BANK SHARES WANTED

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 12

BANK SHARES WANTED

BARRIERS RECOVER

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) .MELBOURNE, February 26. 'On the Melbourne Stock Exchange today • there was a good recovery of Barriers and Mount Lyells following better metal prices. Leading industrials were firmer. Yarra Falls were steady on a new issue of one for nine at 30s. Sales. —Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s sd; G..J; Coles, £5 12s; Drug Houses, 29s 6d; Australian Glass, 94s 3d; Dunlop-Perdriau, 19s; ditto (pref.), 355; Goldsbrough Mort, 38s lid. • Electrolytic Zinc, 63s Qd; ditto (pref.), 64s 6d; Mount Morgan, 18s 7d; Mount Lyell,' 53s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 88s 9d; North .Broken Hill. 87s Gd; Broken Hill: South,. 55s 3d; Zinc Corporation, £8 Cs. Hume Pipe, 21s 6d; Kauri Timber, 23s lid; Emperor-(Fiji), 23s 6d;' Loloma. 23s 6d. SYDNEY, February 26. Bank . shares touched new high post-depression levels on the Sydney Stock. Exchange today. Brewery and base metal shares were firmer, while the principal industries were still hardening.- ' • : . ■■■••■• Sales.—Bank of New South Wales. New Zealand delivery,' New Zealand register, £37 : lps; Commercial Banking Co.- of Sydney, ,£23;.. Union Bank, £11' 4s;' United Insurance, £10 19s; Queensland National Bank, £5 12s 6d. . Colonial Sugar, £43 ss;' Australian Gas, A. £7 Is 6d; British Tobacco, 52s 6d; Tooth's Brewery, 57s 9d; Tooheys, 37st6d;;C61es,-;£s 11s 6d; Drug Houses of Australia. 29s 4Jd; Australian Glass, 945. Goldsbrough\,Mort; 38s.13d; Henry Jones Co-op., 46s 6d; Fairymead Sugar, 39s 6d;. Electrolytic Zinc, 645; ditto, pref.,;64s 9d; Anthony Hordern. 21s 3d; Newbdld'Brick, 36s 3d; Producers General, ■'rigKts,'"-Bid,i'-7d.: Woolworths,i>-Ltd.\ -buyer £8 11s, seller £8 15s; Woolworths (N.Z.); buyer £7 6s; Selfridges .(Australasia), 40s 6d, 41s. ': ■■ ,; . '• . ' Mount Morgan, 19s; ditto, New Zealand delivery,'lßs 7Jd, 18s lOJd; Mount Lyell, 545; Kuala Kampar' Tin, 245; Larut Tin, 21s; Emperor,il9s 6d;Malim Nawar Tin, 12s;: Ta'ranaki Oil, 3s 6d.

GOVERNMENT STOCKS

(By Telegraph—Press , Assn.^Copyright.) ., V. .LOKDOS, February 25. ■ ' ' . ■; Last iveek. This week. Consols, 2%;p.c. ...... 77% 76% ■ .Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90- ■ :.:;.■.:..... m% m War 'Loan, 3% p.c ... 102 102% Conversion Loan, 3% p.c 102 *100 Victorv Bonds, .4 p.c, -110%: *109 Com'wealth Australia, . ■ 5, p.c, ]945-75 .:... 107 107% ComSvealth ' Australia, • . '3% p.'c, 1936-37 ■..... 100%.; 101 . Com'ivealth ' Australia, ■ . 4 p.c, 1943-48 ....... 102% 102% ComVealth- Australia, ...3% p.c; 1948-53- 997s 100% ComVealth Australia, 3% p.c, 1056-61 97% ■ 96 Com'wealth Australia, 3 p:c, 1955-5S _ 93% 92 3-16-N.S.W.. 3!/2 p.c. " • .1930-50 99 7-16 98=4 Victoria,'3 p.c, 1929-49 96. ' ' 95% Victoria, 4%' p.c, 19406b • ...-..'..'..:..-.;... -103 102% , Victoria, 5 p.c.; 1940-75 10Sy 8 .' 107 J/i . Queensland; '3 : p.c;, : ■ ' 1922-47 ;.■..;i.■..;,•.■..:■:; 96%• .96% Queensland, 5 p.c, 1940-60 .;....•...... 106 3-16--105% S. Aust., 3 p.c, 1916 or after •...' 8o 82 7/s S. Aust., 5 p.c, 1945-75 106% 100% W. Aust., 4 p.c, 1942-62 100% 100% Tasmania, 3% p.c, 1920-40 101V4 101% Tasmania, 4 p.c 1940-50 100% 101 ifZ 4V 2 p.c, 104S-58. 102% 102% N.Z., 3% p.c, 1940 ... 100% 101 N.Z., 3 p.c, 1945 98 97% *Ex interest.