LONDON MARKET REPORTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 840, 7 December 1929, Page 14

LONDON MARKET REPORTS

U nited P.A. — By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, Thursday. (Quotations on Dec. 2 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £6B 16s 10}d (£6B 8s 9d); three months, £6B 13s 9d (£67 ISs 9d). Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £S3 (.£83): three months, £B4 (£B4). Wire Bars.—Spot, £B4 (£B4). Lead.—Spot, £2l Cs 3d (£2l 6s 3d); three months, £2l 10s (£2l 8s 9d). Spelter.—Spot, £2O 7s 6d (£l9 15s); three months, £2l (£2O 7s 6d). Tin.—Spot, £174 Is 3d (£174 7s 6d) ; three months, £177 6s 3d (£177 7s 6d). Silver.—Standard, 22 5-Sd an oz; fine, 24 3-Sd (24£d). BRADFORD TOPS The demand is slack and the market depressed. Quotations are irregular, and the tendency is downward. 64’s are quoted at 2s 9d a lb; 60’s, 2s 7d; 55’s, 2s lid; 50’s. Is lOd; 46’s, Is 7|d; 40’s, Is 7d. WHEAT, FLOUR, PULSE, ETC. Wheat.—Cargoes sure cJ t.', •vith quotations 6d to ML Ivwer. Parcels showed 3d to 6d decline. Futures: London, December, 50s lOd; January, 51s s£d; March, 52s 9d. Liverpool, December, 9s 4d a cental; March, 9s 11 3-Sd; July, 10s 5 3-Bd. The Liverpool spot trade experienced a sharp advance in prices, rather checking business. Australian ex ship, 51s. Flour.—Firm. Australian, ex store, 06s to 36s 6d. Oats and Barley.—Steady. Peas and Beans.—Slow. Beet Sugar.—January, 6s 9d. BUTTER AND CHEESE The butter market is dull. Danish is quoted at 176 s to 178 s; choicest salted New Zealand, 166 s to 168 s; Australian, 162 sto 1645. Unsalted New Zealand is scarce at 186 s; Australian, 174 s to 1765. The cheese market is slow. New Zealand white is quoted at 90s; coloured, 925.