LONDON MARKETS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 1124, 18 December 1914, Page 6

LONDON MARKETS.

MONEY AND STOCKS. LONDON, December 1". The weekly returns oi" the Rank oi England ore a * under:— Dec. 10. Deo. IT. GoVl coin »n& bullion . 70.034.0TK> 71-164 00 Reserve .... 3-i.151.W0 55.C72C00 P.O'jortion tolisbi'iticp M.fci ■>?■•■! 1 X Us in circulation . -23 7.~.1,000 35,502.0110 Public, dew.r.tfi ■ ■ IH.OCi-2.00;> 43,168,000 Oth'pr d«i>osit-s . . VM.Oiit.OUO 12-2.736.fi00 Gcvarureut ' securities 11.,959,<K.0 11.969.000 Other ' sceurities . . 117.60u.00 U1i.4*3,0C0 Short loans. II per cent; three months' hills, 2| per cent. METALSCopper quotations are:—On spot, £57 10s; three months, £57 15s. Electrolytic—£6l ~s. Tin—On soot, £148; three. <irionths, £146 10s. Pig Iron—-53s od Lead—.£l9. Spelter—£27 10s. Silver—ls 10fd per oa. SUGAR. Sug?.r is unchanged. BUTTER. Butter is very firm. Seventy-seven thousand cases of New Zealand and 15,000 Australian arrived this week, and is clearing well .Choicest Australian 134s to 1365. uusfslted occasionally 13Ss. secondaries 12Ss to 1325; New Zealand 138,% unsalted occasionally 140s. . CHEESE. Cheese- is firm; New Zealand 76s to 775. WOOL. The wool sold t» Homo buyers totalled 64,000 bales, and to tho Continent 1000 hales. The. amount held was 103,000 bales. Bradford .is very quiet: sixty-fours 24£ d to 26d. sixties 24d to'2sid, ordinary -23£ d to 2od. fifty-sixes 26d"to 27d, fifties 23Jd to 24d, forty-sixes 20* d. to 21d, forties r 18d to. lS£d. ' GRAIN. Wheat is quieter but. unchanged. No. 1 Northern- Manitoba, loading, "4S» 9d, January 495.' FLOUR. Flour is firm and sellers, are reserved. Australian ex store'36s'to'36s 6d. Barley, beans and peas are. firm aJid unchanged. '''.''• Oats are hardening; Bahia-Bltinci;. January-February 23s 6d.