMBER— Kauri 0 11 5 — Leyland-O’Brien — 1 0 0 National — 0 7 0 Taringamutu — 0 5 0 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries *1 5 0 1 5 9 Staples and Co 1 1 6 1 3 0 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco, ord. *1 10 0 — Burns, Philp — 2 5 0 Colonial Sugar 46 0 0 48 10 0 Dental and Medical ... — 0 6 3 Dominion Investments 1 0 0 — Electro. Zinc, pref. ... — 1 5 6 N.Z. Drug : — 3 0 0 Wellington Cordage ... 0 6 6 0 14 0 Well. Queen’s Theatre — 1 1 6 Wilson’s Cement — +1 10 0 OIL— Moturoa — 0 4 3 Taranaki 0 2 0 — MINING— Blackwater 1 2 0 1 3 0 Consol. Goldfields 0 8 9 0 9 6 Golden Dawn U 5 0 — King Solomon 0 2 3 0 2 6 Mount Lyell — *1 0 2 Waihi 0 18 7 0 18 10 Big River — 0 1 3 Nokomai 0 5 8 — Golden Sands 0 2 1 0 2 6 *Cum. dividend. +Ex dividend.