AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23273, 16 February 1939, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

VERY STEADY VALUES BUYERS STILL HESITANT (Received February 15, 9.10 p.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 15 'J lit- Sydney Stock Exchange continues very steady, in spite of the fact tli.it buyers arc still hesitant. Sales included: —

FOREIGN EXCHANGES DOLLAR AND THE FRANC British Wireless i LONDON, Feb. 11 The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with tho cabled quotations yesterday and par: —

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Hank 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 M. 7 U. 7-I'/. Oil demand .. 3.72'Vn 3.7 V/, On demand .. 3.75Y,„ 3.8C1% Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank oi New South Wales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice: — To £1 N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying belling U.S.A., dol. . . 3.73<;,-> 3.7818 3.7375 Canada, dol. .. 3.7 •*>•">t 3.8038 3.7.i(»1 Belgium, helora 2U.034' 2*J.ir»4 Czeeho'vakia, cr. 108.20 ,lS 'Vr Denmark, kr. . 17.830 18.200 Finland. Fin. ins. 178.!>!> ISo.'JO 1 France, fr. .. 140.71 Germany, r.m. . fi.27J» Greece, drachmae 420.20 Holland, fl. .. 0-048 7.138 Italy, lire .. 71.000 Java. fl. .. <»•!>-' n ' Norway, kr. .. 15.838 10.188 J;?:/.!., Noumea, fr. .. 138.00 • Papeete, fr. 13! >ll Sweden, kr. .. lo.lb* 3^il'lle Switzerland, fr. 10.113 10.813 10.-110 N.Z. pence to— Hongkong, dol. 38 13-HS .V?."'?" oo Iwm India, rupee .. 22 11-fil Ceylon, rupee.. 2'JJMi , __3-oi __4l_-0l Japan, yen . . 17 13<*01 . 17 Manila, peso . Nominal Shanghai, dol . Nominal Singapore, dol. 35 31 _<-ul .5a 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 g Par London,, pound .. 23 0% 20 0.00 iSlif SnJ' 0 " :: Ji'JS ai S:3o New \(jrk dollar .. -} '! ?:j! Montreal, dollar .. [> 3. ;i 4 1.31 Paris, franc . .. J> •<'; « if-.t Berlin, reichsmark ... 2 i l "•> Copenhagen, krone .. 1 I-" f Yokohama, yen .. 1 * Uob CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Finally declared rates of exchange ruling at the date of departure of vessels named are shown in the lolloping table: — Kaimata, Canada, dollars .. .. 4.71 Kaimata America, dollars .. PRICES OF METALS LONDON MARKET STEADY LONDON, Feb. 14 Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market compared with those of yesterday: • Feb. I t Feb. 13 Per ton Per ton i s (1 s d Copper, stan.. spot, •)•_» 3 0 4'2 0 H>4 Cop., stall., 3 mos. 13 0 l.j 42 13 l/ 3 Copper, electrolytic 4, Wo -17 u 48 0 0 48 o 0 Copper, wire j<? o 6 Lead, soft, spot .. 11 4 l'/ 2 14 5 i A Lead, soft, forward 14 0 10 l / 2 14 8 \A Spelter. sr>ot .. 13 11 3 13 11 10/ a Spelter, forward .. 13 K> ■ 13 10 10/ 3 Tin, stan., spot . 214 2 <; 21; 2 . Tin, stan., 3 mos. 212 1/ <> 21.1 2 0 GOLD AND SILVER QUOTATIONS IN LONDON LONDON, Feb. 14 Fine gold is quoted to-dav at 17 8s ;?}d an o/,., compared with -C7 8s 4{d yesterday. ' Silver is quoted at 20M an m. spot and 19Jfl forward, compared with 20 7-lOd and IOJd yesterday. The quotation for silver at per fine cr/,. is 22d, compared with 22 1-1 Gd yesterday. DEBENTURES AND SHARES

QUOTATIONS IN LONDON LONDON, Fob. 14 Rales of debentures and shares nn flic London Stock Exchange to-day included the following, the prices on January 31 being given for comparison : —• ,Tim. 31 F0b.14 ,C s d' £ s d DaleiHv Mri c. deb.) 01 0 0 0 0 British Tobacco .. M 7 7 V ? X3O ,n* Oolflslirough Mort . 1 1 10 l / 3 * 1 1 I%* Dalprcl.v .. .. 415 0* 415 0* P. and O. (dcf.) 110 1 1 /7a 'Nominal. PIG LEAD STATISTICS LONDON, Feb. 14 Following are particulars of pig lead movements last month, compared with the previous month: Dec. . .lan. Imports .. 40.! >SO 40.1U7 Australian .. 28,05S 23,043 Exports 4,202 2, ib-1

X' s (1 Bit 11k of New South Wales ■Jt» 11 0 National Bunk A'asia. (J;o pel.) li K 0 Goldsbrotigh Mort .. Felt ami Textiles .. 1 (i 0 1 11 •1 Jli«cUli»rt-.Pii rker ■ •2 11 u Tooth's Brewery 2 11 0 Anmlijamated Wireless (con.) o IS 0 Associated Newspapers r 0 (j Australian Glnss 5 11 0 Australian Gypsum . :i 1 (> British Tobacco o s 3 Broken 11 ill Pty. .. 2 lo 0 Ditto 2 1.-) 10 Burns, I'hilp >> 11 (i Cash Orders (ex div.) 0 ],•) 1 O/a Colonial Sugar 47 2 (j Edwards Dunlop Electrolytic, Zinc (pref.) .. 2 !) 0 2 !) 3 General Industries (pref.).. 1 <1 (i Mauri Brothers 7 3 Tauhmans 2 1.3 O Victoria Nyanza Sugar .. 0 10 li Arahuru Gold 1 7 i) Austral-New Zealand Gold. 1 o (i Emperor 0 i) (t Limit Tin 0 5 3 Mount Morgan o 11 o Oil Search 0 (1 3 Commonwealth Bonds.—1 per cent. 1911, £101 Kjs ad; lf>5(>, £10-_> 5s (ex int.). MELBOURNE EXCHANGE Business on tlio Melbourne market included: — £ s d Metropolitan Gas .. 3.3 11 0 Australian Glass o 10 (1 Aust. Paper Mnfrs. (pref.) 1 l (J Broken 11111 Pt.v. . . 2 15 0 Dunlop-Perdriau (pref.) n 17 0 G. J. Coles 8 15 0 General'"Industries .. 0 IS 0 Ilunie Pipe (Aust.) 0 l!l 1 •1 Imperial - Chemicals (pref.) . 1 '2 Wootworths (Sydney) 1 3 3 Mount Morgan 0 11 5

Feb. 11 Feb. 13 Par Montreal, dol. .. <1.7(1% ■1.70'4 4.8(56 New York, dol. *1.(58% 4.(>8»; <1.80 Paris, fr. J 77 170 ts /„ 170.00 Brussels, belga.. 'J 7.71 /a 27.7-1% 35.00 Geneva, fr. 20.05% 20.07% •»5."2 Amsterdam. gr. 8.71% 8.71 1 /. 12.1(1 Milan, lire 8»%a S0'/ 16 02.00 Berlin, r.m. 3 1 .OS 11 .08% 20.43 Stockholm, kr... 10.11 10.10% 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. 22.10 22.<10'/a 18.150 Oslo, kr. 10.00 10.00 18.150 Prague, kr. 137 337 10 1.25 Helsingfors, mark 220% 220% 103.23 Madrid, pes. .. t H 11 o% 25.221 Lisbon, eseu. .. 11o% 1 10 Alliens, dr. 5 1 1 < / 2 517% 375.00 Bucharest, lei.. . 000 000 813.0 Kio de Janeiro, in. 3'/ lB d 3Y„,d 5.8! »0d Buenos Aires, pes. 20.32 20.37% 11.13 Montevideo, dol. IS' jl 3S'/ad 51d .Bombay, rupee. . 17" i«d 17 1 /'iod lSd Shanghai, dol... + *! — Hongkong, dol. ll'/iod 14 15 /i«d 21,5Rd Yokohama, yen lid 14d Batavia, gr. 8.71 8.70% 12.10 Belgrade, din... 200 200 27(5.31 Warsaw, zloty.. 21.81 21.81 43.38 -(Nominal.