FINANCE AND COMMERCE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1933, Page 16

FINANCE AND COMMERCE

STOCK EXCHANGE BUSINESS. Stock Exchange business reported by the Press .Association yesterday was:— Dunedin: Reported sales: Gillespie’s Beach, Is 4Jd; Freshford, Is 2Jd (late sale yesterday). BRADFORD WOOL MARKET FIRM. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, May 1. The Bradford wool market is firm and there is fair business, especially for finer sorts. APPLE PRICES DECLINE. Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, May 1. Heavier supplies of apples are causing prices to decline. The Rangitikei’s New Zealand Cox’s sold at from 8s 6d to Ils 6d per box. SHAREMARKET TRANSACTIONS. NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGES. Christchurch: Sales on Exchange: Commercial Bank of Australia, 14s sd; E.S. and A. Bank, £4 ss; National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid, cum div.), £5 18s, £5 18s 6d; Bank of New Zealand (cum div.), 44s 9d (2); Goldsbrough Mort, 22s 6d; United Building Society, 17s (2); Westport Coal, 13s 8d; New Zealand Breweries, 29s lid, 29s lOd, 29s lid (2); Electro Zinc . (pref.), 29s 4d; Alexander (cont.), 9s; Big River, Is 3d (2), Is 3|d; La.wson’s Flat, Is 2Jd (2); Nokomai, 5s Id (3), 5s lid; Waitahu, 5s 3d; Freshford, Is 3Jd. Sales reported: E.S. and A. Bank, £4 5s 6d; Bank of New Zealand (cum div.), 455; Beath and Co. (Is paid), 4s; New Zealand Drug Co., 655. Unlisted stock sales: Aotearoa Gold (4), Is 9d; Bell, Hooper (3), lljd; Central Shotover (2), BJd. AUSTRALIAN STOCK MARKET. WIDE RANGE OF TURNOVER. By Telegraph-Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 7.45 p.m. Sydney, May 2. The Stock Exchange was again very active to-day and the turnover covered a wide variety of stocks. The market generally was firmer. Sales were: Bank of New South Wales, £29 15s; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l5 12s 6d; National Bank (£5 paid), £5 19s; Associated News, 8s; pref., 18s 4 Id; Australian Gas A, £7 Os 6d; B, £7 0s 6d; British Tobacco, 34s 9d; Dunlop Perdriau, 16s lOAd; Goldsbrough Mort, 235; Tooth’s, 36s 6d; Henry Jones, 37s 6d; Fairymead Sugar, 26s 6d; Electrolytic Zinc .(pref.), 29s 9d; Broken Hill Pty., 32s 6d; Zinc Corporation, 27s 10id. . • Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange were: Goldsbrough Mort, 235; Dunlop Perdriau, 16s-lid; Mt Lyell, 20s 4Jd.