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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961.
*
The share market
at
a glance ★
Up or Down
Dividend
& Bonus
560* $8.35
Yield (%)
JK Bank Lombard Wheelock
Nov. 9
366
Nov. 16 364,
Nov. 23
364
420
420
416
Nov. 30 358
$20
Dec. 6
366
2
420
steady
12.90
12.00
12.40
12
12.30
-20c
The
HK Wharf
354
352
348
348
3480
steady
$12
HK Docks
125
125
124
140
148
+$8
Taikoo Docks
710y
71
10
74
72
$3.20
Provident
31%
30%
28.70
29.70
28.80
-90c
$1.30
HK Hotels
43
42
41yb
43
424
--50:
HK Lands
742
743%
72%
7446
-$1
$2.40
HK Realty
2.225
2.175
2.175
2.125
2,185
steady
HK Trams
3814
41
30%
404
4034
$2.05
Star Ferry
218b
220
218b
230)
+848
-+-$4
$10.50
Yaumaila
121
110
117
127
19
+12
$9.50
41
40
39%,
40.
$1.10
Ch Light
Electrics
G. I. Cement
Dairy Farm
A. 8. Watson
40
40
38
393
30
-501
$1.70
HK Telephone
481
43.
424,
04
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91.76
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372
31%
3034
36%
36
491
Lane. Crawford
201
54 38b
56
57
58
38b
38
38
Int'l
investment
13.24
12.806
1214b
13
12.40
-60c
Allied
9.90
9.30
9.30%
8.30
9.10b
-50c
200
$2.50
$1.26
HK & FE Inv
21
21.30
20.90s
Textle Corp
6.20
6.10b
5.95b
Nanyang
12.40
12.10b
Kowloon Motor Bus
7712
77
Jardines
24,60
24.00
12.40% 74
24
21.80 5.86 12.40n 76 24.40
21.40
$1
5.85
sicady
12148
31.10
76
-$1
$2.80
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REPUBLIC OF
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Dairy Products
Canned fish, fishmeal and fish oil
Fruits, fresh & dried and juices Calcium carbide
Hardware, Tools, bolts & nuts.
steel office furniture
Cool tor & cool for products, woxes Confectionery a kinds
Diamond drills
Groundnuts & groundnut oil,
vegetable oils and peanut butter Breaklast cereals & products. and food preparations
Refractory muterol
Meral products, sates, steel windows,
household wares, sanitary
Mineral ores & metals
Hospital equipment
Wool, lops
Preserved Fruits
Tobacco leaf
Organic & inorganic chemicals.
compounds, plasticisers
Measuring controlling and scientific
instruments
Musical instruments
Footwear
Ports & accessories for motor cars.
motor car batteries
SOUTH AFRICA
CUT OUT THIS COUPON AND SEND TO:—
The Senior Trade Commissioner for the
Republic of South Africa,
1st Floor, KPM Buliding, Robinson Road,
Singapore 1
Please send me a list of nomes and addresses of South African exporters of:
-The-Rothe and address of my firm is as follows-
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Total exports from the Republic of South Africa during 1960 amounted to £724,707,178 (US$2,049,886,014- HK$11,610,795,887 - Baht 40,376,542,700)
INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
FROH and Sitt MANUFACTURIS
METAL
MANUFACTURES
AGRICULTURAL and INDUSTRIAL COMMODITIES
BUILDIN
E MATERIALS
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
STEEL FURNITUR 3
F21201.
DECIDUOUS
WINES
FRUITS
MASZI
6 OTRUS
1 MON and STER
BACON and HẨM
CANNED
FOODS
MACHINERY
• When shares were five times their present value.
Sudden rise in Lights, Electrics
Interest was centred on the two Electricity |
companies on the market this morning, both shares registering sudden rises.
Its shot up to 842 before matis which increased to $128. a closing at $414, while Electrics gain of $2. reached $41 and closed at $40% Yesterday Lights were $40% and Electrics $80.
The demand for those shares resulted from press reports from London quoting Mr Hugh Fraser, the Colonial Under-Secretary, as saying that he would not order the Hongkong Government tu take the Colony's two electricity companies into publie nwner- ship
Mr Fraser was replying to a question in the House of Com-
rons
Volume gains
Realties s
Many leaders show gains
Stocks showed an improvement yesterday. Many leading issues went smartly ahead but some shares were dull on the irregularly higher list.
LONDON
A total of 8,300 Dock shares changed hands at between $143 and $150 yesterday.
Courtauld and Unilever cach were also in demand, about se better than 2/0 while Imperial Tobacco and 69,250 shares being transacted Dunlop,
$2.125 belwert
Chemin) and $2.15 Imperial Mesterday.
qualler gains. The turnover of $18,720,000 Gold minos were becalmed fit the week under review and alles while both copper
Friday do yesterday) was
big reduction
scored
a and ting edged lower. In dia- compared with monds. De Beers added a tiny week's figure
The previous about $38 million
of fraction to 160 shillings.
Shell endext OTC Shilling
to WCT on the day. but after mixed movements narrowly most oils finished unchanged.
Japanese gasenied were Arm In the guist foreign inarker Piantati s
This morning's quotations and stayed neglected. --UPI.
About 28,500 Lights and abou 13.100 Electrics changed hands, prices were: this morning.
The increased activity pushed
morning's up this
volume of Business to about $3.820,000, the highest for the week.
Other shares remained gen- crally steady
This morning's activity was the bright feature of an otherwise quiet market for most of the week
The China Mail list of shares shows a general decline at yes - terday's close. The strong ex- ceptions were Ducks which went up to 148, a rise of $8 and Yau-
Exchange rates
Bank
354 6356
20 356
Lon Reg
12:13 290 Asia 240 $249 Lombard 40 $2 HK v 521
Wherd Wheelock
500 41
2500 e 41 1000 to 40.
200 41 500 40%; 500 & 401, 1500 40 500 40 10000
500 40
Closing prices
GOVT SECE
Uld Steel 30%- Welnes Vicke
25/10 STORES
Glassles
ELECTRIC Ass Elec Asa Tol
13M-
55/
30/- Gunstey A 33/114
3/4
House Frater 30/0
56/6 Lyone A
43/3 M Sper
24/3 A
Phlips 9-27/32
Tate Lyke
Rediffusion 40/- Wool-
INDUSTRIALS
Are Cem $3/4
72/10
Brit Ins
NRMI
Eng Elec GEC
103/10/
ZÁ
47/2
Utel Drop
10/0
worth
32/3
MIG'LANEOUS
Boardman 2/10 Box
B'maker
13/0
Br Comm-
Ship
27/11
28/3
CPR
43%
20/6
79/8
18/7
8/10
45/3 Furness W
46.18
MK Gas
23/-
Huston B 4-370
18/0
3270
Decca
Dunlop
[Fons 30/ Channel
Gilman We City Lon In Comp 97/2
Cunard B
Turn New 58/ Forestal
Unilever Wiezing
CHEMICALS'
Boots
27/76 Indo-China
Land Sec 87-P & 15/4% MINES
Anglo US
Corp
Ict
bonds
sięcks
Morganto CINEMAS TV A Back Pix
PAPER
25*,
Stoll
Bowater De La Rue Spleens TOBACCOS
23/3
143/12
8/- Brit Sth Af 58/1 Bell To 17/0 3/8 Cona Zinc A1/- ne BeATH SUB còn Tin
Mt im
58/9 Petaling 6/4
18/
Lloyds
Lombard
06/3 12/1
BAD
Couso 37-15/16
Net & Grind 32/8
Con
31
Prud A
RAT Cerveras
10/-
Rand Bet
4827
By B Can
20
Imps
1000 21.00
60/05
A-18/32 Ry) Ins
45/3
MOTORS
4/9 Rhod Angio. US
$5/9
6534
60/10
781
öll
BMC
B5/75
Brit Pet
33/3
Ham
14/9 Rio Tinto
43/135
12.10 12.20 12309 12.20 Phone
2700 40%
4 Vic
31/0
sidd
1266
40%
12/9 Jaguar
20/101 Union C 80/104
Foam Ant 3/1
14/0
12
Dock
b146 147
24/4
TEXTILEN
1100148
Bradford
Rand
51/10%
1500 14K
19/8 West 11/
Hold
129/4/
1000 in 147
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100 st 148 Taikoo b72 x73 250 73
$28.70 K29 100 29 1500 28.80
Provident
S. H'U 42' 13'
500 423 2000 y 423.
b70 973
Land
400 in 73
2600 72!»
25000 2.1.25
640 $1
Local
PF 20 30 Realty 62.10 2.35
Business was done in the local
exchange unofficial morning at the following rates! US dollars (per $1)
(N) D1.95
marke! thin
Tram
6.077
15.80
Bus
D74
754
12.07
6.40
270 75
Sterling notes (per £1 Australian notes (per E Japanese yen er 100) Cambodia riel per 100 ›
French new franc iper 11 Brazilian cruceiro (per 100 Argentice peso (per 100 Koiran bwen (per 1000 Italian Ure (per 10001 Chinese JMP per Taiwan yuen (per 100) Thai baht (per 100) Burmese kyut (per 10 Pakistan rupee (per 101 Macao pataca (per 1) Norwegian krone (per 10)
(per 11
Philippine Paper }}
Singapore
Swiss frane per Netherlands guider (per 1 West German D-Mark (per
Cabe peso iper 1)
1.40
0.80
201
200 w 40:2
21) ( 742
300 14 75
127 A128 1000 120
Light 641% 47%
Old 642 42,
4700424
New 641
4700 201
13.575
83-11/18
2% War 31-5/18
O'BEAR BONDS %% Australia
1877/00
867.
6% Dawes 6201 820.60: 5% Jap. Ass 157,
BANKS & INSURANCE Barcl Chart Sk Guardian
04
4000 3.98
6000 3.975
2000 3.075 HK Bank
Jardines
X.D
Landel
524 $24.20 1000 24.20
500 24.10
1800 24
C'ment bag 3681%
1100 583 HK Tei.
b1266 8401 Dairy b00 630
100 s 38! 1000 88 Watson borib 360
Textile Nyag
a. Rubber
H. T
580 a12
543 4.85
Java C. bik Cona
C. Hotel
Hamp
18
100
62011⁄2 6:26.80
500 ** 25.70
U'writers
14
500 @ 11
1294
7000 @ #2
Lane.
#381
800 42
Asta
2.73
1. Lw 2.30 22.00!
700 41 2000 À 13
Star
700 or $1 4500 6 411%
500 $13 1000 @ 47% 5000 @ 4235 1100 & 4394 Elect. 40%) 100%
1000 40 1500 40
Metal X.D
b2.27% $2.35 Macao E.
$13.80 Vibro b10 Amoy Cannin
545
Losses during later session
The stock market closed lower in active trading
yesterday.
Stocks
closed unchanged. There were 42 new higha for the year and 14
w lowe
Cara,
steels, rails, utilities,
chemicals, tobaccos and aircrafts declined. Some of the petro- and learns, electronics and savings They and loan issues advanced. Most
and other
closed major groups mixed.
were mixed active at the opening turned lower around hoon losses continued to widen going into the final 30 minutes.
There was some Improvement tear the close which left most stooks above their lows for the day, but the market remained sharply lower on average.
Most lusses ranged few pents to around a share.
from
Standard and′′Patris 800 BIDOK Indon foll ve cents to $71,70, indicating the Josh of about $1, 800 malion from the quoted value-of-all-stocks-listed-on-the- New York Block
declined, 457 Advanced and 900
The Associated Press 90 stock average fell 1.20 to 204.40.
The Dow Jones 30 Industrials were down 3.04 at 726.48. Volume decimed to. 8,300,000 shares from 14,200,000 shares traded on WeddiKILY-AF.
UNIT TRUSTS
Buriah Shell Tra Ryt Dutch
Ultramar
STEELS
ENGINEERING
Bob Wil
20/9
a Royce
128/9 38/71⁄2 West
Welkom
Coole (JP) 40/735 8 Mal
Courtaulds 29/15 RUBBER & Fine Spin 20/- TEAB Lancs
Anglo Indu Coll 45/10% Ceylon Tes
Colvilles 49/10/2
D Long
13/0
BA 02/3
G Keen
TU-
Wolf H
13/74
Disti
17 59/7
Summers
43/0
Guinness
Trabe 11
$1/
51/1 Stew Llyde 37/4
BREWERIES
Ind Coope
98/79 KL Kepong 2/65,
Imp Tea
3/8 Lambak
14/8
45/- Reuter.
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