THE SHARE MARKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17324, 25 May 1918, Page 10

THE SHARE MARKET.

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Business has progressed evenly during the week,_ and there has only been a small turnover in investment shares. Since Tues- , ?tV. y . ' las ee n confined chiefly to Huddart-Parker shares, which have remaned steady at a firm price all week, the tour sales which were transacted on S occasions alt being made at £2. T7^ ons h^ ve sl'own very little range. St csterday a buyer offered £l 19s 6d, which was about 3d less than the buying quotes a £? OV n° U |rl ?(T' erc been filers at £2 0s 3d throughout the week. A sale ° r ,^? ary . Westporfc-Stockton shares was reported early in tho week at 7r lOd and there was a buyer yesterday at 7s 6d, with hni* r % j For Westport Coals * offo {-ed £1 10a 4d. There has been close market in these shares on several prices of' th* n ° - busin . ess has resulted. Tho have nL l/ 1 ? 113 Lcs , ues of hank stocks « ,"1 altered much. Buyers have offered £17 13s for new Bank of New Zcabut seller?' T d £ l 2 45 fOT the old Issues, 1 , havo beon scarce. National ff n I £. dema »d at about £5 4s, and on offer at £5 6s. New Zealnnrl Tn snrancD scrip has been firming steadily for some considerable time, and is now Ling ou£ht at £9 3s 6d» with a market stiff fcds °Lf I! T\, S - outh . ® ri and Standards nave had inquiry at £6 and f? nelflnsh wit , hout . rcsu lt. A little busifri?eratino. T d ° ne u- n , New Ze aland Re- ;"°, ratm ? shares, which were quoted yesterday at £1 i ßs 9d and £2. buyers and nesaa.v at £4 Is, and there was a buver at this price yesterday. New Zealand Drags at l2 a i^ rm,n / tend f nc y. having a bi™er at &,& 13 S an< j a se ]i cr £2 25 s Thorn Sdther en i l as°th enlal l d f ° r drc , d sW shares, th.T bcen muoh activity in dem™J n ! n S .market. Waihis continue in demand m the vicimtv of £1 17s 9d with sellers at about £1 18s 9d Grand Jun C ns have agam firmed a little and were and Vn ,terday at 4s and 14s 6d, buyer and seller respectively . Fairly widn Mount Cn ' Consolidated and Mount Lyell shares have prevented anv chance of business in either linZ 1 (two p,S, rte<l -- D ' I - a a 0. 3d The following are yesterday's latest Quotations, subject to the usual , Dredging Stocks. Electrjc—Buyers 10d, sellers Ib. Rise and Shine—Sellers 16s. Rising Sun—Sellers lis. ... Mi.n-inh Stocks. Consolidated Goldfields— Sellers 5s 6d lers 9s. man Consolldate d-Bu.vers 8s 3d. sol£1 17s 9d. seUers £1 18s 6d rand Junc^, ' on Buyers 14s. sel£l M 9s Ul 6d. LyelI ~ BuyorS £l 8s 64 S6llers xt i* , STOCKS. National Bank—Sellers £5 6s Buyers £12*7 6s M Paid)National Insurance— Sellers £2 19s. 6c j V Zealand Insurance—Buyers £9 3s iSouth British Insurance—Buyers £6 standard Insurance—Buyers £2. seEs Si:' ( ° rd) ~" BuyerS £1 198 6d4cjWes tport Coai Company—Buyers £1 ife seEtlS toCkt ° n (ord ' ) ~ Buyers 7s M, (ord ' ) ~ Buyere 18s - sellers £l A os k 'ld d Electnc Tram 3 ford.)— Sellers Dalgety and Co. (ex div.)— Sellers £9 6s b£s IrliVM 5 9s 6d Llme and Cement—Sellers £1 National Mortgage— Buyers £4 Is. New Zealand Drug Company (£2 paidl Buyers £2 13s, sellers £2 15e Is New Zealand Paper Mills-Buyers £1 Otago Daily Times—Buyers £2 12<; Wr^rht 1 Trustees Buyers £1 5s 6d. BuTerffi'7 a "d Co. (ord.)Bruce Woollen—Buyers £1 10e. Papuan Products— Sellers 2s 9d. LONDON SHARE MARKET Press Australian and N.Z. Cable Association rp i m LONDON, May 24. (Received May 25, at 0.5 a.m ) _ Wwhi—Buyers £1 16s 6d, sellers £1 17, 6d. Junction Buyers 15s 6d, seUers 16s Talisman-Buyers lis 3d, sellers 13s 9d