WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 16, 16 December 1937, Page 6

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES.

General dullness pervaded the markets on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday, and trading was restricted to a small turnover. Prices were mostly easy. Government loans were quiet and barely steady. The 4 per cent, stock. 1946-49, sold 2s Cd down at £lO2 7s 6d. Others were unchanged. Bank shares were quiet and with an easy tendency. New Zealand cold at 43s Bd, and more were wanted at twopence lower. National of New Zealand weakened to 535, sellers holding for 55s 6d. Little interest was shown in other sections of the market, there being a complete alienee of buyers in several cases. New Zealand Breweries were marked down to 44s 9d, sellers 45s 9d. Tooths were wanted at 52s 3d. Australian industrial issues showed little or no change on Late rates except metal issues, which fell away in sympathy with the London market. Mount Lyell were marked down to 31s 9d. Woolworths, Ltd., eased to 25s 4d, sellers asking 26s 3d. Woolworths (N Z.) were quoted, ex dividend, at 20s 6d. sellers 21h 6d. G. J. Coles sold at 84s 4d. McKenzie’s Departmental Stores eased to business at 74s 3d. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS.

The latest buying and eellin" ouotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: — Buyers. Sellers.

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington— Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 15-2-43-46, £103; 15-4-46-49, £lO2 7s 6d; 3i p.c., 1939-52. £lOl 4s; Bank of N.Z., £2 3s 8d; Wgtn. Trust and Loan (2), £5 2s 3d; AVgtn. Invest. T. and A., 9s 3d; Gotdsbroitgh, Mort, *£l 12s 9d; British Tobacco, £2 9s 9d; G. J. Coles, +134 4 3 4d; McKenzies Dept. Stores, £3 14s 3d; Taranaki Oil (2), 7s 2d, +7s 2id; Broken Hill South, *£l 16s 9d; Mount Morgan, 11s 3d, 11s 3}d. *Late sale Tuesday. +Reported after last call. Auckland. —Inscr., Stock, 4 p.c., 15-2-43-46, £lO3, 3£ p.c., 15-3-39-43, £IOO 12s 6d; Amal. Brick (Auck.), 6 p.c., 1-3-44, £94; National Bank N.Z., £2 15s; . Bank of N.SAV., £33; Bank of N.Z., £2 3s 9d, £2 4s, D mort., £1 9s 3d; National Insurance, 17s 3d; N.Z. Insurance, £3 ~3s; -South British Insur. £4 17s; Dominion Investment, l9s 6d; N.Z. Guarantee Corpn., 4s 6id; Devonport Steam, 19s 8d; Northern Steam, 4s 4Jd; Kauri Timber, 1 £1 lslOd; Burns, Philp, £2 14s 6d; Colonial Sugar (2), £47 10s; G. J. Coles, £4 4s 3d; Farmers’ Fertiliser, 19s sd; Robinson Ice. £1 3s; Wilsons Cement. 17s 3d; Mount Lyell, £1 12s; Mount Morgan, lls sd. Christchurch. —Comm. Bank Austr. (2), 16s lOd; Bank of N.Z. (2), £2 3s ?d; Anthonv Hordern, 19s; Electrolytic Zinc, pref. £2 9s Id; G. J. Coles, £4 3s lid, (2) £4 4s. £4 3s lid. £4 4s; Taranaki Od, 7s 2d; Big-River (4). Is 2d: Grey River 7s 6d pd„ 9s sd; Broken Hill South, £1 17s, £1 17s Id, (3) £1 17s 3d, (3) £1 17s 2d, £1 17s Id; Mount Morgan (2), Us 3d; North Broken Hill (2), £2 12s 3d; Rawnng Tin, 10s 3d. Sales rewirtcd: Rural Bonds, 5 p.c., 15-9-47, £lO2 10s; Dalgety and Co., "£9 , G. J. Coles, £4 3s- lid, Grey River, 7s 6d pel., 9s 4d; Barrytown, £1 7s 6d. *Lnto sale Tuesday. Dunedin. —Woolworths, Ltd., £>l os; Alt. Lyell, £1 12s, £1 lls lid.

iN.Z. GOVT. LOAN’S— £ a. d. £ s. d. p.c. Tnscr. Stock, 3-1939-43 — 101 0 0 Ditto, 11-1938-52 101 5 0 Ditto. 1-1933-57 98 0 0 — 4 p.c. ditto. 2-1943-46 —- 103 2 6 Ditto, 4-1946-49 — 102 12 6 3j p.c. Bonds. 1-1953-57 98 0 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 0 — 15-9-1947 101 15 0 — BANKS — Adelaide 6 1 0 11 0 0 Cornrcl. of Aust., ord. 0 16 11 Ditto, prof — 9 15 0 Eng., Scot, and Allot. — 5 9 0 National of N.Z *2 13 National of Australasia, 0 2 15 6 £10 paid — 14 6 0 Ditto, £5 paid ' — 7 4 6 .New Sou ih Wales ... — 33 10 0 Now Zealand 2 5 FIN AN CIA L— 6 2 4 0 Dalgetv and Co — 9 5 0 0 10 5 Golctebrougli, Mort ... +1 12 8 1 12 10 National Mortgage, A — 2 8 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 4 8 Metropolitan Bdgs. ... — CAS— 12 15 0 6 , 0 — - 0 8 6 Wellington, ord 1 16 INSURANCE— 0 National of N.Z 0 17 0 — New Zealand — 3 3 6 3 0 0 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating ... 0 18 3 — Ditto, 10s paid — Well. Meat Export ... 0 8 0 0 9 0 TRANSPORT— Union Steam, pref. ... — WOOLLEN— 1 7 0 18 6 Bonds Hosier v Mills — 9 Kaiapoi, pref — 0 17 3 0 17 0 ■Wellington, pref 5 10 COAL— 0 0 12 Grey Valley — 0 Kaitangata 1 4 6 — Vukcn.iiro 0 18 0 Taupiri 0 15 6 — Westport 1 S TIMBER0 1 4 0 Kauri 1 1 6 — Lcvland-O’Bricn — 0 18 9 llotoiti — 0 4 0 0 IS 6 0 15 0 Tailijo Totara, ord. ... Ditto, pref. — Ditto. 16>= paid, pref. — BREWERIES— 0 6 0 18 0 14 +1 19 9 6 6 9 N.Z. Breweries 2 4 9 2 5 9 Tooth and Co 2 12 3 — 1 11 10 Queensland MISCELLANEOUS— 1 7 0 19 0 Anthony Hordern ... 3 Aust. Glass 4 12 0 — British Tobacco *2 9 6 — 8 1 11 Broken Hill Pty 3 2 6 — 9 Ditto, 5s paid — 1 15 Burns, Philp and Co. i lo 9 ■ Claude Neon (Sydney) 2 8 0 48 2 Colonial Sugar 47 7 6 0 Con. Brick and Pipe *0 7 4 . Den. and Mod. Sup. 0 13 0 ~n Dunlop Pcrdriau ..... — Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 7 0 Ditto, pref ~~ Felt and Textiles .... 1 16 0 1 16 9 G. J. Coles 4 4 3 4 4 Honrv Jones Co-op. .. 0 6 MacdufTs. prof. — 0 3 14 National Electric ' — 0 16 0 18 0 7 3 Shillings, Ltd 0 2 Wilsons N.Z.. Cement 0 11 6 1 1 ■\Vooiworths Ltd., ord. *1 5 4 1 6 3 Ditto, 2nd pref. ..... 1 ° 9 Ditto. Ltd., 1st pref. 2 U 0 1 14 0 9 0 Myer’s Emporium ... Gates, Ltd 0 MININGAigo Big River 0 | 1 2 0 1 10 0 14 3 X U Mount Lycll •••• *1 OVERSEAS LISTINGS— _ 9 WooKvorths Holdir.gs 0 13 11 — •Cum dividend. +Ex dividend.