STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23574, 7 February 1940, Page 7

STOCK EXCHANGES

, YESTERDAY'S SALES RETURN ON ~ INVESTMENTS Following.' is a list of yesterday's transactions on the New Zealand Stock Exchanges and the yield at tho quoted price, The exchange premium on dividends' payable in sterling is included, and allowance i§ nlade for British income ti\x whero necessary. The yield on Government loans and local body loans includes redemption and an allowance for brokerage. AUCKLAND EXCHANGE i

AUSTRALIAN DEALINGS EXPANSION IN TRADING • INTEREST IN MINING SCRIP (Received February (5, 0 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. G Trading expanded on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. Jlnre interest was shown in the mining section. Sales included:—

NEW YORK TREND DOW JONES' AVERAGES DECLINE IN INDUSTRIALS * (Received* February 6, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5. Dow Jones' averages (1926 = 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange to-day are as follows: — 20 Rail- 30 Shares roads Industrials sold Jan. 30 30.72 145.03 550,000 Feb. 5 30.50 145.00 410,000 Hjphest in 1030: Railroads, 35.00 (Sent. 27); Industrials, 151.22 (Sept. 12). Lonest in 1030: Railroads, 21.14 (April 18); Industrials, 121.4 (April 8). MOVEMENTS IN LONDON HOME RAILS ADVANCE LONDON, Feb. 5 Stock indices compiled by the Financial Times are as follows (October 15, 1926 = 100): Govt, Homo It|dus- Gold securities rails trials mines Jan. 30 100.7 50.3 05.8 101.1 Feb. 5 100.2 52.0 05.8 , 100.4 QUOTATIONS FOR SILVER LONDON, Feb. 5 Silver is quoted at 21 a standard ounce and 23Jd an ounce fine; FIRMER TIN VALUES LONDON,.Feb. 5 Quotation? for tin aYe firmer. Latest rates are: —Spot and forward: Buyers, £236 10s; sellers, £236 15s. LONDON MINING LEVELS LONDON, "Feb. 5 Mount Lvell are quoted at 21s 3d. < PRICE OF RUBBER . ✓ LONDON, Feb. 5 Rubber is quoted nt 11 13-16 d per lb. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES LONDON, Fob. 5 Foreign exchange, rates are:—New York (dollar), 4.005; Montreal (dollar), 4.<15; Paris (franc), 17Gjj; Amsterdam (gr.), 7.555; Brussels (bolgu), 23.775; Milan (lire), 78.50; Hongkong (dollar), 14 . 29-32 d; Shanghai (doflnr), -I 15-32(1; Stockholm (kr.), 16.90; Copenhagen (kr.), 20,50; Hatavin (ft.), 7.44 to 7.51; Oslo (kr.), 17.70; Geneva- (fr.), 17.90; Bombay (rupee), 18d; Kobe (yen), 10-6dd; Buenos Aires (pes.), 17.525.

• . Sale Price Bisoor Yield ' u s, d Fall £ s d Stk., 15/1/53-57, py, ' . . . 04 10 0 +10s 3 18 7 §Hamilton Boro., :i/7/15, .iy. .100 15 Nat. Bk. N.Z. -J -1 0 4, 1 4 (1 +ls *3 4 10 Bank N.Z... 2 1 (J -T4 1 (! 5 N.Z. Insce. . :i o 0 — 3 (1 8 Sth. British . 2 0 0 +3d •2 10 11 Wstpt-Stockton (ord.) .. 0 3 0 +<>d — Bkn. Hill Pty. (2) . . 2 13 0 — 4 14 4 (r. J. Coles . 4 a o -ad 4 11 4 Tar. Oil Dev. (2s Oil pel.) 0 2 ■Mt.Lyell (U) 1 15 0 I — •I +5(1 4 4 11 Ditto . . 1 10 0 +1.S Id 4 a 4 Also.—§.Monnt L.veil, a Is lOil; ditto, 35s, Gd, 35s Od; Mount.Morgan, 10s. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Sale Price Yield Ji s d £ a d Bank N.Z. (2) .. 2 1 0 4 1 (t 5 Ditto .. 2 1 5 4 1(1 7 Do. (D Mort.) . 1 (i 0 5 13 3 Guarantee Corp. . 0 J () 7 r, 10 Macdnffs (ord.) (2) 0 4 0 Do. (pref.) (2) 0 12 0 — Me Kennies 2 1 0 fi 10 7 §Mt. Lyeli 1 14 4 4 7 1 Also.—Biff Bivor, Od; Norlh Broken Hill, 53s. Overseas list: Wool wort lis Holdings (South Africa), Kis 2). " CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Bank N.S.W. . 30 7 0 3 10 0 Bank N.Z. 2 1 <> 4io r> National Insce. 0 10 0 3 10 0 N.Z. Breweries .. 1. 17 1 '4 0 3 Broken Hil| Pty, . 2 13 0 4 11 4 Macduffs (pref.) . 0 12 1 i Tara. Oilfields (3) 0 5 5 — Mt. Lyell ,, 1 15 3 4 5 1 DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Stk., 15/1/53-57, , 3Va .. 04 15 0 3 18 G Bank N.Z. 2 10 4 10 5 National Insco. .. 0 18 11 3 10 4 Standard Insce. (3) 3 1 0 4 0 11 Ditlo .. 3 2 0 4 0 8, N.Z. Breweries .. 1 17 0 .' 4 0 0 Broken Hill Pty. . 2 13 6 4 13 0 JProvious sale 2s paid. §Sales completed after hours on Fr.iday. •Based on interin dividend at rate per annum.

UNOFFICIAL' LIST Unofficial list quotations are;- — Buyers Sellers £ s (1 £ s rl Mamakn Forests . — o 6 O Una Hill 0 15 0 1 S Whakatane Mills (ord.) —, 0 4 0

£ s d Bank of New South Wales 21) o 0 Coipmerrtal Banking Sydney 30 0 0 United Insiirarico 10 10 0 Tooth's Brewery n 33 0 A.C.I. 1 17 3 Ditto (contrjb.) 0 10 3 Associated Newspaper? 0 17 •t'/i British Tobacco o 0 fl Broken Hili Pty, n 8 3 Cash Orders r> 15 0 Colonial Sugar 50 in 0 G. J. Coles ... a 13 3 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 0 18 0 Kandos Cement i 8 7 Morts Dock 0 18 ■I'A William Atkins 1 4 a Woohvorths (Syd.) 1 o 0 Arahura Gold 1 12 0 Mount Lyell 1 14 0 Ditto (N.Z. delivery) 1 14 0 Placer Development 3 18 G MELBOURNE EXCHANGE £ s d Nat. Bank A'asia (£"> pd.) a 4 0 Bank of New South Wales 20 5 0 Union Bank 7 5 0 A.C.I. .. . | l 17 0 Broken Hill Pty. ' . ?> 8 3 ■ Masonitc Corporation 0 17 s Emperor .... 0 10 8 Loloma 1 17 (i Mount Mortran 0 0 5