COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 11, 8 October 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Huddart-Parker shares at 465. was made on 'Change yesterday. The quotations were aB follow:--Buyers. Sellers. . £ b. d. £ ». d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... - .15 0 0 Bank N.Z. (£6 Us. 4d.)... - 19 2 6 Well. Investment 0 10 6 0 10 9 Well. Gas (£10) 10 17 6 - National Insurance — J \ \ N.Z. Insurance — 114 3 H.B. Insurance : — 910 0 Steiy- Export 39 0. 010 0 Unddart-Parker ..'. 3 9 0 3 10 0 P. and O. Def. Stock ....... - 600 o 0 Kaiapoi Woollen 8 9 6 — ■ Well. Woollen '•• 8 15 6 Westport Coal 110 3 — beyland-O'Tlrien Timber 18 0 Sharland and. Co 11l 9/ ■ - Wilion Cement 0 15 8 0 16 0 CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collected at the por* of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6043 10b. 9d. ' THE 5 MOtiW MARKET. ■ (Ecc. October 7, 7.30 p.m.) London, October 6. • The mites for three months' bills and , Treasury bills have been raised to 4J per cent.; six months' bills, 6 per cent. The market rate of discount has consequently been raised to 41 per cent.-Reuter. FOREIGN EXCHANGES- -CURRENT RATES. (Reo. October 7, 7.30 p.m.) London, October 6. The foreign rates of exchange to-day are as follow:— ' On Paris (franca to £11, 35.34. Stockholm (kroner to £1), J7.17. Ohrlstiania (kroner to £1), 18.20. Oalcutta (pound sterling to rupee), 2s. OJd. (yesterday's rate should have read 2s. l|d.). Montreal (dollars to £1), -Idol. 38 cents. New York (dollars 'to £1), 4dol. 23 cents. -Aus.-N:Z. Cable Assn. THE TIN MARKET. (Rec. October 7, 7.30 p.m.) London, October 6. Tin stocks, 21,292 toiiß. On spot, 3GJS tons; afloat, 3001 tons^.deliveries, 1196 tons. THE METAL MARKETS. (Rec. October 7, 10.30 p.m.) London, October 7. Copper.-fipot, £104 2s. 6d. per ton; three months, £103 10s. per ton; electrolytic, £116, Lead.—Spot, £25 2s. £d.; threo months, £26 ss. Spelter—Spot, &*X 65.; three months, £42. Tin.-flpot, £282 17s. 6d."; three months, £282 2s. £d. Silver, 64d. per ounce .'landard.