SHAREMARKET INDICES
LONDON. To-day’s stock indices compiled by the Financial Times with previous quotations are (October 15. 1926, equals 100): Govt. Home Indus- Gold Sec’s. Rails, trials, n.ines. Feb. 5 109.2 52 95.8 190.4 March 1 109.9 54.1 101.6 195.., April 1 108.6 55.5 98.2 196.1 May 1 110.8 54.7 96.1 197.0 June 7 108.8 39.8 77.2 162.3 Julyl 107.1 33.8 69.4 137.0 Aug. 2 109.2 39.6 75.2 150.8 Aug. 5 109.4 39.4 75.8 153.1 Aug. 6 109.3 39.5 75.5 151.1 Aug. 7 109.0 29.0 75.1 150.2 Aug. 9 ... 108.9 38.4 74.9 148.9 Aug. 12 108.9 38.7 75.7 148.9 NEW YORK Dow Jones' averages (1926 equals I 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange are as follow: 20 Rail- 30 Shares ; roads. Industrials, sold. Feb. 8 ... 31.46 148.40 870,000 March 6 31.01 147.97 860,000 j April 2 30.59 147.92 830.000 I May 2 30.66 147.76 650,000 June 1 - 23.05 115.67 270,000! July 9 26.19 121.60 300,000 I Aug. 3 . 26.96 126.36 120,000 Aug. 6 . 26.75 125.27 290,000| Aug. 7 26.71 125.12 240,0001 Aug. 10 26.86 126.99 180,000 i Aug. 12 .. 27.29 127.26 290,000] Highest in 1939.—Railroads, 35.90 (September 27); industrials, 151.22 (September 12). Lowest in 1939; Railroads, 24.15 (April 18): industrials. 121.4 (April 8).
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 192, 16 August 1940, Page 3
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