SYDNEY EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22406, 30 April 1936, Page 7

SYDNEY EXCHANGE

MARKET LESS ACTIVE PRICES FAIRLY STEADY (Received April Q9, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, April 29 Prices were fairly steady on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-dav, but the market was lacking in the activity of the previous day. This morning's sales included:—Coifimonwealth Bonds, 3] per cent, 1942, £101; 4 per cent, £lO3 Is. 3d; 4 per cent, 1917, £102; 4 per cent, 1950, £lO2 10s; 4 per cent, 1953, £lO2 15s; 4 per cent, 1959, £lOl ss; Bank of New South Wales, £33 10s; Toohey's Brewery, 30s 9d; Tooth's, 53s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 61s; ditto, new, 36s 1U1; Colonial Sugar, £42; Dunlop-Perdriau, 16s 3d; Lustre Hosiery, 23s 9d. Later business was: —Bank of New South Wales, £33 7s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £42; Australian General Insurance, 16s 6d; United Insurance, £11; Australian Gas, A, £7 13s; Berlei, 34s 9d; Tooth's Brewery, 53s 6d; ditto (5s paid), 35s 6d; Queensland Brewery, 30s; Drug Houses, 30s 9ci; Australian Glass, 92s 6d; Dunlop-Perdriau, 16s Ijd; Henry Jones, 41s; Millaquin Sugar, 28s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc, 38s ljd; Farmers', 28s 6d; Anthony Hordern, 20s lsd; preference, 245; Standard Cement, 20s 3d; Commonwealth Wool, 20s; Australian Drug, 14s; Amal--1 gamated Zinc, 10s 6d; Peters, 435; Peters Arctic, contributing, 20s; Gibson and Howes. 28s; Yellow Express, 5s 6d; Mount Morgan, 16s ljd; Mount Lyell, 255; Broken Hill Proprietary, 6is 3d; ditto, new, 36s 4.U1; South Broken Hill, £5 lis; North Broken Hill, £8 0s (3d; Zinc Corporation, 82s; Placer Development, £5 16s (id; Emperor, 12s 6d; Koroere, 4s (3d; Peninsula Tin. 255. Melbourne sales included:: —Commercial Bank of Australia, 20s 4d; British Tobacco, 41s; G. J. Coles, 73s 6d; Herald and Times, 67s 9d; Howard Smith, 17s 9d; Mount Lyell, 25s 3d; - Emperor, 12s; New Morobe, 20s; Loloma, 19s 3d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE DEBENTURES AND SHARES. LONDON, April 28 : Sales of debentures and shares on the London Stock Exchange to-day included the following, prices on March 31 being given for comparison:— April 14 April 28 £sd £ s d Dalgety (4 p.c. deb.) 101 0 0 99 10 0* British Tobacco . . 1 12 6 1 11 3 Goldsbrough-Mort . . 16 3 16 3 Dalgety . . . . 8 0 0 8 0 0 P. und O. (def.) ..1 0 0 1 0 4} *Ex dividend. FOREIGN EXCHANGES RATES STEADY IN* LONDON British Wireless RUGBY, April 28 The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on April 27 and par:— April 28 April 27 Par Montreal, dol. . . 4.95% <1.95% 4.5G6 New York, dol. . 4.93 l Vi« 4.93% 4.866 Paris, fr. .. 75 74 13 /,, 124.21 Brussels, belga . 29.22 29.21 Va 35.00 Geneva, fr. . . 15.16 15.15% 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. . 1 MY, 7.27% 12.10 Milan, lire .. G2% 62 u /,„ 92.46 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.2SVa 12.25/ a 20.43 Stockholm, kr. . 19.39V'a 19.39% 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 23.37V a 23.37Va 18.159 Oslo, kr. . . 19.90% 19.90% 18.159 Vienna, sch. . . 26% 26% 84.585 Prague, kr. . . 119% 119% 164.25 Helsinsrfors. mark 227 227 193.23 Madrid, pes. .. 3G% .96 13-64 25.2*21 Lisbon, escu. .. 108% 108% HO Athena, dr. .. 519* 519* 375.00 Bucharest, lei. . 670* 670* 813.6 liiode Janeiro, mil. 4V>d* 4%d* 5.899 d Bueno3 Aires, dol. 35d 85d 47.619 d Montevideo, dol. 39% d* 39% d* 61d Bombjiy, rupee . 18/ ad 18% d lSd Shanghai, dol. . 14% d 14% d Hongkong, dol. . 15"/ind 15"/ 16 d Yokohama, yen . 14'/j«d 14V'ud 24.58 d Batavia. ii. .. 7.24% 7.24% 12.10 Belgrade, din. .. 217 217 276,31 •Sellers. NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted tho following dollar rates yesterday, on a New Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice:— Selling: United States Canada On demand .. 3.96% 3,97% , T.T 3.95% 3.90% Buying: On demand .. 4.00% 4.01% 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: — T.T. On Demand To £1 N.Z. Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A.. dol. .. 3.95% 4.00% 8.96% Canada, dol. . . 3.97% 4.01% 3.97% Austria, sch. . . 20.72 Belgium, belpa . . 23.333 Czechoslovakia, cr. 95.05 Denmark, kr. .. 17.893 18.263 17.903 France, fr. .. 59.96 61.24 60.00 Germany, r.m. .. 9.797 Holland, fl. .. 5.796 6.006 6.800 Java, fl. . • • ■ 5.761 5.981 5.765 Norway, kr. .. 15.892 16.242 15.902 Sweden, kr. .. 15.489 15.844 15.499 Switzerland, fr. .. 12.081 12.456 12.086 Noumea, fr. .. 58.59 63.04 58.65 Papeete, fr. .. 58.71 63.04 58.80 N.Z. ponce to— Hongkong, dol. .. 20 25-64 18 51-64 20 23-64 India, rupee .. 22"/,, 22%, 22 67-64 Ceylon, rupee ..22 3 % a 22,4 a 22 67-64 Japan, yen .. 17 41-64 Shanghai, dol. ... 18 41-64 17 6-64 18% Singapore, dol. . . 85 31-64 84 15-64 85 /sj The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Par sd s d Australia, pound .. 19 10.81 20 0.00 London, pound .. 21 10.65 20 0.00 Fiji, pound . . . . 22 5.66 20 0.00 New York, dollar . . 5 0.47 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 5 0.29 4 1.31 Paris, franc .. .. 0 3.98 0 1.98 Berlin, reichmark .. 2 0.30 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krone . . 1 1.33 1 1.-2 Yokohama, yen .. .. 1 5.49 2 0.58 CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Rates of exchange ruling at tho 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. Finally declared rates are marked*: — Brisbane Maru, Japan, yen .. .. Benholm, Canada, dol arß .. .. 4.J8 Benholm, America, dollars .. .. 4.94 Niagara, Canada, dollars .. .. 4.9h/i Cape Horn, America, dollars .. 4,JJ/ fl BRITISH WAR LOAN (Received April 29, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless KUGBY, April 28 War loan, 3J per cent, is quoted today at £lO6 (ex interest), compared with £lO7 los (cum interest) yesterday. ______ BULOLO GOLD SHARES LONDON, April 28 Bulolo gold shares sold to-day at £0 10s. RUBBER QUOTAS LONDON, April 28 The International Rubber Committee has fixed the percentage of basic quotas for the second half of 1936 at 65 per cent. Prices fell sharply to-day.