FINANCE AND COMMERCE

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 12

FINANCE AND COMMERCE

SHAREMARKET BUSINESS. Auckland, July 31.—Sharemarket sales: Mount Eden Borough, ' 1957, 61 per cent., £105; Commercial Bank of Australia., 14s Id; Bank of New Zealand, 48s 3d;-King Solomon, 3s, 2s lOcl (two parcels) ; Mahakipawa, Sd; Waihi, I&s 7'Ad; Waihi Junction, 3s lid, 4s (two parChristchurch, July 31.—Sales on exchange: New Zealand Government, 4| per cent, inscribed, 1938, £lOO (two parcels); New Zealand Government, 54 per cent., inscribed, 1933, £99; Commercial Bank of Australia (cum. div.), 14s (two parcels) ; Bank of New Zealand, 48s 9d (two’ parcels), 48s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, 31s, 30s 6d; British Tobacco, 23s 9d (two parcels); King Solomon, 2s lOd, 2s 81d, 2s Sd (15 parcels); Maliakipawa Goldfields, Sd (three parcels); Okarito, 10s 2d, 10s 3d (two parcels); Golden Point (Is paid), Is 84d, Is 7d, Is 71d. Sales reported: New Zealand Government, 4| per .cent., inscribed, 1938, £lOO 10s (two parcels); New Zealand Government, 4J per' cent, bonds, 1941, £lOO 10s; Mount Lyell, 16s lOd. LONDON MARKET FOR METALS. ' EASIER TENDENCY GENERAL. ■ By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.45 p.m. London, July 30. Quotations for metals, with those for July 27 in parentheses, are;— Copper. —Spot, £32 16s 10-1 d (£33); three months, £33 Ils 101 d (£33 16s I'o Ad). Electrolytic copper. —Spot, £35 (£36 10s); three months, £37 (£37 10s). Wire 'bars. —£37. Lead.—Spot, £l2 10s (£l2 8s 9d); three months, £l2 7s Gd (£l2 10s). Spelter.—Spot, £ll 12s 6d (£ll 15s); three months, £ll. 18s 9d (£l2 2s 6d). Tin.—Spot, £lOB 7s 6d (£lOB 13s 9d); three months, £llO 12s 6d (£llO 13s 9d). Silver.—Standard; 13 l-16d per ounce; fine, 14 l-16d.