STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22405, 29 April 1936, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE FIRMING IN VALUES • / There was a marked firming in values jn the investment market on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday. Several good gains were made and in a large number of sales there were very few declines. Government loans were active. Selling rates were higher, with tho exception of the 1946 and 1955 i percent stocks, which both lost 5s on ingAfter a spell of dullness, the banking section showed a brighter tone. There was a further sale of Bank of Australasias at current levels. Nationals of New Zealand also were transferred unchanged. There was a sale of New South Wales, Sydney register, at £33 12s 6d, a drop of 5s on the last transaction in February. A lifting of offers by buyers of South British enabled a sale to be made at 91s 6d, a rise of 2s on the last transfer made before the Easter holidays. Industrials were again prominent and , levels all round were higher. A feature of this section was the sharp rise of 4s 9d in Australian Glass shares in a transaction .at SSs. New Zealand Breweries t- recovered 3d on sale at 52s 3d. Wilsons Cements were , dealt in 6d higher at - 43s 6d. The oiily decline in this group was a fall of 3d in a salo of New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid) at 9s 6d. Following on an explanatory circular .issued by the directors, K.D.V. Boxes (cont.) showed-, an immediate firming and after two sales unchanged at 3s 9d, moved up 3d to 4s. Levels for Woolworths (N.Z.) rose by 5s to £6, btft later dropped back to £5 16s.

BRITISH WAR LOAN British Wireless RUGBY, April 27 War loan, 3J per cent, is quoted to-day ii+ £lO7 15s, compared with £lO7 10s on April 23. MINING SHARES IN LONDON LONDON, April 27 Mount Lyell mining shares sold tovay at 19s 3d and New Guinea at 3s 3d.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers £ s d £ s d BANKS Com. of Australia. .. 1 0 2 1 0 4 Ditto (pref.) — 9 10 0 Eng., Scot, and Aus. r, 5 0 — 0 National of N.Z. 3 14 0 3 16 Ji New South "Wales . . 33 0 0 34 0 0 Ditto I'Syd. Reg.) 33 0 0 33 17 G New Zealand 2 4 G 2 6 0 D Mort., 20s pd. .. 1 8 0 9 18 Union of Australia . . 9 14 0 0 .INSURANCE National 0 19 0 — "New Zealand 3 1 0 3 2 0 . South British 4 11 0 4 12 0 LOAN AND AGENCY Dclgety — 9 10 0 Dom. I. and B. ,Assn. 0 16 6 0 17 9 Farmers' Co op. Auct. (£5 paid) •• 4 2 6 — Ditto (£2 paid) 1 7 6 — f Ditto (±1 paid) .. 0 13 0 — Ditto (A pref.) .. 1 2 6 — Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 1 6 1 11 10 Goldibrough-Mort .. 1 11 6 Mortgage Corpn. 0 11 2 12 (10s paid) — 0 National Mortg. (A) — 0 ICewton King (pref.) 0 5 0 — , * N.Z. Loan and Mere. 28 0 0 34 0 0 Nth. Auek. Farmers' Co-op. ■ * Ditto (B P ref -> •• 0 2 0 11 6 0 0 3 0 12 0 4 3 Traders' Finance Corp, — 3 Ditto (con.) — -- Ditto (pref.) . 0 17 0 1 0 0 "United Perm. Bldg. ' (Auck.) ■ 1 0 0 — "Wright - Stephenson 0 17 6 1 ~0 3 Ditto (pref.) COAL / Grey Valley .. 0 10 0 ft 0 12 0 Pvkemiro 1 3 \J Renown • Ditto (pref.) ■ Taupiri 0 9 0 2 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 0 13 0 6 Ditto (pref.) . Westport W'estport-Stockton . • 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 *, GAS Auckland. 1 6 1 1 6 0 10 6 Gisborne — 6 SHIPPING •- Devonport Steam 1 1 0 1 1 9 0 Northern Steam — 0 7 Ditto (con.) — 9 0 2 3 t P. and 0. (def. stk.) 1 3 1 5 6 TIMBER Kauri — 1 4 0 Ley land-O'Brien — 9 1 3 G National . 0 13 0 15 0 2 0 Parker-Lamb — 0 i' ■ Rotoiti — 0 7 3 Taupo, Totara Timber 0 9 6 0 10 0 ' WOOL AND TEXTILE Kaiapoi 0 14 6 — Ditto (con.) if 0 o IV 0 6 0 18 6 Ditto (pref.) — 0 Tattersfield 1 5 6 Yarra Falla 2 0 6 2 1 6 BREWERIES C. L. Innes 1 2 0 1 4 0 9 Dominion Breweries 1 1 9 1 2 N.Z. Breweries 2 12 0 2 12 6 J. Staples . - • 1 13 9 2 13 ''••Tooth's — b MISCELLANEOUS Australian Glass 4 10 0 5 0 0 6 Aust. iron (pf.) 1 5 0 1 6 Berlei (N.Z.) — 3 3 0 British Tobacco 2 0 0 — Broken Hill Pty. '3 0 6 3 1 6 Ditto (con.) 1 15 6 Bycioft, Limited 2 2 6 c Claude Neon (N.Z.) — 2 2 D Colonial Sugar ' 41 10 0 0 10 Consolidated Bnci 0 9 11 0 Dennis Lascelles ■ • 0 15 0 0 12 Dental nnd Medical — 6 Dominion Fertiliser 1 4 6 1 6 0 Donaghy's Rope 2 11 6 0 16 0 9 0 17 3 14 0 12 c Dunlop-Perdriau 0 16 0 D Farmers' Trading . - 0 9 4 6 0 A Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 16 3 G. J. Coles . . , Giey and MenzieB . . 0 11 0 u 3 Henry Jones Co-op. 2 0 9 0 t Hill and Plummer — 1 3 K.D.V. Boxes (con.) 0 3 9 0 5 0 M;;son Struthers 0 14 0 0 . McKendrick Broa. .. — 1 2 Ditto (pref.) ' 1 1 0 Macky Logan 1 0 0 1 1 6 iiilne and Choyce 0 16 0 0 17 (deb. stock) .- 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 5 3 — New Auck. Laundry — 1 1 3 18 0 N.Z. Drug 3 16 0 0 9 N.Z. Fertiliser ' . • 1 0 2 1 0 ' N.Zi Newspapers — 2 2 1 0 0 10 6 c N.Z. Refrigerating .. 0 19 8 0 Ditto (con.) 0 9 6 0 N.R. Milling / 1 4 3 1 6 0 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 2 0 1 4 Palmer, Collins and Whitaker . . . . 1 4 6 0 0 0 Peters Ice (N.Z.) .. — 1 9 Rcbinson Ice Cream — 1 3 Sanford 0 2 6 0 3 • Ditto (pref.) , .. 0 11 0 — Sharland (pref.) — 1 1 0 Taranaki Oilfields .. 0 0 6 — Truth (N.Z.) (Df.) .. — 1 3 0 "Wairakei — 0 7 0 0 0 Wilsons N.Z. Cement 2 3 6 2 4 iWoolv/orlhs (N.Z.) 5 15 0 6 0 Ditto (Syd., 2nd pf.) — 1 6 0 N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS Bonds, 15/1,'37-10. 4 102 0 0 — • Ditto, 15/2/43-46. 4 102 15 0 103 0 Ditto, 15' 4 / 4<i-40. 4 102 10 0 0 Ditto, 15/6/52-55, 4 103 12 6 104 0 0 Stk., Mar.. 30-43. 3'/, 101 0 0 — Ditto. Nov., 38 J 52, 3 : / 2 102 5 0 — Ditto. Sep., 39-43, 3Va 101 0 0 — Ditto, May. 30-52. 3 l / 2 102 5 0 102 2 6 Ditto, 15/1/37-40, 4 102 ' 0 0 Ditto, 15/2/43-46, 4 102 15 0 — Ditto, 15/4/46-49, 4 102 10 0 — Ditto. 4 103 5 0 103 15 0 / DEBENTURES Ack. Harb. Board. 9/7/41 Ditto, 9/7/11 102 0 0 — 104 0 0 — City of Auckland, 106 0 15/12/63, 4 103 0 0 0 Auck. Hosp. Board, 105 10 1/6/49 — 0 Acialga. Brick 99 0 (Auck.). 1/3/44. V/ 3 0 — Ditto (Well.). 100 0 31/3/44. 7'/a 9S 10 0 0 Gisborne Sheep.* 31/8/41, 6Y a 9S 0 0 —