STOCK INDICES

Southland Times, Issue 24114, 1 May 1940, Page 3

STOCK INDICES

(Received April 30, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. Stock Indices Compiled by The Financial Times October 15, 1926 , 100

BRADFORD QUOTATIONS FOR YARNS (Received April 30, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. Bradford spinners offer unchanged quotations for yarns. Many firms are in a position to accept new orders for yarns, but it is necessary to cater for the export section’ in order to obtain supplies of wool and tops. -Noils are plentiful. Crossbred sorts are being released for the civilian trade. THE METAL MARKET (Received April 30, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON. April 29. Silver—Standard 21d an ounce, fine 22 11-16 d. ’ Tin.—Spot, £254/15/- buyers. £255 sellers; forward, £250/15/- buyers, £251 sellers. Pig iron.—£s/11/- a ton. Antimony.—British £lO6 to £lO7, foreign £B2 to £B7. Molybdenite.—4s/6 to 47/6 a unit (nominal). Wolfram.—so/6 to 60/6 (nominal). SMALL YARDING AT McNAB SALE There was a fairly small entry forward at the fortnightly McNab stock sale yesterday, when prices secured were on a par with recent sales. Ewe lambs sold well and brought up to 25/4. The Southland Fanners’ Co-opera-tive Association Ltd. sold:—Seventyfour 4-th ewes at 30/8, 15 2-th ewes at 24/3, 44 f.m. ewes at 8/—, 45 store lambs at 15/6, 15 store wethers at 22/6, 20 2-th ewes at 30/6, 60 fat ewes at 24/6, 4 at 19/6, 8 at 15/-, 26 at 19/-, 45 wether lambs at 10/7; 1 dairy cow at £7, 1 calf at £l/2/-, 2 fat bullocks at £B/17/6, 2 fat heifers at £7/15/-, 10 calves at £2, 1 bull at £5/17/6, 6 store steers at £5/12/-, 3 Romney rams at £l/1/-.

Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., sold:—Seventy ewe lambs at 25/4, 31 at 24/3, 2 18-month heifers at £5/4/-, 1 18-month steer at £5/4/-, 4 at £5/16/-, 1 18-month heifer at £4/10/-, 1 fat cow at £5,

A sale of implements on account of Mr A. Hunt was also conducted by the Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association Ltd. Good prices were secured.

Govt. March 28 Securities 108.2 Home IndusRails trials 55.4 97.5 Gold mines. 194.7 March 29 108.3 55.4 97.9 195.4 April 3 108.6 56.2 99.2 196.6 April 4 108.7 55.8 98.5 196.5 April o 108.9 56.1 99.0 197.2 April 8 108.8 56.1 99.1 198.5 April 9 108.2 55.3 97.9 195.3 April 10 107.8 54.6 97.0 193.6 April 11 108.3 55.3 98.1 197.1 April 12 108.2 54.7 97.6 195.1 April 15 108.2 54.6 97.7 196.4 April 17 108.2 54.8 97.5 195.1 April 18 108.3 53.6 97.1 193.6 April 19 108.5 53.5 96.8 193.6 April 22 108.7 53.5 96.5 192.5 April 24 109.7 55.8 96.5 199.6 April 25 110.1 55.8 97.1 198.8 April 26 110.1 55.7 96.8 197.9 April 29 110.3 55.3 94.6 197.6 March 29 NEW YORK Dow Jones Averages 1926 = 100 20 Rail- 30 Indusroads. trials. 30.66 147.54 Sales 1000 shares. 840 April 1 30.73 147.72 750 April 2 30.59 147.92 830 April 3 31.32 149.65 1730 April 4. 31.86 150.41 1990 April 5 31.82 159.36 1260 April 8 31.96 151.29 1260 Ap-il 10 31.20 149.59 1290 April 11 31.28 149.98 890 April 15 30.98 149.72 1260 April 17 30.59 148.35 900 April 18 30.30 147.15 1210 April 19 30.37 146.80 1150 April 22 30.63 148.01 370 April 23 30.75 148.93 880 April 25 30.97 148.56 820 April 26 30.68 147.73 850 April 27 30.73 148.12 850 April 29 30.74 148.41 570