AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22497, 14 August 1936, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

STEADY TONE IN SYDNEY

MELBOURNE MARKET ACTIVE

(Received August 13, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 13

Leading classified and industrial stocks were steady on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. G. J. Coles agair moved forward. W. R. Carpenters announce an unchanged dividend, whieli caused a little slackening. Sales included:— £ a (1 Commercial Bank Australia .. 0 18 3 Ditto 0 IS l'/a Commercial Bank Sydney . . 20 6 0 Nat. Hank A'asia (£5) .. 7 0 ()■ Golrlsbrough-Mort .. .. 1 12 0 Howard Smith . .. 0 .18 10 Tooth's Brewery .. .. 2 in 6 Ditto •_> 13 0 Tooheys I 13 6 Associated News .. 1 -j, 7'/, Australian Steel (pref.) . . 1 5 0 Australian Glass .. .. 4 12 6 Colonial Sugar .. .. 43 u 0 Claude Nooi .. .. '2 1 l (i Dunlop-Perdriau .. .. o is o Ditto .. .. .. o 18 3 0. J. Coles .. -I 2 3 Gordon and Gotcli .. .. 2 10 !) Millaquin Sugar .. ..210 Moris Dock .. .. .. oil 0 W. It. Carpenter .. .. 2 3 3 Wool wort hs .. .. .. f> 10 o Ditto . . .. .. 5 15 0 Ditto (2nd pref.) .. .. l o 3 Emperor .. .. 015 10'/, Loloma .. .. ..14 10'/, Commonwealth Bonds.—lo-18, 3/4, £OS 5s <1 per cents. 10-11, £102; 1047, £lO2 12: t>d; 1050, £lO2 108; 1053, £IOO 10s. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE Or the Melbourne Exchange bond were in better demand. Industrials am Barrier stocks were more active at higher rates. Gold shares were irregu lar, except Fijis, which firmed. Sale; included: £ s d Commercial Bank Australia .. 0 IS 3 Nat. Hank A'asia (£5) .. 7 0 0 Goldshrough-Mort .. .. 1 11 0 Howard Smith .. OIS 10 Yarra Falls .. .. .. l 10 0 Australian Steel (pref.) .. 1 5 0 Broken Hill rty 3 15 G Electrolytic Zinc .. .. 22 <1 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 4 *0 G. ,1. Coles . . . . ..420 General Motors (pref.) .. 15 0 Herald and Times .. ..300 Hume Pipe . . .. .. 1 (» 10 Broken Hill South .. .. 515 0 Emperor 0 15 10 Loloma .. .. ..110 Mount L.vell .. .. ..10 *4 '/ Mount Morgan .. .. 014 0 North Broken nil! .. .. 9 0 6 FOREIGN EXCHANGES MINOR FLUCTUATIONS (Received August 13, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, August 15 The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with th( cabled quotations on August 11 and par:— Aug. 12 Aug. 11 Tar Montreal, dol. 5.02% 5.02% 4.800 New York, dol. 5.02% 5.02% 4.860 Paris.fr. .. 70%, 70%, 124.21 Brussels, belga 20.81 20.80'/, 35.00 Geneva, fr. .. 15.41 15.40'/, 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. 7 .30% 7.30'/, 12.10 Milan, lire .. 63 13 /,, 03"/,, 02.40 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.48 12.48% 20.43 Stockholm, kr. 10.00 10.00 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. 23.37 1 /, 23.37'/, 18.150 Oslo, kr. .. 10.00% 10.00% 18.150 Vienna, sch. .. 20'/, 20'/, 34.585 Prague, kr. .. 121'/, 121'/, 104.25 Helsingfors, m. 227 227 103 23 Madrid, pes. . . 3038-Jit 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. 110%» 110%, 110 Athens, dr. . . 52!)* 520* 375.00 Bucharest, lei. 075* 675* 813.6 Rio de Janeiro 4'/Sd 4'Aii 5.800 d Buenos Aires, d. 35d 35d 47.010 d Montevideo, dol. 88"/ l ad* Bombay, rupee 18% d 18% d 18d Shanghai, dol. 14"/ l ed 14'% e d Hongkong, dol. 14 3 %, d 14 2 %, d lokohama, yen 14"/ 3 , d 14"/ 3 , d 24.58 d Batavia, fl. . . 7.3G 7,30 12.10 Belgrade, din. 220 220 276.31 'Sellers. 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: Selling: United States Canada On demand .. 4.03% 4.03% T.T 4.02/4 4.02% Buying: On demand . . 4.07% 4.07'/, Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank of New South \Yal es, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notico: — To £1 N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. 4.02% 4.07% 4.03% Canada, dol. .. 4.02% 4.07% 4.03% Austria, sch. . . 20.02 Belgium, helga 23.816 Czecho'vakia, cr. 06.66 Denmark, kr. . 17.t<03 18.263 17.003 Franco, fr. .. 61.01 Germany, r.m. , 0.058 Holland, fl . . 5.803 Java, fl. . . 6.853' Norway, kr. .. 15.802 16.242 15.002 Sweden, kr. .. 15.480 35.844 15.-109 Switzerland, fr. 12.28-1 Noumea, fr. .. 60.64 Papeete, fr. . . 60.70 N.Z. pence to— Hongkong, dol. 18 63-64 17 57-64 18 61-64 India, rupee .. 22 20-32 221-32 22 57-04 Ceylon, rupee 22 20-32 22 1-32 22 57-04 Japan, yen . 17% Shanghai, dol. . 18 13-32 17 7-32 18 25-64 Singapore, dol. 35 31-04 34 15-64 3616-32 Tho cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, 011 tho latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Par s d s d Australia, pound .. 10 10.81 20 O.OC London, pound .. 21 10.65 20 0.0( Fiji, pound . . ..22 5.00 20 O.OC New York, dollar .. 4 11.44 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 4 11.44 4 1.31 Paris, franc . .. 0 3.00 0 I.o* Berlin, reichsmark .. 1 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krone . 1 1.33 1 1.21 Yokohama, yen . . 1* 6.45 2 o.sfc GOLD AND SILVER QUOTATIONS IN LONDON (Received August 13, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON, August 12 Fine gold is quoted to-day at £6 18s xl an 07.., compared with £6 18s 6d yesterday. Silver is quoted at 19 9-16 d an oz. spot and forward same as yesterday. TIIO quotation for silver at per fine dz. is 21 l-Bd, same as yesterday. WHOLESALE PRICES INCREASE IN BRITAIN (Received August 13, 6.5 p.m.) Sritish Wireless RUGBY, August 12 The Board of Trade index number of vholesnlo prices in July is the highest worried since November, 1930. The ise of tho index amounted to 1.1 per ent, compared with the previous iionth, and (5.2 per cent compared with i uly, lO.T). CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Mvidends — Duo Wairakei, Ltd. —0 p.c To-day Farmers' Fort. —s'/, p.c. To-morrow Woolworths (Byd.) int., Ist 'j pref., 10 p.c. p.a.;2ncl pref. 7 p.c. pa. . . . .. To-morrow Worksop Extender!—lo p.c. .. Aug. 20 Bank New South Wales—quarterly, 5s a share . . Aug. 28 Dennys, Lascelles —1 p.c. . . Aug. 28 Winchcombo Carson—final halfyearly. 4% p.c. . . Aug. 31 Carlton Brewery—int. halfyearly. (i p.c. Aug. 31 Christchurch Gas—int., 3 p.c. . . Aug Tail|.o Totarn —final, ord., 0 2-3 p.c.; pref., 5 3-5 p.c.; .. Aug Elder, Smith—final, 3 p.c. .. Sept. 1 Berlei—-finnl,• half-yearly, ord., G p.c.; pref.. s p.c. p.a. . . Sept. 1 General Motors-Holden's—half yearly, pref., 0 p.c. . . Sept. 7 Electrolytic Zinc—final, 0 p.c., ord and pref. . . . . Sept. 10 Broken Hill South —2s fid a share Sept. IS Standard Insurance —Is 3d a share .. .. .. Sept.