AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23101, 28 July 1938, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

LIMITED TURNOVER INDUSTRIALS STILL FIRM (Received July 'JT, 7.."in p.m.) SYDXKV. Jul.v 27 Jndii^tri:i 1 shares maintained ;i linn tone (in the Sydney Stock Kvlianye in-day, Inil llic turnover was limited. I'aMoral .shares received better support. Sales included:

L' s (I Bank of Xo\v South Wales . . .'il , (> I lit In :! I HI II Cnmmrrrinl Bank Australia n Mi Hi'; Commercial Banking Sydney > |:l u Queensland Nil!imcil Hank .. 5 1 i; (Milil.stiroutfli-Mort . . I s il Howard Smith .. .. I <i Hi Anthony II ore lorn . . n 17 <• Associated Newspapers . . I 'Jo Hitlo iprof.) .. 1 :t i; A ust niliiin (i hiss . . lit; (i British Tohiuvo . . ;i o Hntkcr> Hill l'roprietary :t 1 U Cliimir Neon (S.vd.) . j s n Colnn in I Sujrar j.s |-j a J>iiiilop-I'rrdria il . . . . i •_> i; (I. J. Coles . . . . | :i u Hume Pipe (Ausl.) .. nis s l^ Knndos Cement .. I 7 n Mallrys . . . . , I u Morts Dock . . . , (I l j :i Ka writs . . . . . . I <i ti Stc<litinns (i |."i Sydney l-Yrries (X.Z. dcliv.i n ii Taranaki Oil .. .. n i;t <i \ utoria Xyanza n HI :t Broken Hill Stli. (X.Z. <lo!iv.) l |:i (! Knala Kampur .. .. n is !i Mount Ij.voll . . , , | ;i ;i .Mount Morgan .. .. n 11 [ Kmperor .. .. .. u |'_> s

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Tlu> Mcllmiirnc ninrkit was inclined to lie a little hesitant. Price movements wore narrow. Bigness imliiileil:

i >L' S (1 (oniineri-ial Rank Australia n |<; «i "'ivn A'asia (i,~> pd.) i; m; u Ditto i Ids pakH . . i.i h ~ Urra Falls . . . . , s l (:l '" s I I'i u Hrilish I ohjirco t •> rirokrn Hill Proprietary .. .•{ 1 •i Cox Brothers . . '* nls ). Du m loj»-1 l o rd r i:i it 1 •' ~ ( lirniicils (pref.) l i A Mount I ..veil . . , Broken Hill South .. I i', Nnrll. Hroki-n Hill .. '■ •' s I'.inperor .. " . J.oloma | ~ •••• i - u foreign exchanges LATEST LONDON RATES British Wireless KIT.BY, July ■_'(! I lie following rat<«s on foreign exchanges arc current. compared with the cabled quotations on July and par:— ~ , .Tuly -_> i; July •_>.-) p ar Montreal, d 01... .i , rr x<'»; York. dot. ii,!:;!•> !>!; Brussels, helga. . -Immo ;l >!Un'\ -Woo" (•eneva.fr. .. lm.-Hi', "M'i 1 " Amsterdam, K r. .n.»i.V b j,.|Jl, Tfj Milan, lire .. n.T\„ «r<° Berlin, r.m. .. pj.j-,', , '^V! Ntorkli'olni, kr... 1 |fi To Ts'ivi Oslo 1 "k H r OTn ' kr T- 1 " - J:in Oslo, Kr. Ml.(10 lil.'M) l.s |."»! I \ lenna, sill. .. , ■ >,;> ... Praifue, kr. . . 7r«*' ic"i' : >- IJelsinjrfors, mark •>"<"!'" M , ) . Madrid, pes. . ,v.l ,vV o.V'~V isfiasr :: MS- UvL Bucharest, lei., . ~7n < S7 n' sili u Kiode Janeiro, m. s'iod Buenos Aires, pes. is.hi I ', |s <j>, l ; u Montevideo, dol. -_>od " *_'(iil ii Bombay, rupee. . IT 13 to d is,l 1 s,i Shanghai, d 01... ii'/ a ,| Hongkong, dol. t.-,d 1 — Yokohama, yen lid Md »i - Qf . Balava, gr .. s.j«>/ 3 <S!K{V J.,,,, Belgrade, din... 217 I>l7 »-, ■ , i\tirs«iw, zloty. . !2(>.'lt2 li(>.lt2 43 38 IXoininal. '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 Jl , " J • • •"*•»»"/,« 3.110 Buying: dCmand ' a - fW%/ " 3 On demand . . 3.o'jy la 4.00% Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of .foreign exchango quoted by the Bank of Xew South ales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice:—

I*o .CI N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Srllinc Buyinir Sellintr u.b.A., dol. .. :i.<M.vs a.!•!»:!•_> ;i o.vs Canada, dol. . . t.005S :j'>i;s:i Belgium, lie lira -jtj (>57 ('zecho'vakia. cr. llii.fii; —■ Ti.Tti Denmark. kr. . I7..s!i;i IS.-jfi.'l lT.vi'i Finland, Fin. nis. 17!i.»>J 355.5-» lT'iT 11 Frame, fr. .. I II I 15.01 Ml'.'ls (icrinany, r.m. . '.1.775 !).7so (J recce, drachmas t 'l' ") s i Holland, fl. .. 7.1 Hi 7.V>u Jtaly. liro .. 75.05 Java, (1. .. 7.1 'JS 7.H1.* 7.1-»J» Norway,-kr. .. 15.s!f_> T-J i.ysos Sweden, kr. .. :15.1!mi 15.sir. l.YliMi Switzerland, fr. 17.177 .17.552 17.152 Noumea, fr. .. lln.m; 1 17.01 MO.IO Papeete, fr. .. 110.51 117.5 L 110.55 N.Z. pence to—

Hongkong, do!. 18 53-04 18 27-04 IS .">3-01 India, rupee . . t '2' l 7-(> I Ceylon, rupee . '2'2 'J7-04 7-01 '_"2 '_'7-<>4 Japan, yen . . 17 0-10 Shanghai, dol. Nominal Singapore, dol. 35 1-01 :il 7-10 35 1-04 Chcfoo, dol. . . Nominal Manila, peso . 3017-04 "JO 43-04 3017-04 The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of tlio principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows:—

, Present Price Par h d s d London, pound .. 24 10.05 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 10 11.40 20 0.00 Fiji, pound . . . 22 5.00 20 0.00. Xcw York, dollar .. 5 0.50 -1 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 5 0.17 4 l.ai Paris, franc . 0 1.(18 o 1.34 Berlin, reichsmark .. "J. o.Uii n 11.71 Copenhagen, krone.. 1 1.32 1 1.22 Yokohama, yen .. 1 0.11. 2 0.5s CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Finally declared rates of exchange ruling ab the date of departure of vessels named are shown in 1 lie i'olhnvin<; table: — Canadian, Constructor, Canada, dollars A.Ol Canadian Constructor, America, dollars 4.07 PRICES OF METALS MARKET STILL RISING LONDON, July 20 Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of July 2o: July 20 July 25 Per Ton Per Ton .1 s d ,t s d Copper, stan., spot 41 5 7" 2 4 1 4 4'i Copper, slim., .1 nios 41 10 7'/j 41 0 4'/ a Copper, electrolytic 40 10 0 45 15 0 to to 47 0 0 40 15 0 Copper, elect., wire bars . . . . 47 0 0 40 15 0 Lead, soft, spot . 15 :5 o ir> o o Lead, soft, forward 15 4 4% 15 1 10% Spelt or, spot . . 14 4 4'/ 3 11 0 10% Spelter, forward I I ,s | % 1 1 11 1 oy u Tin, stan., spot . 101 h 0 lilt 17 0 Tin, stan.. 3 mop. 105 10 0 105 17 0 Dividends— Duo Blackwater Mines —fid 8(k. a share . . . . To-morrow Consolidated Gold —rid stp. a share . . To-morrow British Tobacco—pref., quarterly, o'/; p.c. p.a July :i(> Eritric.iii, Sims— pref. and ord., 5 p.c. p.a. . . July :ii Wellington C,-is—-ord.. int., 4 p.c. Aug. I Smith and Smith-—pref., halfyear. 2 1 -j p.c. Auk. 1 Arjro Cold Id a share Auk. I ('•. J. Coles- ord., final, p.c. ;ind humis, <id a share . . Auk. I 57.. Irisnraiire —final, is a share Aim. 2 Auckland (las -int., 2% p.c. .. All tf. 2 farmers' Pert.— 0 p.c. p.a. . . Auk. 15 Ml. Morgan pref., half-yearly, 4 p.c. . . Auk. 15 Mossy Creek—ld a share . . Auk. 15 Wooluorths (S.vd.) —pref., halfyearly, first, 10 p.c. p.a.; second, 7 p.c. p.a. . . Aug. 15 Com. Bank Aus. —final, pref., 4 p.c. p.a.; ord., 7Vi pc. p.a. Auk. IS Queensland Nat. Bank final, 2'-4 p.c Aug. 1H Electro. Zinc.—filial, pref. and ord., 0 p.c. . . . . Sept. 10 Calls--Broken Hill Ply.—con., 5s a share . . . . July ."to Felt and Textile?—ss « share Auk. I Burns, Philp—new, 6s a share Oct. 1 Woulworths Props.—log a share Oct. 31