MARKETS AT HOME

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 922, 15 March 1930, Page 10

MARKETS AT HOME

METAL AND GRAIN REPORTS LONDON, Thursday. (Quotations on March 10 are given in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £69 10s (£67 18s 9d); three months, £69 11s 3d (£66 13s 9d). Electrolytic Copper.—Spot. £B3 10s (£B3 10s); three months, £B4 5s (£B4 ss). Wire Bars.— £B4 5s (£S4 ss). Lead. —Spot, £lB 10s (£lB 6s 3d); three months, £lB 5s (£lB 15s). Spelter.—Spot, £l7 17s 6d (£IS Is 3d); three months, £lB 7s 6d (£lB 13s 9d). Tin. —Spot, £l6l 17s 6d (£l6l 12s 6d); three months. £164 2s 6d (£163 17s 6d). Silver.—Standard. 19id (19 l-16d) an ounce; fine, 20 l-16d (20 9-16 d). BRADFORD TOPS On the Bradford tops market ‘the absence of business is causing a decline in quotations. Sixty-fours are quoted at 26£d; sixties, 25d; fiftysixes, 20£d; fifties, 17Ad; forty-sixes, 15id; forties, 15d. RABBITSKIN SALES At the London rabbitskin sales today 3,000 bales were offered. There was fair competition and about half were sold. Compared with the sale on January 16 hatters* sorts were from par to 5 per cent, dearer, furriers’ stout pelted were 15 per cent, dearer and thin pelted were unchanged. WHEAT AND FLOUR W heat. —Cargoes are dull and 6d down. Parcels are in poor request at 3d decline. Futures.—London: March and May*, C4s a quarter; Liverpool; March. 7s Oid a cental; May*. 7s 32d; July, 7s 5d net cash. Spot trade. Small. Prices generally* easier. Australian ex ship, 41s. Flour.—Dull. Australian ex store 31s 6cl. Oats.—Weaker. Peas.—Steady*. Beans.—Quiet. Beet Sugar.—April. 6s 6|d.