THE LONDON MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 2

THE LONDON MARKETS

FOREIGN EXCHANGES By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Monday. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current to-day, as compared with the cabled quotations on August 4 and par:

THE METAL MARKETS (Quotations on August 4 in parentheses) Copper. —Spot, £55 10s 7£d (£56 8s three months, £55 18s 9d (£56 17s 7id). Lead. —Spot, £23 Is 3d (£24 6s 3d): three months, £23 3s 9d (£24 15s). Spelter. —Spot, £2B 5s (£29 ss); three months, £2B 3s 9d (£29) Tin. —Spot. £295 12s 6d (£297 2s 6d); three months, £287 12s 6d (£289 2s 6d). Silver. —Standard. 24 15-16 d (25 9-16 d) per oz., fine, 26 15-16 d (27 9-16 d). WHEAT Wheat. —Cargoes are quiet and unchanged. They closed steadier under the influence of better American advices. Parcels are in moderate request and unchanged. Liverpool futures— October, 11s Ogd per cental; December, 11s Ogd; March, 11s; May, 10s 10|d. BRADFORD TOPS The Bradford tops market is dull. Prices are unchanged.—A. and N.Z.Sun.

Brussels, belga . . Aug:. 8 34.9:1 Augr. 4. 34.93 Par. 35.00 Paris, fr 124.03 124.04 25.225 Stockholm, kr. . . 18.13 18.13 18.159 Oslo, kr 18.81 18.80 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. IS.15 18.15 18.159 Berlin, r.m 20.43 20.42 20.43 Rome, lire .. 89.25 89.25 Calcutta, pc 171 175 24 Yokohama, pc. . 23 7-1G 23'. 24i Hongkong, pc. . 23g 23* Montreal, dol. 4.S6 1116 4.86 716 4.866 New York, dol. . . 4.S6 110 4.855 4.866 Amsterdam, fll. . 12.121 12.125 12:10 Batavia, fl. . . . 12.12 12.12 12.10