AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22964, 16 February 1938, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

MARKET AGAIN STEADY y/OOLWORTHS IMPROVE (Received Fobruary 15, 8.13 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 15 The share market on the Sydney Stock Exchange continued steady today, with Woohvorths (Sydney) showing an improvement in anticipation ol : satisfactory trading results. Banks and mining issues were quiet. Sales included : £ s (1 Commercial Bank Australia 0 l(i I) CoMimercial Bunking, Sydney 20 2 () Bank of New South Wales 32 7 0 Goldsbroueh Mort .. .. I ll I) , Wilcox Mofflin .. .. (J 10 5 Yarra Falls .. .. .. 1 IS a Adelaide Steam .. .. 1 15 0 Howard Smith .. ~ l 1 0 Ditto (N.Z. dcliv.) .. 110 Tooth's Brewery .. .. 2 15 3 Anthony Hordern .. .. 0 18 0 Associated Newspapers .. 12 4% Ditto (prof.) .. .. 14 10% Australian Glass .'. .. -1 11 0 British Tobacco .-. .. 2 10 0 Broken Hill Pty. ... .. 3 1 0 Burns, Philp (N.Z. doliv.) .. 2 11 (J Cash Orders (ex div.) .. 0 30 0 Colonial Sugar .. .. 40 12 0 Duidop-Perdriau .. .. 13 4% Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 in 0 Farmers' .. .. 113 1% General Industries .. .. 0 10 0 Henry Jones .. .. 2 8 0 Kandos Cement .. .. 10 3 Woohvorths (Sydnoy) .. 15 0 "Wunderlich .. .. 110 Broken Hill South . .. 112 <5 Mount Lyell .. .. 10 7% Ditto (N.Z. deliv.) .. 1 0 7'/i Mount Morgan .. .. 0 8 10 North Broken Hill .. .. 2 0 0 Rawang Tin . . .. 0 9 1 Commonwealth Bonds. 1 per cent, 1011, £lO3 18s Od; 1053, £lOl 33s Oil. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE Business on tho Melbourno market included:— £ S (1 Commercial Bank Australia 0 10 !) Nat. Bank A'asia (£'s paid) 7 -1 0 Ditto (£lO paid) .. .. It 13 0 Adelaide SteaOi .. .. 1 15 0 Australian Glass . . .. 4 15 0 Aust. Investment Trust .. 0 5 10 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 3 0 0 Drug Houses .. .. 10 4% Electrolytic Zinc .. .. 2 0 0 G. J. Coles .. .. 3 IS 0 Broken Hill South .. .. 1 12 0 Emperor .. .. .. 0 110 Loloma .. .. .. 0 38 0 Mount Lyell .. .. 1,00 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 8 10 North Broken Hill .. .. 2 0 0 Zinc Corporation .. .. 417 0 FOREIGN EXCHANGES FLUCTUATIONS IN LONDON British "Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 14 Tho following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with tho cabled quotations on Fobruary 12 and par:— Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Par Montreal, d 01... 5.02% 5.0l l %# 4.800 New York, dol. 5.01% 5.02 4.50 Paris, fi'. .. 152% 15lVi« 100.00 Brussels, belga.. 20.50% 20.55 A 30.00 Geneva.fr. .. 21.01 21.00% 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.00% B.oo*y lB 12.10 Milan, lire .. 0534, 05% 02.00 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.42% 12.41 20.43 Stockholm, kr... 10.40 10.40 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. 22.40 22.40 18.150 Oslo, kr. .. 10.00 10.00 18.150 Vienna, sch. .. 20% 20% ' 34.585 Prague, kr. .. 142% 142% 104.25 Helsingfors, mark 220% 220% 103.23 Madrid, pes. .. 55t 55t 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. 110%« 110% s 110 Athens, dr. .. 547% 547/ a 3<0.00 Bucharest, lei... 077% 077% 813.0 Rio de Janeiro, m. 2 1, /i e d* 2"/j o d* 5.800 d Montevideo, dol. 22di 22%d+ 53d Bombay, rupee.. 18% d 18% d 18d Shanghai, dQI... 14% ad 14%„d Hongkong, dol. 15d 15d Yokohama, yen lid Ild 21.58 d Batavia, gr. .. 8.05 8.05 . 12.10 Belgrade, din... 210 . 210 270.31 Warsaw, zloty.. 20.40 20.40 43.38 tNominal. {Market rate. 'Sellers. NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS Tho 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 T.T 4.02 IJ /,d 4.02% On demand .. 4.03 a / I 9 4.03% 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 Wales, Auckland. They aro subject to alteration without notice: — To £1 N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A.. dol. . . 4.0200 4.0700 4.0300 Canada, dol. .. 4.0250 4,0701 4.0200 Austria, sch. .. 20.05 ■ — „ Belgium, belga 23.045 21.030 23.050 Czecho'vakia, cr. 113.71 Denmark, ki. . 17.803 3 8.203 17.500 Finla.nd, marks 170.15 185.35 170.25 France, fr. .. 121.23 Germany, r.m. . 0.008 Greece, drachmae 420.54 Holland, ft. .. 7.157 7.347 7.101 Italy, lire .. 70.53 Java, fl. .. 7.133 7.323 7.137 Norway, kr. .. 15.892 10.242 15.898 Sweden, kr. .. 15.403 1 5.848 1 5.41K) Switzerland, fr. 17.271 17.040 17.270 Noumea, fr. .. 119.08 Papeete, fr. .. 120.03 N.Z. ponce to — Hontfkong, dol. 18 53-04 18 27-04 18 53-64 India, rupee .. 22 21-32 22 11-32 22 21-32 Ceylon, rupee . 22 21-32 2211-32 22 21-32 Japan, yen .. 17% Shanghai, dol. 18 0-04 Singapore, dol. 35 5-32 34 37-04 35 5-32 Chefoo. dol. .. 18% Manila, peso . 301-10 2015-32 301-10 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 s d s d London, pound . .. 24 10.05 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 19 10.81 20 0.00 Fiji, pound . ..22 5.00 20 0.00 New York, dollar .. 4 31.54 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 4 11.40 4 1.31 Pariii, franc . .. 0 1.05 0 2.28 Berlin, rcichsmark . 2 0.02 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krone . 1 1.33 1 1.22. ■Yokohama, yen .. 1 5.41 2 0.58 CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Finally declared rates of exchange ruling at the dato of depnrturo of vessels named aro shown in tho following table: — City of Delhi, Canada, dollars .. 5.01 City of Delhi, America, dollars .. 5.00 Limerick, Canada, dollars .. .. 5.00 Limerick, America, dollars .. ~ 5.01 Naniiva Maru, Japan, yen .. .. 14d GOLD AND SILVER QUOTATIONS IN LONDON LONDON, Feb. 14 Fine gold is quoted to-day at £6 19s 9d an ounce, same as on Saturday. Silver is quoted at 20 3-16 d an ounce spot and 19 11-16 d forward, compared with 20 13-16 and 19 15-16 d on Saturday. The quotation for silver at per fine ounce is 21 13-lGd, compared with 21Jd on February 11. f - ■ Tho following is a summary of the fluctuations in tho price per ounce of fine gold this year:— £ a d Highest prico, February 3.. 010 10 Lowest prico, January 3 .. 010 5 February 8.. .. ..030 8 February 9 .. .. .. 019 8 Fobruary 10 .. .. .. 010 8 February 11 .. .. .. 019 0 February 12 .. .. .. 039 0 February 14 .. .. .. 010 0 BRADFORD MARKET CROSSBREDS STEADY • LONDON. Feb. 14 On tho Bradford market quotations for tops aro unchanged but the market is less firm. Crossbreds are steady and unchanged. Yarns are quiet and steady. MINING SHARES IN LONDON LONDON, Feb. 15 On tho mining market to-day the following quotations ruled: Clutlni River, buyers Is 9d, sellers 2s; Molyneux, buyers Is. sellers Is 5(1; New Guinea, Is ljd; Bulolo, £5 12s Gd.