AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22627, 15 January 1937, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

BARRIERS VERY STRONG ELECTROLYTIC ZINC ADVANCE (.Received January 14, 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 14 On the Sydney Stock Exahange today Mount Lyells went to a higher level. Barriers, were exceptionally strong. Electrolytic Zincs made further headway and there was again heavy buying of industrials on a firmer basis. Sales included: £ 8 (I Commercial Banking, Sydney 22 3 o Ditto .. .. .. 22 i o Nat. Bank A'asia (£5 pit.) 7 10 0 Union Hank .. 10 8 0 Anst. General Insurance .. 017 0 Dalgoty .. .. .. 11 17 (5 Howard Smith .. .. 1 3 10% Tuohoy's Brewery .. .. 1 15 .'! Anthony Hordern .. .. 11 0 Ditto 10 10% Associated News . . I 3 10'/, Ditto 14 0 Australian Glass .. .. I 15 0 British Tobacco . . . . '2 11 3 Ditto . . .. . . 11 0 Burns, Philp .. , 3 111 6 Dunlop-Perdrinu .. .. (I 10 4% Electrolytic, Zinc .. .. 217 "3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 10 0 Farmers' .. .. . . 115 0 G. J. Coles 5 0 0 Ditto 4 11) 6 General Industries .. 10 3 Ditto 10 6 Gordon and Gotch .. . . 2 14 0 Henry Jones .. . . 2 8 0 Lustre . . .. . . 13 6 Morris Hedßtrom .. . . 18 3 Peters . . .. .. 2 7 0 R. Fowler 013 6 Selfridges .. .. . . 2 0 0 Stedman . . .. .. 0 17 0 Victoria Nyanza .. .. 0 if! o Mount. Lyell 2 1 0 Ditto (N.Z. deliv.) . . 2 4 0 Mount Morgan .. O 17 4% Placer Development . . 5 3 0 Rawang Tin . . . . 0 113 Kuala Kaiupar , . 12 0

Commonwealth Bonds:—3% per cent, 1040, £O7 Is 3d; 4 per cent, 1050, £102; 1053. £lO2 2s Od; 1055, £IOO ss; 1057, £IOO 7s Od; 1050. £IOO 12s Gd. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE On the Melbourne market investments and Harriers were both in strong demand. Cold mining was quiet. ,but Koroere became active again on rumours of some development. Business included: — £ s d Commercial Bank Australia 0 10 8 Nat. Bank A'asia (£5 paid) 7 15 O Goldsbrough Mort . . . . 118 6 Kauri Timber . . . . 13 3 Howard Smith . . . . 1 3 11 Carlton Brewery . . . . 3 5 6 British Tobacco .: .. 2 11 0 Broken Hill Pty. . . . 4 3 3 Drug Houses . . .. 17 3 Dunlop-Perdrian .. .. O 10 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 14 0 Electrolytic. Zinc .. .. 217 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 2 10 0 General Motors . . .. 13 8 G. J. Coles .. .. 4 10 0 Victoria Nyanza .. .. 0 16 6 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 17 5 Mount Lyell .. .. 2 4 0 North Broken Hill . . 4 10 South Broken Hill .. .. 2 10 0 Sulphide Corporation . .. o 15 0 Emperor .. .. .. 0 10 3 Koroere. . . .. .. 0 6 0 Zinc Corporation .. . . 712 0 FOREIGN EXCHANGES LITTLE CHANGE IN RATES British "Wireless • RUGBY, Jan. 13 The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on January 12 and par:— Jan. 13 Jan.l2 Par Montreal, d 01... 4.01 '■/, 4.01% 4.800 New York, dol. 4.01% 4.01% 4.86 Paris, fr. .. 105%, 105%, 105.00 Brussels, helga.. 20.11% 20.12% 35.00 Geneva, fr. .. 21.30 21.30 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.07 8.07% 12.10 Milan, lire . . 03%, . 03%, 02.00 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.22 12.21 20.43 Stockholm, kr.. . 10.30% 10.30% 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. .22.40 22.40 18.150 Oslo, kr. .. 10.00 10.00 18.150 Vienna, sch. .. 26% 26% 34.585 Prague, kr. .. 140% 140%, 164.25 Helsingfors, mark 220% 220% 103.'_3 Madrid, pes. . . 551 55+ 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. 110%, 110%, 110 Athens, dr. . . 547%* 517%* 375.00 Bucharest, lei... 07O* (570* 813.6 Rio de Janeiro, m. 4%d% 4%d* 5.800 d Montevideo, dol. 30% d N 30% d* 51 d Bombay, rupee. . 18%, d 18%, d 18d Shanghai, d 01... 14% d 14% d Hongkong, dol. 14 I: >i«d 14'Vind Yokohama, yen 14d ltd 24.58 d Batavia, gr. . . 8.03% 8.5)3% 12.10 Belgrade, din... 213 213 276.31 Warsaw, zloty.. 26.06 26.00 43.38 {Nominal. '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 t» alteration without notice:— Sellintr: United Stales Canada On demand . t 3.01% 3.04V# T.T 3.93% 3.93% Buying: On demand .. 3.95% 3.08% 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: — To £l. N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. 3.03% 3.08% 3.01% Canada, dol. . . 3.03% 3.05% 3.04% Austria, sch. . 20.60 Belgium, helga 23.254 • 23.203 Czecho'vakia, cr. 111.87 Denmark, kr. . 17.803 18,263 17.003 France, fr. .. 84.23 Germany, r.m. 9.741 Holland, fl. .. 7.159 Italy, lire .. 74.71 Java, fl. .. 7.121 Norway, kr. .. 15.891 16.241 15.901 Sweden, kr. .. 15.480 15.844 15.499 Switzerland, fr. 17.003 Noumea, fr. . . 82.86 —• 82.02 Papeete, fr. .. 83.01 N.Z. pence to — Hongkong, dol. 18 13-16 18 0-32 18 51-04 India, rupee . 2211-16 22% 22 43-64 Ceylon, rupee . 22 11-16 22% 22 43-04 Japan, yen .. 17 15-32 Shanghai, dol. 18 5-I<> 17 25-32 18 10-04 Singapore, dol. 35 13-04 34% 35 3-16 Chefoo, dol. .. 18 20-64 17 25-32 18 7-10 The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Presznt Prico Par s d r d London, pound .. 24 1 0.05 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 19 10.81 20 0.00 Fiji, pound . .. 22 5.66 20 0.00 New York, dollar 5 O.sfi 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 5 0.00 4 1.31 Paris, franc, . .. 0 2.K. O -.-S Berlin, reichsmark 2 0.43 0 11.(4 Copenhagen, .krone . 1 1.33 1 1 Yokohama, yen .. l 6.41 - u.as CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Bates of exchange riding at the announced dates of departure of vessels named arc shown in the following table. J hev are subject to confirmation bv the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned. Finally declared rates are marked*: — Aorangi, Canada, dollars . . .. *4.01 Northumberland, America, dollars .. 4.JL NEW YORK CALL MONEY NEW YORK, Jan. 13 Call money is still quoted at 1 per cent. « — UNOFFICIAL SHARE LIST Quotations on the unofficial list of the Auckland Stock Exchange are:— Buyers Sellers £sd £ s d Associated Motorists (pref.) . 1 14 9 Auck. Farmers' Freez. (£1 paid) .. 110 Hellaby's (pref.), 6 Ditto. 7 . . John Fuller, 1949, , 6% . , Johnston's Blue Motors (17s Od paid) Ditto (16s paid) 0 10 0 National Tobacco 2 17 fl National Trading 0 10 0 N.Z. Express (Ak.) N.Z. Per. Forests 2 9 0 Nikau Bacon .. Nth. Co-op. Invest. Trust.. .. 0 5 0 0 0 3 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 5 0 Held (N.Z.) Rubber Mills (15s pel.) 110 Selfridges (Aust.) (old issue) . . 2 0 6 Dillf> (new issue) 1 10 0 Silknit .. .. 2 10 2 10 0 Wool worths (iS.vd., onl.) . 8 11 0 814 0 Ditto (West)Aust.) 7 0 0 712 G