SYDNEY EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22259, 6 November 1935, Page 9

SYDNEY EXCHANGE

A BUOYANT MARKET

HEAVY TRADING YESTERDAY (Received November 5, 8.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 5 On tho Sydney Stock Exchange today the market was buoyant, with heavy trading. Leading industrial issues commenced to firm to higher prices and banks were in greater request. This morning's . sales included: Tooth's Brewery, 58s 6d; Anthony Hordern, 19s ljd; ditto, preference, 245; Associated News, '2ss; ditto, preference, 24s 4Jd; British Tobacco, 40s; Punlop-Perdriau, 16s 10{d. Later sales included: —Bank .if New South Wales, £33 2s 6d; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 19s; Union Hank, £9 8s (3d; Bank of New Zealand, 50s .'id; Colonial Sugar, £44 is; Austni'inn Gas, £7 16s; British Tobacco, 40s Cd; Tooth's Brewery, 59 5; Newcastle (Ins, A shares, 12s 9d; Edwards' L'unlop, 43s Gd; H. McKenzie, 5s 3d; Marcus •'lark, 9s Id; Spencers, 7s lOd; United Provisions, lis lOd; Sargents, 235; Morts Dock, 6s lOd; W. P. Carpenter, contributing, 335; Goodyear, preference, 31s 9d; Punlop-Perdriau, 16s 10U1; Winchcombe Carson, 29s 9d; Wilcox Mofflin, 10s 4d;, Morris Hcdstrom, 245, Electrolytic Zinc, .'3ss l Ul; David Jones, 40s 3d; Anthony Hordern, 19s ]Jd; ditto, preference, 21s; Standard Cement, 21s 6d; General Industries, 19s Cd; Mount Lyell, 20s 6d; South Broken Hill, £5 ss; Norths, £8 10s; Rawang Tin. 8s lOd; Mount Kasi, 17s 6d; Mount Paris Tin, 3s Sd. Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds. 1938, £lO2 15s; 1941, £104; 1944, £lO2 ss; 1950, £104; 1953, £lO4 3s 9d; 1955, £lO4 8s 9d; 1959, £103; 1961, £lO3 10s. The Melbourne Stock .Exchange was closed for the Cup Day holiday.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES DOLLAR RATHER WEAKER British Wireless RUGBY, ifov. 4 The following rntes on foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on November 2 and par:—

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterday, on a New Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice: — Seliinsr: United States Canada T.T. .. •• 3.94% 8.93% On demand .. 3.95% 3.933 i Buying: On demand .. 3.99% 4.03% Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice: —

The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, I is as follows: —• . Prpflent Price Par

CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES The Customs Department has declared the following rates of exchange in respect of cargoes by the vessels named:— Brisbane Maru, Japan, yen •• 14% d Brisbane Maru, Hongkong, dollar . 21 Via Canadian Victor, Canada, dollars . 4.98 Canadian Victor, America, dollars 4.91 Golden State, America, dollars .. 4.92 Wniruna, America, dollars . .. 4.92 Wairuna, Canada, dollars .. .. 4.9(5 City of Bagdad, America, dollars . 4.90 City of Bagdad, Canada, dollars . 4.93 CLAUDE NEON LIGHTS LOWER FINAL DIVIDEND A final dividend of 4 per cent, making 8 per cent for the year, is recommended by the directors of Claude Neon Lights of New Zealand, Limited, for the six months ended September 30. Last year the company paid an interim dividend of 4 per cent and a final dividend of 6 per cent, making 10 per cent. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Due Dominion Pictures—final, ord., 2J P. 0.; pref., 3 p.c To-day Sharland—final, ord. and pref 2$ p.o To-morrow Union Oil—final, 9d a share .. Nov. 8 Australian Glass—int., oid., 6 p. 0.: pref.. p.o Nov. . Talisman iOubbo—6d a share Nov. 0 N.Z. Pape*- Mills—int.. 3 p.o. .. Nov. 11 Mosgiel Woollen —final. 4 p. 0., bonus 2 p.o. .. .. Nov. 19 Abraham and Williams—final pref., 6 p.o. p.a Nov. IS Bycroft—int., G p.o. .. . . Nov. 13 Martha Mining:—int.. 6d a share Nov. IS Burns-Philp—int.. Is a share .. Nov. If Maori Gully— 10 p.o Nov. 56 Tattersfield—6l d.o. .. .. Nov. 1® National Ins. —final. 6d a share Nov. Macky Losan, Caldwell—int., 5 p.o. p.a. Nov. 2(; Broken Hill Ptv.—ls 8d a share Nov. 27 Nat. Bank A'osia—int., 5 p.o. p.a. Nov. 27 E. t S. and A. Bank—final, 2i p.o. Nov. ifBruce Woollen—pref., 6 3-6 p.o.t ord ? p.c . . Claude Neon (N./2.)—final, 4 p.c. Nov. United Ins.—final, 8 p.c. p.a. . . Nov. VJ. L. Innea —uret. and ord., H p. 0.: also prof, arrears .. Deo. I Henry Jones—finul, li 3d a share Deo. '/ Bank N.Z.—int.. ord.. Is a share; D mort,, flj p.o .. .. Deo. i North Broken Hill—2s fid a share, and bonus. Is a share .. Djeo. It Broken Hill South—l» 6d a share. and bonus, Is a share .. Deo. 1! Bulolo—int., 1 dollar 40 cents (Canadian* a share . Deo. 20 Placer—int., 50 cents (Canadian! n share .. Deo. 2C Kauri Timber—s p.c Deo. NEW GUINEA GOLD SHARES • LONDON, Nov. 4 New Guinea gold shares sold to-day at 4s Od.

I ■ • , . Nov. 4 Nor. 2 Par Montreal, dot. .. 4.96/4 4.97 4.866 New York, dol. . 4.92% 4.91% 4.866 Paris, fr. 74% 74% 121.21 Brussels, belga . 29.14 29.18 V, 35.00 Geneva, fr. 15.14 15.12 1 /, 25 22 Amsterdam, fl. . 7.05 7.24 12:i0 Milan, lire GO V. GOV, 92.46 Berlin, r.m. 12.24 12.22 20.43 Stockholm, kr. . 19.39V, 19.39 V, 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 23.39*/, 23.39V, 18.159 Oslo, kr. 19.90'/, 19.90% 18.159 Vienna, sch. 20% 26'/, 34.585 Jfrague, kr. 119 HP"/!. 164.25 Helsingfors, mark 007 227 129.23 Madrid, pes. 36VU ' 36 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. 110'/, 110 3 /, 110 Athena, dr. _ .. 516* 516* 875.00 Bucharest, lei. _. 625* 625* 813.6 Kiode Janeiro,mil. . 4'^d* 4 l /,d* ' 6.899d Buenos Aires, dol. 85d* 85d* 47.619d Montevideo, dol. 39"/, a d 39'" Vtnd 61d Bombay, rupee , 18Vid ISVSd lSd Shanghai, dol. .. 14V,„d 15%d — Hongkong, dol. . 18%d 20 l5 /, e d —• Yokohama, yen . 14%, d 14V,,d 24.58d Batavia, fl. 7.22V, 7.20 1 /, 12.10 Belgrade, din. .. 215 215 276.31 'Sellers.

T.T. On Demand To £1 N.Z. Currency Selling Buying Sellinc U.S.A., dol. 3.94'/, 3.98Vi 3.99'/, 3.94% Canada, dol. 4.03% 3.98% France, fr. 59.38 60.98 59.43 Noumea, fr. 58.63 62.03 58.68 Papeete, fr. Belgium, betea .. 58.63 62.03 68.68 23.102 — 23.117 Germany, r.m. .. 9.622 9.G27 Italy, lire .. 48.08 12,461 G.007 48.12 Switzerland, fr. .. 11.986 11.996 Holland, fl. 5.707 6.711 Java, fl. .. • • 5.690 5.965 6.G94 Sweden, kr. .. 15.459 15.P29 15.469 Norway, kr. 15.871 16.5:41 15.881 Denmark, kr. 17.878 18.218 17.8H8 Austria. «ch. 20.67 — 20.69 Czecho-Slovakia, cr. 95.01 — 95,06 N.Z. pence to Japan, yen . • Shanghai, doL .. 17"/,. 18$, %Y } » 17 43-64 18"/,, 22% 22 3 %, India, rupee .. Ceylon, nipe* .. 22"/,, 22*%, 22%, 22%, Hongkong, dol. .. 24%. 35"/,, 22 31 /„ ■24 Va Singapore, dol. .. 84% 85%,

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