LONDON MARKETS.'

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13921, 27 March 1909, Page 2

LONDON MARKETS.'

LONDON, March 26. The wheat market is firm. A good Continental demand has neutralised the effect of large shipments and- fluctuating markets. American cargoes are firm. Three cargoes of Australian sold at 30s 7£d, 40s and 40s 3d respectively; 8500 quarters of March-April shipment 40s; Australian parcels near, landing, '39s 3d ; February-Mar" eh shipments, 3tfs 4£d ; Australian, spot 41s 6d, 425. ■ Flour is firmer. Patent sorts; spot at London, 29s 6d; Glasgow 30s. DAIRY PRODUCE. ' ■ , i ' ;'-'; '-' ,'* - 1 Butter, is stagnant. Colonial is neg* 'lected. Choicest Australian 100s to 102s ; New Zealand 104s, unsalted 106s ; Argentine, salted 104s;. Danish, jU.n-, changed. /\ , . // Cheese. — New Zealand, white \OoSj to ,61s; coloured 64s to 655. . <''" 'metals 1 .. • "'?'.'; \\ .... . • Copper, spot £56, three ■-, Months i j£s6 16s 3d; electrolytic £57.. i •.".... Tin, spot, :£129 '10s.; three jhotftas, £131 2a 6d. .: . '. ■ : Lead* £13 IZsSd.^ Spelter, £21 ss. • '• • Iron, 46s 4d» • ' ''■'.'' sugab: - : v\. t Svgar — German, 10s 6d ; first* n>arks, ' ■ •"' ' wbot: ' V?.r: i>!A " At Bradford wool' is fir,m",}, burthen* is 1 small business. Forties sell at. 44&& 46V 14d, common 60's 24£ d,. super 25*d,.,64'5. gfed. .' .. iv [ .. MONEY MARKET. . : Tho, Bank T&i/b is 3 per cent.; for -short- loans 3 per cent. Three months' bills,, .are discounted in Ldiidon at, 2 per cent; Paris. H V eT cent;; Berlin 2; 5-16 per cent. i