SYDNEY EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22318, 16 January 1936, Page 5

SYDNEY EXCHANGE

ACTIVE MARKET YESTERDAY BANKS AND PASTORALS (Received January 15. 8.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, .Tan. 15 On the Sydney Stock Exchange today the market was strong, particularly for bank shares. Pastoral shares continued to rise. This morning's sales included: —Commonwealth bonds, 3f per cent, 1949, £9B 15s; 3* per cent, 1942, £IOO 18s 9d4 per cent, 1938, £102; 1941, £lO2 12s Gd; 1947, £lO4 17s Gd; 3953, £lO3 15s (ex interest); 1961, £lO5 10s. Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l9; Bank of New South Wales, £34 2s Gd; Anthony Hordern, 21s 3d; Asociated News, 23s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 59s 9d; Burns, Phil ji, G7s Gd; Fairvmead Sugar, 40s; Goldsbrough Mort, 33s 6d; Morris Hedstrom, 24s 10 id; Wilcox MofTliu, 12s 2d. Later sales included: —Colonial Sugar, £l4 7s Gd; Bank of New South Wales, £34; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £J9; Unjon Bank, £10; United jnsuraneo, £ll 10s; Associated News, 23s 7Jd; Howard Smith, 19s 3d; Tooth's Brewery, o-ls; Goldsbrough Mort, 33s 7-Jd; Wilcox Moil'lin, 12s 3d; Greater J. D. Williams, 8s Gd; Henry Jones, New Zealand delivery, 38s 9d; Millaquiu Sugar, 3Gs Gd; .J. Stedman, 18s; Electrolytic Zinc, 36s lid; David Jones, 43s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 21s 4 kl; Standard Cement, 22s 3d; Mount Morgan Development, 4s; Broken Hill Proprietary, 59s 9d; Zinc Corporation, 72s 3d; Kuala Kampar. 15s 3d; Rawang, 8s 9d; Placer Development, £5 4s;* Mount Kasi, 14s lOd.

Melbourne sales included:—Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s Id; English. Scottish and Australian Bank, £6 Is; British Tobacco, 41s Gd; Broken Hill Proprietary. 59s Gd; Electrolytic Zinc, 3Gs; G. J. Coles, 71s; Broken Hill South, £5 13s; Mount Lyell, 20s lOid; Mount Morgan, 18s lOd; Loloma, 35s 3d; Emperor, 16s Id; Koroere, 7s. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE BANK SHARES, DEBENTURES, ETC. LOXDON, Jan. 14 On tlie London Stock Exchange quotations of bank shares and other corporation debentures and stock compare with previous quotations as follows:

Other quotations are: British Tobacco, 31s lOJd; Goldsbrough-Mort, 26s 3d; Dalgetys, £6 15s; P. and 0. deferred stock, 21s; Mount Lyell, 16s 4jd; New Guinea, 4s 6d. FOREIGN EXCHANGES FRANC SLIGHTLY WEAKER British "Wireless RUGBY, Jan. 14 The following rates on foreign exchanges arc current, compared with the cabled quotations on January 13 and

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: — Sellim;: United States Cnnnda T.T 3.97% 3.98% On demand .. 3.98% 3.98% Buying: 'On demand .. 4.02% 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

The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, ou the latest quotations,

is as follows: — Present Price Par s el s d Australia, pound .. 10 10.81 20 0.00 London, pound . . 21 10.<i5 20 0.00 Fiji, pound .. •• 22 5.00 20 0.00 New York, dollar .. 5 0.10 4 1.. o rii rC fm, d c ollar . . " 0 Slot 0 liflfi Berlin, reichmark . . 2 0.28 0 1j.,4 Copenhagen. krone .. 1 l-« 1 >■ Yokohama, yen . . . . 1 5.49 2 0..>8

CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Hates of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of vessels named are shown *in the following table. They are subject to confirmation by the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned on arrival of the vessel in New Zealand. Finally declared rates are marked*: Cornwall is, Canada, dollars . . 4.08 Cornwallis, America, dollars •• «.9. Canadian Britisher, Canada, dollars 4,99 Canadian. Britisher America dol. 4 9 Sydney Maru, Hongkong, dollar .. IR/«d Svdney Maru. Japan, yen , • • • ■ Northumberland, America, dollars 4..t4 Northumberland. Canada, dollars . . 4.98 Nardana, America, dollars .. . • 4.jM Nardana, Canada, dollars ■ < • • PRICES OF METALS A FIRMER TENDENCY LONDON, Jan. 14 Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of January 13:—

Dec. 31 Jan. 34 £ 3 d £ s A Australasia 9 0 0 9 7 (3 New South "Wales .. 25 0 0 26 0 0 Union of Australia . . r> 17 fi 7 5 0 National of 2ST.Z. .. 2 1!! 9 0 10 0 N.Z. Shares .. 2 2 0 2 2 9 X.Z. Loan and More., ■t i>.c. <lcb. . . 91 10 0 91 0 0 N.Z. Loan and More., ordinary 2R 10 0 25 10 0 E., S. and A. i 3 "d 7 r>

par:— Jan.11 Jan. 13 Par Montreal, dol. . . 4.90% 9.97% 4.800 Ken- York, dol. . 4.90% 4.97%. 4.800 Paris, fr. 75 74"/,,) 124.21 Brussels, belga . 29.28' , 29.29V, 35.00 Geneva, fr. 15.20 15.20 03 0.} Amsterdam, fl. . 7.27' i 7.28/4 12.10 'Milan, lire CHI fi0/8 92.40 Berlin, r.m. 12.29 12.29' a 20.43 Stockholm, kr. . 19.39 '/, 19.39V, IS.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 523.39'/, 23.39'/, IS. 159 Oslo, kr. 19.90V, 19.90'/, 18.159 Vienna, sch. 2G» i 20% 34.585 Prague, kr. 1 19"' 9 119/10 104.25 Helsincfors, mark 220% 220% 193.23 Madrid, pes. 3li 11-G-l 30" 25 221 L'isbon, escu. . . no % 110% lio" Athens, dr. Bucharest, lei. . 520 520 375.00 608* 007* 813.0 Rio de Janeiro, mil. 4/id* 4',;d* 5.899d Buenos Aires, dol. 35 d 35d 47.619d Montevideo, dol. 39'/,d* 39%d * , 51d Bombay, rupee . lS%,d 18% 2 d 18d Shanghai, dol. . i4"/, 6 d 14'/,d — Hongkong, dol. . 15%d 15%d ■ — Yokohama, yen . 14'/i fl d 14'/i S d 24.58d Batavia, fl. 7.24'/, 7.21'/, 12.10 Belgrade, din. . . 217 'Sellers. 217 270.31

alteration without notice — T.T. On Domnd To £1 N.Z. Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. 3.97% 4.02% 3.98% Canada, dol. 3.98% 4.03 3.98% Austria, sch. 20.07 — 20.09 Belgium, belga . . '23.219 — 23.234 Czer.ho-SIovakia, cr. 95.25 — 95.30 Denmark, kr. 17.878 18.218 17.888 France, fr. 59.54 61.14 59.59 Germany, r.ra. 9.006 — 9.671 Holland, fl. ... 5.731 G.031 5.735 Java, fl 5.710 5.985 5.714 Norway, kr. 15.868 ] 6.238 15.878 Sweden, kr. 15.459 15.829 15.469 Switzerland, fr, . • 12.029 12.501 12.039 Noumea, fr. 58.79 62.19 58.8-1 Papeete, fr. 58.79 02.19 58.84 N.Z. pence to 20 17 / <3 Hongkong, doL 20»/ 18 18"A. India, rupee 22 /i 2 n A 22 u/ , n Ceylon, rupee 2'2 3 'l 22/ 4 22"/,« Japan, yen J -J 23/ — 17 45-64 Shanghai, dol. 18 2 / <a I'/^a 18 41-04 Singapore, dol. . . s.yy 32 34'/, 35% a

Jan. 14 Jan. 13 Per ton Per ton £ s d £ s d Copper, stan., spot .. 34 14 4i 34 10 71 Copper, stan.. 3 moa. 35 3 li 34 18 1J Copper, electrolytic .. 38 15 to 0 38 10 to 0 30 5 0 39 0 0 Copper, dec., wire bars 39 5 0 39 0 0 Lead, soft epot 15 1 3 15 5 0 Lead, soft, forward .. 15 2 <; 15 7 G Spelter, spot 14 7 (5 14 6 3 Spelter, forward 11 12 6 14 11 3 Tin, nt.nn,, spot. 213 5 0 212 17 6 Tin. stan., 3 mos. 203 7 6 203 12 6