H.K. AND
AND WORLD STOCK.
NEW YORK
The Stock Market continued an irregular pattern in active trading early yesterday.
Gains outnumbered losses by about 50 issues on the Stock Exchange while the Dow Jones industrial average slipped about a point, and the New York stock exchange index rose few cents.
a
Changes of most leading stocks were from fractions to about a point.
Alcoa
Opening rates
LONDON
The market yesterday closed showing widespread losses with sentiment depressed by currency and UK economic outlook un- certainties. Near the close the Financial Times index showed a loss of five points at 493.5.
Leading industrials lost
with ground
pre-weekend liquidation also a depressent,
A late feature was provided by oils and the section, follow- ing news of BP's big U.S. deal, moved sharply ahead. BP itself was over 3/- up.
British Funds receded on persistent selling and lost up to 5/8ths.
IMPROVES AT CLOSE
$6.0M
1968
$4.0M
$2.0M
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
$0.4M
11 ΛΟΝ
NOV 12
1967
NOV 13
NOV. 14
1
NOV 15
NOV 16
NOV. 17
Th
on
na
Ire
de
An
AP
.
713% Minn.
AT&T
343/ Mining
Anaconda
51
NA Rock
Atchison
Pacific Gas
109% 433 37
TS&F
34%
Polaroid 120
Chrysler
64
RCA
4736
Dow Chem
814
Royal Dutch 59%
Running counter to the general trend, golds attracted strong hedge buying and ex- tensive gains were recorded, over 5/- in some cases. Beers also improved
on
De its
Eastman
78% Sperry Rand 46
Botswana discovery.
Ford Motor
57
Standard Oil
GE
9634
NJ
8312
Gen Motors
854
Texaco
874
Goodyear
Texas Inst
101%
Australian minings also main- ly moved modestly higher. U.S. dollar securities
were
Tyre
6011⁄2
Union
IBM
32534
Carbide
45%
irregular.
ITT
584 U.S. Steel
b40
Litton Ind
81
Youngstown 42%
THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS
Lockheed
514 Zenith
613%
GOVT SECURITIES
Monsanto
28/11
Mt Isa
66/-
THURSDAY'S QUOTATIONS
Consols
323%
N & Grin
85/1
Convers
4542
Nch Cop
29/3
Exch 1971 97-15/16
Orange FS
137/6
Abbott Lab $681⁄2
G Tel El
4394
Exch 76/78 81%
P&O ̈·
42/
ACF Ind
584
Gen Tire
34%
Exch 1969
99%
Petaling
8/6
Address
83%
Gillette
5316
Fdg 60/90
9434
P Lamp
10-23/32
Admiral
21
Goodrich
433/
Fdg 82/84 81-3/16
Air Reduc
31%
Goodyr
0114
Alcan Alum
27
Grace Co
483
Alleg Lu
60
Grumn Aire 35
Allied C
34
Am Home
44
Allied St Allis Chal Alcoa Amerada Am Airlin Am Can Am Cyan
Am Hosp Am Fdy Am Met CI
464
Gulf W In 533 Hazeltine Cp 27% 3034 High Voltage 34% 7118 Honeywl 116% 91% Hud Bay 7136 34 Inger Rand
Fdg 87/91 78 Sav 60/70 92-27/32 Say 65/75 75-13/16 Tpt 78/88 53% Trsy
Place Gas Plessey
Steady conditions prevailed on the Stock Market for the first three days of the week, weakening slightly on Thursday. Price differentials, however, were only fractional either way. There was a distinct improve- ment yesterday afternoon, with the market becoming quite active at the close, resulting in better prices here and there. The turnover for the week amounted to $22.26m.
BIJOUTERISESHILECTEDRAL⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
YESTERDAY'S CHANGES ON
ICE HOUSE STREET
18/-
34/9
Pow Ďuff
29/9
BANKS
buying
P B Gold
120/-
HK Bank (Local)
$167
selling last sale $168
$168
up or down
-$2
72%
Trsy 1976 97-13/16 Vict Bonds
Prud Ass Rand Sel Rank A
64/6
164/4
HK Bank (LR)
162
163
162
-$3
91/9
DOCKS, WHARVES
97%
Rediffusion 21/13/2
Wharf
19.80
19.80
19.70
-30c
War Loan
44
Reed P
47/-
Dock
38.25
38.50
38.50
-25c
4815
Aust 77/80
82
Rhokana
28/3
55 IBM
3:25
Aust 81/82
79
3234 Int Har
3612
Aust 74/76 87%
584 Int Nick
363
STOCKS
323% Int Pap
376
274 Int T&T
59%
Johns Man
8414
Am Motors
1534
Jones & L
69%
Am N Gas
421⁄4
Kaiser AI
39
Am Photo
1694
Kennecott
47%
Allied Brew 18/6 Ang Amer 31% Ang Ar Trams 69 An Auto F 2/101⁄2 Ang Indo P 8/6 Ang N Ship
Rio Tinto Roan Select Rolls-Roy 45/75 Rootes 10/11% Ryl Bk C 12-29/32 Ryl Dut Pet 341⁄4 Ryl Ins
134/6
Taikoo
23.60
23.80
23.70
-20c
76/-
Provident
17.90
18.20
18
-30c.
SHIPPING
Wheelock xd
8.50
8.55
8.50
-05c
LANDS, HOTELS
457-
City Hotels
10.70
10.80
10.70
--10c
Scot Brew 74/10
40/6
Sea Amal
Land
52
52.50
52
4/431⁄2
-$1
Am Smelt
€912
Kerr Mc
1181
A B Foods
12/-
Select T
144/-
Realty
1.59
1.60
-01c
Am T & T
54%
KLM
722
A B Pict
46/3
Shell Tpt
87/7/
INVESTMENT
Am Tob
34%
Lehman
244
A P Cem
83/116
Ampex Corp
30
Ligget & M
4114
Smiths Br 19/7
Allied Inv
6
www
A TV A
34/42 S Kinta
26/-
6.10
6
-05c
Anaconda
51%
Ling T Vght
8914
Ayer Hit
19/9
S Malay
22/
UTILITIES
Armour
58
Litton In
81
Bab & Wil
37/71⁄2
St Helena
76/3
Arms Ck
80%
Lockhd A
51%
Tramways
11.90
12
11.90
-10c
Barc Bk
80/115
Stand Bk
90/9
. Atchison
34%
Lorillard
72%
KM Bus
25.60
25.90
25.80
-40€
Blyvoor
36/6
Sungei Besi
11/9
Atl Rich Avon Pd Babcok W Beekman Bell How Bendix Benguet Beth Sti Boeing Borg War Brand Air
Brist My
Brunswick Burroughs
Camp Soup
107 135
Magnavox
61%
Martin Mar
2912
Boardman
2/6
Tate & Ly 34/10
Light
27.10
27.20
27.20
+10c
35% Mcdon D
50%
46% Merck C
701 Minn Mm 481 Mobil Oil 1314 Monsanto 30 541⁄2 33
0514
108
5792
562
Marcor Ind Motorola Nat Cash
48 142
Boots Pure Bowater P Bowmaker Brad York B Am Tob B C'w Ship B Ins Call
134/6 36/9
85/3 Utd Dom
27/3
Tronoh
15/9
Electric
26.40
26.50
26.50
-20c
58/6
Tube Inv 81/6
14/11⁄2
Turn & N 47/14
Telephone
26.60
26.70
26.60
-30c
16/- Ultramar
79/3
COMMERCIAL
Unilever Union
68/6
Cement
19.20
19.40
19.30
-10c
193/13/2
STORES
23/3
12215
B Merc
21% Nat Dist
384
B Leyland
69
181 Nat Un El 230%
Nat Lead 76
3834
B Pet
NA Rockwell 43% 31% Nor Pac
57
B Tin BSR Buffels
Burmah Oil
36/3 Utd Drap 14/3 Vickers 117/- Viyel Int
32/- Wat Mann 82/3 Welk G 117/6 W Drief 104/3 WR Cons
33/71/
Dairy
44.50
44.75
44.50
-50c
39/41
Wing On
87
90
+$1
17/11
TEXTILES
17/6
25/11/ 124/432
Textile (rts)
3.45
3.50
+05c
Nanyang
11.60
11.70
11.70
+$1
24/-
South Sea
17.20
17.30
17.30
+10c
Cal Prin
8/3 WR Inv
145/-
Can Pac
$200 W A Gold
TAL
22.50
22.70
22.60
16/-
+40c
Carreras B
8/11⁄2 West Deep
108/9
MISCELLANEOUS
Entertain (rts)
7.80
7.80
-20c
Ceylon Tea
19/9 West Air 18/9
...TENT}/{$UESTIO
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 3.54 points to 963.89; railways 271.25, up 0.88 of a point; utilities 138.87, up 0.87 of a point.
Cdn Pac Carrier Cp Cater Tr Celanese
Cerro
Carrier E 25/10% West Hdgs 7-13/16
62/6
21/3 Wheelock 12/4/2 73/6 Wigg Teape 65/3 Winkel M 18/9 Woolworth 20/3 Zam An-Am 28/- Zandpan 15/6
Chan Tun Chart Bk Chart Cons City of Lan 105/- Coats Paton 66/9 Courtaulds 32/74 Cunard 34/1015 De Beers
33
De La Rue 45/9 Decca
85/3 Distillers 29/1/2
Financings
Guinnes
*Non-acs. SUPPLEMEN-
TARY
LIST Prices of the 33/ following stocks
45/3 are "middles" of
9/9 dealers'
buying-
48/3 selling range un-
otherwise
HONGKONG
afternoon
The market was a little on the easy side yesterday morning but improved slightly during the session. It was quite active at the close. Nanyang closed at $11.70 business done, up $1 on Thursday's close. Banks (Local) were down $2, Bank (LR), $3 and Lands, $1. The turnover for the day was $5.87m.
rates S'hai H Wharf ni CM Bus £24.70
KM Bus the Dock sa600/$38.50,
sa1400/
HK GOVT
LOANS
BANKS
HK Bank sa880/ $167, 226/167, 200 /168 HK Bank (LR) sa15/$164, *1000/ 162
81% Nwst Airl 761% Ohio Edis
89
46% Olin Math 72 Pan Am
293/4 42 26
Dickinson
44% Parke Dav
2934
Dunlop
Cessna
53%
Penn-Cent
6212
E Cons
E & M Ind
Chase Bk
89
Phil Pet
48
Chemetn
44
Pitney B
699%
Eng Elec
72/6 less
72
Polaroid
1223
Eng Bk
83/6 stated:
43% Proct G
89%
33/6 Allied Sup
57/3
63% RCA 62
4736
F Lovell
17/71⁄2 Aust 75/78
821
Repub Sti
443%
Fisons
714 Revlon
81
F Land
18/3
56/3 Bk of NSW
Beechams
76/-
Closing
43/3
supplied by
49%
r State
6-19/32 Bovril
51/4
Hongkong
Stock
403/
F Withy
41/6 Brit B Pet
91/-
Exchange were:
58%
Gallaher
2736
Gen Elec
33/1
29/7 Brit Elect
Brit Oxy
19/7/
13/71
544 Sears Roe
6812
Gil Hdgs
6/03 Br Hill S
42/-
33% Singer
Glaxo
85/41⁄2 Bulpitts
21/-
31% Loan (1948)
225 Smith A
481⁄2
Gr Univ
183
66/6
Burton
28/6
493/
Gr Univ A
64/6
C&W Hdgs 24/-
423/
Guard Ass
36/9 Com Union
58/-
461
Guest, K
89/6 Con G
65/-
42
st Oil Cal
286
St Of NJ
282 Studebaker
7014 83 54%
25/3 Eagle Star
85/6
Guthrie C
34/9 Hoover "A"
51/6
Har & Wol
28/3 Inter Pub
18/-
364 Sun Oil
73
Harmony
18/3 Joh Cons
447/6
791%
39% Tex G Sul 358 Texas Inst
Thiokol
30%
Hawk Sid
64/10% Jokai Tea
1011
Herbert
48/1
K Kellas
18%
HK Gas
14/6
Mid Bk
11/3 31/3 71/414
67% TWA
491%
НК ВК
114 Nat W Bk 71/7
81
Tri Cont
3434
Fraser
28/41⁄2 Neepsend
172
Trw Inc
439%
Hud Bay
180/- O.K. Baz
20% Un Carbide
4534
Idris Hydr
6/6 Philips
36/3 208/9 144/-
30%
Uniroyal
66
Imp Chem
64/P Steyn
42/11/2
78%
Unit Airc
73
Imp Tea
13/9 Rand M
151/3
83
Unit Airlin
443%
Imp Tob
112/9 R S Lines 11/4
623% US Steel
401
Indo-C Did
33
Varian Asso
2814
Int Comp
70% Warn Lamb
53%
59% Wn Un Tel
39
K L-Kep
313% Westg El
743%
Laing
41%
Woolworth
347%
2/43 18/1014 Land Sec 26/71
S A Brew
954 Xerox
27714
Stilfont
865% Yngst Sht
4215
48
Zenith R
613%
Gen Moto 84%
Ches Ohio Chesebrou Chrysler Cities Svc Coca Cola Colg Palm Collin Rad CBS Comb En Comsat Con Edis
Cnt Air
Cont Can
Cont Ou
Cont Data Corn Pd
Cor Gw Curt Wr Curt Wr A Cutler-H Delta Air Disney
Dome Min Dow Chm Dupont Dymo Ind
East Air
E Kodak
Fair Cam Firestone Flintkote Pla Pit Fluor Cp Gat Corp Gen Dynam Gen Elec Gen Fds
Gen Inst
5134 Reyn Met 65 Reyn_Tob 51% Roy Dut 59% Safeway
643 Smith K
75% 142% Sperry Rand
South Pact
MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
16/6 R & C Hdgs 58/- 45/72 Reyrolle 63/41⁄2 15/7/2 Schwep 22/1012
Int N Can $106% Sab Tim
Landel 11/10/2
Leslie G 15/101 Libanon 29/8 Lloyds Bk 60/42 Lombard 38/101⁄2 Loraine G 7/5
Smith (S) 33/11⁄2
183/-
12/-
Bank of EA n90
INSURANCES Lombard n42 Underwriters n14 INVESTMENT COMPANIES Allied Inv sa4800/ $6, *6000/6 *1000/
FE Inv s16.30 Loan & Iny n1.51 Victoria n8.70
SHIPPING Douglas n299 Indo-China (Pref)
n11
Thorn Elec 75/3 Indo-China (Def)
138/9
Tob Sec Unigate 18/71 Vaal RE 130/7 Whitbread 10/9
TER UK
n16 Waterboat n16 Asia Nay xd n2.15 Wheelock xd sa*1000/$81, 2000 /812, 4000/8.45, 7000/81%. *2000/ 1000/8.55.
600/38.25, *400/
39.25,
200/38.50,
*600/38.50
Taikoo sa2000/
$23.60, 1600/23.60, 1200/23.80.
400/
23.70 Provident sal000/ $17.70, 2000/17,60, 2327/17.90, *1000/ 18.10. 2000/18 S'hai Dock n1.70 LANDS, HOTELS
& GLDS HK Hotels $28.60 6a100/$28.60, 2000 /28.30 City Hotels sa1500 /$10.70, 2000/10.60 13000/10.50, 4000/ 10.60, *4000/16.60, 5000/10.70 Land sa100/$522, *600/52, 1400/52.
872/52,
*800/52, *1600/5212, 2200/ 522, *800/52 Local P&P n3234 S'hai Land n90e Humphreys n24%
sa3000/ Realty
$1.58, 5000/1.60 Ch Estates n700
RUBBER COMPANIES
Amal sa8000/$1.80, 1000/1.79, 1000/ 1.81, *8000/1.80 J-Consol s58c
rams ($10)
frams ($5)
$25.80 PL
n312 i-
n1712 Star Ferry 526 Yaumati d 2 502 Ба1000 / $5112. *1300/5112, 700,52 Light
Dairy sa700/$4434. 2100/ 800/444, 4412,
148/4414, *500/444, 2007 4434, 500/44 Crawford
*332/$33
5331
sa500/
Sincere
$6.60 Emporium n18 Sun Co
b2.90, sa1005/ $a420/3 $26.90, 1504/26.90 KS Hong n185 2000/27, *1040/27, Wing On sal65/
500/27, 8746/27.10, $89, 150/90 *1000/27.20, 1500/ 27.20 Electric sa300/ $26.70, 2000/261⁄2, *1000/2612. 4000/ 262 Macão El n4.80 Telephone sa500/ *26.70, 200/26.80, 500/26.70, 200 26.70.
MISCELLANEOUS Entertain b17.60
$18.40 Entertain (R18) sa2600/$7.80, 450/ 7.80
H. Odell P 18c Construct n17.80
Vibro (Hdgs) n3
TEXTILES
*500/26.60, Textile b8.45 $8.55 *300/ sa1000/$8.40, 2000
200/26.80. 26.60. 500/26.60 Gas b13.20 sal800/ $13.20, 300/13.20 S'hai Gas n1.15 COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIALS
b10.30 Hutchison
$102 sa5000/ $10.30, 5000/10.20 5000/10.20, 6350/ 10.30, 3000/10.40 Jardine xd s22.40 Cement sa5800/ $19.20. 408/10 10
*500/26.70. /8.35, 4000/8.40,
1000/8.45
(Rts)
$3.425,
Textile sa1250 2500/3.50, 62/3.425 Nanyang sa15000/ $10.80, 12000/10.90, 13000/11, 4000/ 11.20, 3000/11.30, 4000/11.40, 19000/ 11.50, 11000/11.60, 1000/ 5000/11.70. 11.80, 2000/11.60, 4000/11.70
South