AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

TRADING AT SYDNEY FAIRLY ACTIVE AND STEADY (Received October 22, 9.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct, 22 The Sydney Stock Exchange to-day was fairly active and steady. This morning's sales included:—Commonwealth bonds, 3J per cent, 19-17, £lO6 15s; 4 per cents, 1938, £lO6 18s 9d; 19-11, £lO7 17s 6d; 1944, £lO7 lis 3d; 1947, £109; 1950, £lll 2s 6rl. Tooth's Brewery, 51s; Anthony Hordern, 16s 4]d; Associated News, 25s Gd; Australian Glass, 525; British Tobacco, 42s Gel; Broken Hill Proprietary, 535; Colonial Sugar, £74 10s; Dunlop-Perdriau, 20s 3d; James Stedman, 15s 3d. Later sales included: —Commercial Bank of Sydney, £IS 2s; Colonial Sugar, £74 10s; Associated News, 25s 6d; Howard Smith, 10s Od; Australian Gas, A shares, £8 3s; British Tobacco, 42s 6d; Tooth's Brewery, 51s; Carlton Brewery, 51s; Australian Glass, 52s 3d: Winchcombe Carson, 29s 9d; Wilcox Mofflin, 10s 4d; Electrolytic Zinc, 28s 7-Jd; ditto, prof., 365; Australian Irou and Steel, pref., 245; Hume Pipe, 13s Id; Mount Morgan, 35s 4Jd; Broken Hill Proprietary, 535; Kuala Kampar* 14s lOd. Melbourne sales included: —lleraldTimes, 51s 9d; Goldsbrough-Mort, 31s Od; British Tobacco, 42s 3d; DunlopPerdriau, 20s 2d. FOREIGN EXCHANGES WEAKENING IN DOLLAR British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 20 Tho following rates 011 foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on October 19 and par:—

NEW ZEALAND MONEY ABROAD Current dollar exchanges as quoted by tho New Zealand banks, aro as under: Dollars to XI Sterling Buying Senilis United States .. Ml.'? 4.83 Canada • • • • 4.92 4.72 Folloiving are tho latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by tho Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. They aro subject to alteration without notice: — T.T. On Demand To £1 N".Z. Currency Selling Buying Selling K ranee, if. . . 511.!.!.'! CO.OJt 59.38 Noumea, fr. . . 58.58 (i 1.98 58.G11 Papeete, fr. .. 58.53 01.98 68.M Belgium. lielsa . . 10.599 17.U99 I?i Germany. r.m. 9.002 Italy, lire .. 45.47 - , 45.51 Switzerland, fr. .. 11.911 12.416 ll.Oal Holland, fl. •• 5.718 (1.018 5.722 Java, fl. .. . r ..70i3 5.977 5.70b N.Z. penro to Japan, yen .. ~ , India, rupee .. 2'222/m Ceylon, rlipeo .. 22 n 2iy ?a Singapore, dol. .. iM/io 3°. m Tho cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal foreign units, oil tho latest quotations, i-> as follows: —• Present Prieo >a^j Australia, pound •• W 10.PL 20 0.00 London, pound .. ..24 10.50* 20 0.00 New York, dollar .. 6 1-W| '} ]■[!, Montreal, dollar .. 6 327 4 1. Purm, fnuic • . •• 0 ",, .Berlin, veichninrJc .. - ?i oo Oopcnhawon, Icrono .. 1 *■ Yokohama, yen . . . . 1 5.30 2 0.58 CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Kates of exchange ruling ftfc tho announced dates of departure of tlu vessels named are shown in tho following tahlo. They arc subject to confirmation bv tho Customs Department when tho oxact tiiuo ol is learned on arrival of the vessels in New Zealand, finally declared rates being marked*:— \Vairunn. America, dollars .. 4 .SO I Aunndale, America, dollars .. 4.J> i Golden Bear. .America, dollars .. 4 ;' 5 - Biisbanc Muni. Japan, yen . • H i-loa Niagara, Canada, dollars . . • 4-814 Canadian Challenger, Cu inula. dollars 4.81 City of Delhi. America, dollais .. iMt Mariposa, America, dollars a-JJi LONDON SILVER PRICES British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 20 Silver is quoted to-day at 23 15-16rl an or,, spot and 24d forward, compared with 23 15-16 d and 24 l-16d yesterday.

1 Oct. 20 Oct. 19 Par. Montreal, dol. .. •l.SG'Ji 4 ,S4/i 4.806 New York, dol. . 4.%T.'a 4.95/4 4.S66. I'aria, fr. 74"% a 74"A« 124.21 Brussels, bclga, . 21,15 21.07 35.00 Geneva, fr. 15.15 15.0S 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. . 7.2!) .7. 2G 12.10 Milan, lire C721/ «>» /H2 577x 0 92.41, Berlin, r.ni. 12.28 12.21% 20.43 Stockholm, kr 19.39/ a 19.39/3 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 22:40 22.40 18.159 Oslo, kr. 19.90/a 18.159 Vienna, sell. 2(')Vi 20/4 34.585 Prague, kr. US'/b m/ 0 22C/a 104.25 lTelsinqifors, mark 129.23 Madrid, pea. 3'V' lfl 30 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. ll"'/n 110% no Athens, dr. . . 512* 510* 375.OP Bucharest, lei. 492 490 813.(5 Rio do Janeiro, mil 4/,d* 4 '/id * 5.899d Buenos Aires, dol. 3C.V 5 d* Sfi/ 3 d* 47.019d Montevideo, dol. 39%!* 139/nd* 51d Bombay, rupee . lBV'.r.d isv;„d 18d Shunjrhui, dol. .. in»/, „d 15V,„d —. Houpkonp, dol. . 19/„d 19",' 10 d — Yokohama, yen , 13 a /jjd i:i"/,od 24,58d Bntaviu, fl. 7.23 12.10 Belgrade, din. . . 'Sellers. 214/3 • 270.31