STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23400, 17 July 1939, Page 7

STOCK EXCHANGES

SATURDAY'S " SALES RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Following is a list of Saturday's transactions on the New Zealand Stock Exchanges and tho yield at the quoted pneo. The exchange premium on dividends payable'in sterling is included, and allowance is made for British incomotax where necessary, but no allowance is made for brokerage. Tho yield on Government loans includes redemption.

as AUCKLAND EXCHANGE is- Sales |v Prico .Rise or Yiet ul vii , /-■ £ 8 d Fall £ s m Auckland Gas 010 10 -id 518 I' antiers' Trad. (B pret.) I) 19 4 -o ( | 515 WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Sale Price Yield I §Stk„ 15/3/43, 4 . 00 0 0 <1 13 1 §Coni. Bank Alls. o 1(5 11 4 3 f . , T J)' 110 , - ■ • • 010 10 4 -l 1 >. §1.C.1. (pref.) .. 14 0 -1 0 K > s\Yoohvortlis (Syd.) 1 .1 3 312 , CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Na'- Bank N.Z. 2 5 3 512 f VZ. Breweries . . 117 0 411 11 ) Anthony Hordern . 015 10 0 0 f Broken Hill Pty. y 9 o 312 t Also.—YVoolworths Properties (riarhts), 8d (2j. Unofficial list: R.U.R. (N.Z.), 3< DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Stk., 15/1/53-57, 3% 1 (cum int.) .. 00 10 0 410 £ Bank A'asia .. 9 5 0 4 5 £ . SSales completed after hours on tho p vious day. 1 THE MINING MARKET I NO SALES COMPLETED ! ONLY MINOR MOVEMENTS No sales were completed in the mi ing market on the Auckland Stock E change on Saturday. Movements wc only of a minor nature, but met; seemed slightly stronger. Closing quotations were:— Buyers Sellers ■a- -r.- £ s (I £ s t Big River .. 0 0 8 CI lit ha .. .. 0 1 3 0 2: Gillespie's • Beach 0 0 7 0 1 ( Gold. Dredg. .. 0 0 < Martha .. 0 0 7 0 10 ( Mataki Gold Drdg. 0 0 2. 0 0 J Talisman Dubbo . . 0 4 C Waihi Invests. .. 0 5 0 0 7 C Australia and Fiji— Broken Hill South 18 0 1 0 f Emperor .. 010 4 010 f Lolonia .. .. 15 0 10! Mount Kasi .. 0 -1 C Mount Lyell .. 17 0 19 0 Mt. Morgan (ord.) 0 10 0 ■ Ditto (pref.) .. 12 0 New Occidental .. 0 S 0 North Broken Hill 2 7 0 Placer Development 3 12 0 3 10 G JRawang . . .. 0 7 4 0 8 C Triton .. .. 0 10 "Wgton. Alluvials 0 4 2 FOREIGN EXCHANGES FLUCTUATIONS IN LONDON British Wireless LONDON, July 1 The following rates 011 foreign es changes are current, compared with th cabled quotations yesterday and par:July 15 July 1-1 Par Montreal, dol. .. 4.0S 15 /™ <I.OS"/ 18 4.500 New York, dol. 4.08% 4.05% 8 *I.SO Paris, fr. .. 170 3 / 170% 170.01 Brussels, helga. . 27.50% 27.50% 35.00 Geneva, fr. . . 20.70 20.70 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.79% 8.80% 12.10 Milan, lire . . 59% 2 8!)%, 02.00 Berlin, r.m. .. 11.00% 11.00% 20.34 Stockholm, kr... 10.-11% 10.41% 15.15J Copenhagen, kr. 22,40 22.40 18.15,' Oslo. kr. 19.90 19.90 1 S.I 51 Prague, kr. ..... t t 10-1.2." Helsingfors, mark 220% 220% 10.3.2: Madrid, pes. t 1 25.221 Lisbon, escu.- .. • no% 110% 110 Athens, dr. .. 5-17% 517% 375.0 C Bucharest, lei... 000 000 813.0 Rio ele Janeiro, m. 2%d 2%d 5.599 d Buenos Aires, pes. 20.25 20.20 11.45 Montevideo, dol. 18'/jl 18% d 51(1 Bombay, rupee.. 17 a % 3 d 17 J % a d ISd Shanghai, dol.. . t + . Hongkong, dol. 1-1"/,, ll'Vte Yokohama, yen 14d 11(1 2t»sßri Batavia. gr. .. 8.70 8.80 12.10 Belgrade, din... 210 .210 270.31 "Warsaw, zloty. . 21.87 24.87 <13.38 NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Rank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates on Saturday, on <1 New Zealand currency basis, subject tc alteration without notice: — Selling: United States Canada T.T 3.727% 3.72% On demand . . 3.72%, 3.73% Buying: On demand .. 3.77"/,* 3.7&K Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. Thev are subject to alteration without notice: — London. £ N.Z. to £IOO sterling . . 125 123.18.9 12-1.19.0 Australia. £A. to .CN.Z. 100 . 100 100.10 100 Fiji. £F. to £N.Z. 100 . . 88.12.6 ' 90 85.12G South Africa. £N.Z. to £S.A. 100 . 121.17 122.17 124.17 To CI N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling [U.S.A.. dol. .. 3.7319 3.7803 3.7329 Canada, dol. .. 3.7307 3.7884 3.7-107 Belgium, belga. 21.900 22.34 5 21.905 Denmark, kr. . 17.830 18.200 17.832 Finland, Fin. ms. 170.05 185.25 179 15 France, fr. .. 140.19 144.21 140.51 Germany, r.m. . 9.200 Greece, drachmas 429.20 Holland, fl. .. 0.999 7.189 7.001 Italy, lire .. 70.90 Java. n. .. 0.988 7.178 0.990 Norway, kr. .. 15.830 10.180 15.839 Noumea, fr. .. 138.74 140.99 138.78 Papeete, fr ;. 138.89 140.39 138.93 Sweden, kr. .. 15.449 15.804 15.452 Switzerland,- fr. 10.538 10.908 10.541 N.Z, pence to— Hongkong, dol. 1821-32 IS% 1821-32 India, rupee .. 22 17-32 Ceylon, rupee . 22 17-32 Japan, .yen .. 1737-01 Manila, riesn 32 7-32 3127-01 32 7-32 Shanghai, did..- Nominal Singapore, dol. 35 9-32 3 1 15-01 35 9-32 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 (I s d London, pound .. 25 0.00 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 19 11.88 20 0.00 Fiji, pound - .. 22 5.00 20 0.00 New York, dollar .. 5 4.07 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 5 3.91 <1 1.31 Paris, franc .. 0 1.70 0 1.31 Berli" reichsniark .. 2 1.71 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krone.. 1 1.39 1 1.22 Yokohama, yen .. 1 5.50 2 0.58

LONDON FRUIT MARKET (Received July 10, 5.5 p.m.) : LONDON, July 15 Apples aro in better inquiry and dearer. New Zealand apples by 'the Akaroa and Port Wyndhatn sold as follows:—Homes, 8s to 9s; Stunners, 7s 9d to 9s. - Pears are in small supply and under good demand are firmer. J COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. (Received July 10, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 15 (Quotations on July 8 in parentheses.) Cotton. —Spot, 5.52 d (5.(50 d) a lb.: August delivery, 4.81 d (I.Old). Rubber.—Para, 7jjd (7j?d) a lb.; plantation and smoked, B]d (B{d). Jute.---July-August shipments, £22 15,5 ) (£22 15s) a ton. „ Copra. - August shipments, South Sea, sun-dried, £9 5s a ton London and Rotterdam (£—) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £9 to Marseilles and Genoa (C —); plantation, Rahaul. hotair dried, £lO to .London and Rotterdam (L —). Linseed 0i1.—£26 (£27 ss) a ton. Turpentine.—33s (335) a cwt, —Not quoted.