STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23839, 14 December 1940, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE BYCROFTS AT STRONG LEVELS A moderate volume of business was fairly widely distributed on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday. A few more sellers of Government loans operated, firm levels continuing to rule. After showing some steadiness insurances yielded slightly to some further selling and New Zealand fell 3d on three transactions at 61s 9d. Industrial sections revealed mainly minor movements. A feature was the . further strength shown by Bycrofts, in which business was done at 43s 6d. j Australian issues were little changed.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Closing telegraphic rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange Auckland on overseas centres on Monday were supplied b.v the Bank of New South "Wales as follows: December 13 Buying Selling 1 .T. T.T. Xew York. dol. to £ 3.05)1 3.2050 Montreal, do!, to £ . . 3.<>039 3.5200 <;recce, drachmae to £ Java. fl. io £ . . .. 0.1 ST 0.001 Manila, pesos to £ . . 0.550 <>.412 Hongkong, pence to dol. 3s 3 ,1! i 1.32 India, pence to rupee . 22 5-32 22 40-04 Ceylon, pence to rupee 22 5-32 22 49-64 Shanghai, pence to dol. ">V 3 Singapore, pence to dol. 31 41-64 3."> 41-01 S. Af.. £N,Z. £S.A. 1«0 123 125 London. L'X.Z. £st. 100 121/7/0 12". A list., £.\. CX. Z. 100 ino/10/0 ion Fiji: £'F. £X.Z. 100 no BS/12/6 QUOTATIONS IN LONDON LONDON. Dec. 12 Foreign F.xchange rate* are: —New York Ulollar), 1.03; Montreal (dollar), 4.45; Switzerland <fr.), 17.35; India (rupee) Is Od; Hongkong (dollar). Isd; Kobe, (yen), 1-lVjd; Shanghai (dollar), 3 13-I0d; Argentine (peso), 17.015; Stockholm (kr.), 10.00. SIIAREMARKET INDICES

London Financial Times (1926 cQtmls 100): — Govt. Home Indus- Goldsecurities rails trials mines Dec. 10 .. 11 1.0 •11.8 SG.O 177.7 Dec. 11 .. 112.0 41.7 Pfi.3 175.0 Dec. 12 .. 110.0 d 1.7 80.2 ISO.O New York Dow Jones' (1926 equals 100): — 20 Rail- 30 Shares roads Industrials sold Dee. 0 .. 27.52 131.10 030,000 Dec. 10 .. 27.07 131.37 010,0<>0 Dec. 11 .. 27.07 131.70 810,000 Dec. 12 .. 27.72 132,11 780,000 Highest and lowest in .1030.—Bails, 35.00 —24.15; industrials, 151.22 —121.4. BALLIN'S BREWERIES' YEAR [fhom Of It owx cokhksi-oxdent] CHRIST OH URC H, Friday A net profit of £'21.025 was earned by Ballin's Breweries (X.Z.). Limited, in the year ended September 30. compared with £10,773 in the previous year. Gross profit Was £50,003, against £52,.'574. The dividend is maintained at 5 per cent, and £ 1327 carried forward, against £1251 brought in. The sum of £13,000 has to be provided for taxation, against £IO,OOO a year ago.

( i CLOSING QUOTATIONS 1 Buyers Sellers i s d £ s d BANKS, INSURANCE AGENCY (Com. Bk. Aus. .. 0 14 10 0 15 2 I K„ S. and A. Bk. — 4 10 0 Nat. Bk. X./,. . . 1 10 0 — Mat. J i k. A'asia . . 12 II (1 — Bank X'.S.W. 20 10 (J 30 1(1 0 liji nk X./. 2 1 0 2 1 1 Ditto (J). Mort.) 1 7 -—- National Ins. 0 IS 1 — X.Z. Insurance :} 1 6 3 1 0 Queensland Ins. .. 2 12 0 — Sth. British Ins. . 2 S !) o 0 0 Standard Insurance *2 IS 0 — Doin. I. & B. Assn. _ 0 18 0 F.A.C., (A pref.) . I 1 0 — Newton King (pf.) . 0 8 10 0 0 3 X. Ak. Frnrs. (B pf.) 0 4 6 0 7 0 Traders' Fin. (con.) 0 3 0 0 4 0 COAL, GAS, SHIPPING Renown Coal . . 0 0 0 0 11 0 Tanpiri (Ord.) 1 0 0 — Ditto (cum. pf.) . 1 'J 6 -— M'estport, fully pd. _— 1 3 3 Wstpt.-Sttn (ord.) . (1 2 3 0 3 (1 Dillo (pref.) . . () 5 (i II i; 6 Auckland (las 11 7 l (1 7 s Ditto icon.) 0 •_> 0 0 0 Devonport Ferry . . 1 T — I TIMBER, TEXTILES, BREWERIES 1 Kauri Timber . . I ii (i i 1 0 ! Felt it Textiles . . 1 is !! •2 0 3 I Mosgiel Wool Id II 11 1 1 II (i Doni. Brew (ord.) . 1 0 (1 1 Kl 0 i X.Z. Brew. 1 11 0 MISCELLANEOUS A ust. Alloy Steel , 0 5 6 0 0 G A.C.I 1 IS 6 — Ditto (con.) . . 1 4 (i — Booth Mac. (pref.) 0 4 0 0 4 11 ! Broken Hill Pty. . 2 4 !> o 5 3 Bycrott 2 3 0 2 4 0 Colonial Sugar 52 0 0 52 10 0 Electrolytic Zinc . — 2 14 6 Fanners' Trading . 0 10 o 10 11 G. J. Coles — 8 (i McKendriek (pref.) 0 IS 0 1 0 M. & C. (Deb.) .. 0 15 3 10 u M.K. Manuf's .. 0 i; •j 7 0 Moris Dock o 17 0 IS 0 X.Z. Drug 3 1 6 ii :i Js i; Farmers' Fert. (pf.) 1 3 0 1 3 0 Ifeid Kuliber . . 1 :i (1 1 4 0 Selfridges (A'sia) . (1 is (1 1 ii II 'I'aranaki Oil Fields II 0 (i o :i Wliittome, Steven. 11 1!» 3 1 ■j o Wilsons Cement (1 IS s (i 18 10 Woohvorths (X.Z.) 0 11 0 0 1 1 10 Ditto Properties I 1 !! l ;i Ditto (Syd.) 0 17 0 0 17 0 MINING (,'lntha o 1 3 0 o 3 Martha () <i 11 0 7 Waihi Invests. 0 3 11 0 4 6 Broken Hill Sth, .. — 1 0 0 Emperor 0 11 0 — .Mount Lyell 1 8 0 Mt. Morgan (ord.) . 0 10 9 — N.Z, GOVT. LOANS Bonds— J r,/T/:if»-l l, 3 .. 00 17 6 . 15/1/53-57, ;{% . lot 1(1 0 — i*»/i i /as/41, uy t 00 r> (l — i 5/2/13-10, -i .. 103 (i 0 — 15/1/10-40, 4 .. 103 15 l) — i 5/<s/52-55, 'l .. 100 15 0 — 'War Loan, 1/10/53 HO 1(1 0 80 15 0 Ditto, F. Pd. . . SO 7 0 — Stock— 15/7/30-11, 3 .. 00 17 0 — 15/1/53-57, iiV 2 . 101 15 0 — 15/11/3*-11, 3% 00 5 0 — 15,3/10-13, -1 .. 1(11 5 II 101 15 0 15/2/43-IB, 1 .. 103 r> 0 103 15 0 15 1/10-10, ■! .. 103 15 (1 104 10 0 15/5/ 10-52, '1 .. 104 17 0 105 5 0 15/0/52-55, 4 .. 100 15 0 — 31.V5l.5K, •} .. 106 10 0 — 15 0 11-S3. 3 1 a . 101 10 0 — State Advances Corr — 00 5 0 S.A.C. 1/0/55-60 3, — 00 10 0 B.W.L., 1052, 3'--j — 127 0 0 DEBENTURES A.E.P.B., 15/0/50 103 0 0 Ditto 30/4/44 . . 101 10 0 103 10 0 Cent. Waikafo P.B. 1/2/10 103 0 0 104 10 0 A.C.C., 1/2/63 .. 107 10 0 —. Ditto, 1/3/53 . . OS 10 0 — Haurakj, 1/0/10, 1 45 — 100 0 0 Henderson, 1/5/55 . — 105 6 0 Gisborne, 1/3/(51 . — 107 10 0 Takapuna, 1/2/54, 3'i 06 0 0 — Thames, 30/0/17 . — 104 0 0 Amal. Brick (Auck.) 1/3/44, 0 — 103 10 0 Ak. Gas (Perp. Stk) 100 0 0 101 5 0