BASE METALS MARKET.
A SLIGHT RECOVERY. LONDON, Fob. 17. The official London (middle) quotations compare with those previously cabled as follow :
PRICES OF OTHER METALS. Quotations for other metals, with those for February 10 in parentheses, are as follows : Pig iron.—Home trade, 99s a ton (same); export, not quoted. Antimony.—British, £7O 10s a ton (same); foreign, £4l a ton (same). Molybdenite.—4ls a unit, nominal (samo). Wolfram.—Chinese, 55s a unit, nominal (565). Osmiridium.—Buyers, £l6 an ounc-o; sellers £l9 (same).
Feb. 16. Feb. 17. Per ton. Per ton. Copper — Standard, spot .. £ s. d. £ s. d. .... 41 9 4i 42 1 3 Ditto, forward .. .... 41 16 10* 42 6 101 Electrolytic .... 46 10 0 47 0 0 to 47 10 0 48 0 0 Wire bars .... 47 10 0 48 0 0 Lead — Spot .... 14 1 10£ 14 6 10i Forward .... 14 4 4i 14 8 9 Spotter— Spot .... 13 5 7£ 13 10 Forward .... 13 11 101 13 13 TinSpot .... 211 17 6 213 7 6 Forward .... 211 2 6 212 12 6 Silver — Standard, an oz ... 20jjd 20|d Fine, an oz .... 22id 22gd
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 5
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182BASE METALS MARKET. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 5
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