FINANCE & COMMERCE STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 150, 21 March 1939, Page 12

FINANCE & COMMERCE

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Market Quiet

LITTLE BUSINESS PASSING The Wellington share market continues quiet, with little business passing. Except for Government loans and banks, there were few buyers in the market yesterday. Nationals of New Zealand were firmer with a sale at 47/-. New South Wales changed hands at £3O and Commercials of Australia at 16/2. Woolworthy (New Zealand) advanced to a sale at 17/-, with late sellers asking 17/4 and no buyers. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:— N.Z. GOVT. WANS.

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. p.c. [riser. Stock. 15/11/1941-52 .... 99 10 0 — •Ditto, 15/5/1941-52 .. 99 10 0 —— Ditto. 15/1/1953-57 .. 91 l) 0 — 3? p.c. ditto, 15/11/ 1938-41 98 0 0 98 10 0 4 p.c. ditto. 15/3/ - 1940-43 97 10 0 — Dilto. 15/2/1943-46 .. — 98 12 6 Ditto. 15/4/1946-49 .. 99 o 0 99 15 0 Ditto. 15/6/1952-55 .. — 99 15 0 34, p.c. Bonds. 15/1/ 1953-57 91 4 p.c. ditto, 15/2/ 5 0 - 2943-46 98 o 0 ♦Tax free to first date, .he i 4 p.c 0 t ion al maturity three •ears before final date. BANKS. 3 Comrci. of Aust., ord. Eng., Scot, and Aust. — 0 10 — •j «> 0 National of N.Z 2 6 9 — New South Wales .... 29 io 0 — New Zealand 1 18 7 1 18 9 Ditto, D. long term 1 0 — FINANCIAL. Equitable Bdg. Co. .. 0 9 11 Ditto, perp. deb. stk. —— 0 19 0 Goldsbrough. Mort. .. — 1 10 0 Newton King, pref. . — 0 8 0 N.Z.: and River Plate — 0 9 6 Wgtn. Trust. Loan .. 4 12 0 5 0 0 General Finance 0 18 0 Metropolitan Big., M elC12 lirigton —— 0 0 Wright. Stephenson, pref — 0 0 . GAS. Gisborne —— 0 0 Wellington. ord — 1 10 9 Ditto, pref — 1 6 Timaru. paid — 0 14 6 INSURANCE. 12 New Zealand — 9 South British — 4 0 MEAT PRESERVING. 6 N.Z. Refrigerating, £1 — 0 16 Ditto, 10/- —— 0 7 0 Southland — 1 8 Ditto, pref — 1 8 6 TRANSPORT. Kelburne Tram., ord. — 1 3 0 WOOLLEN Bond's Hosiery Mills 1 0 9 1 1 3 Bruce ■ — 0 12 0 COAL. West port. .: — 1 1 0 TIMBER. Kauri — 1 4 0 Leyland-O’Brien .... 0 16 0 0 16 6 Itotoiti, pref — U) 16 6 Taupo Totara, ord. .. 0 u 0 BREWERIES. N.Z. Breweries 1 18 3 1 18 7 Tooth and Co 2 15 9 16 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Aust. Consol. Industries 1 11 0 1 12 6 Broken Hill Pty — 19 0 Ditto, contrib — — 6 9 Burns, Philp and Co. 2 14 0 —- Claude Neon Lights (N.Z,) Colonial Sugar ..... 1 49 0 2 0 6 Consol. Brick & Pipe —— 0 8 10 Dunlop Perdriau ... — cl 0 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. —— 6 6 Ditto, pref — x2 10 9 Felt and Textiles ... —— cl 13 0 G. J. Coles - —— 19 3 Maedufts, ord — 0 9 Ditto, pref - —— 0 8 0 McKenzie’s 2 0 6 6 National Electric — 0 13 9 Taranaki Oil 0 8 7 0 9 0 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 0 15 4 Woolworths Ltd., ord. — cl 3 1 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. —• 0 17 4 Berlei (N.Z.) - — 3 5 6 R. & E. Tingey, pref. —• 1 0 C. M. Banks, pref. .. — 0 14 0 MINING. Big River — 0 1 1 Grev River —• 0 19 0 Australian Mining Mount Lyell Mount. Morgan — 1 0 7 11 0 0 Placer Development . —• 3 16 0 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. Unofficial List ■ ' 1 ■ Buyers. Sellers. £ 8. :. £ s. d. Woolworths Properties, pref —— 1 6 0 E. W. Mills Ltd 2 15 0 •— Dominion Life Assura nee 2 10 0 4 0 0 Wellington Publishing — 4 10 0 Fluenzol Pty. Ltd. ... 1 0 Paris Crown Seal .... — 0 15 0