12
DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS Hong Kong Stock
Exchange
Buyur
Selle
$640
Sharebrokers'
Association
Naelast
TUESDAY. AUGUST 21.
Mayora
Hellan
Banks
H.K. Braks $1,720
Insurances
: ྃ::
3250
$540 $650
1,795
(Londour
£151
Chartered Banks
031
Mercantile Bks “A”
£16
Do
2201
£13
384
Bank of East Asia ..| 384
Eis
N. Q. & 8. Backa...
120
Am. O. Fin, Corp: 8.
35.20
H
Ch. Fin. Corp. Ord. S.
Do. Prof.
35
Canton-LANCOW.....
3290 $1.30
Underwriter. ******
$1.20
Union Insuranosa .......
+
Ukins Fires
610
$245
H.K. Fires.
$240
8
Shipping
3418
數
Steamboaty
37
$30
Indos (pref.)".
$30
$33
Do. (def.)
48/104 Shells
$131
Waterbosta
$35 47/8 $13)
Mining
(60 cla.
Autorooks .....
(61 ota.
$30
Balatcos
Baguio Gold
43 cta.
Benguet Consolidated
3111
Do.
Exploration
19 eti
Do.
Goldfield
13 t
22 eta,
International Annoe. 3.
$40.65 Douglasea
$40
44st
If sta
20 ola,
12 at
Big Wedge............
Gold Biver******
|24 ota
12
Gold Creek....
*:1
1po Mining.
40
Itogons.
23/8
Kailans
#176
Langkais (single) d.)
$18
16
Exploratious.......
56
Shanghai Loans
3.
$8
Raubs..................
Venezuela Gold Fida
$13 50.80
J113
31.60
31.60
|50 cta
3143
15.40
$86
11110
J
[
***
$117
#B
3112
81.60
***
7141
45 ota
Docks, WharTES,
Godowna, sta.
H.K. & K. Wharvoa.. Providents (old) · .....
Do.
(new)...
H. & W. Docks
S. China Motors A
Do.
Shanghai Docks S.
New Engineerings.
$312 Hongkows (uld) 8. 3310 Do. (DOW).
Lands, Hotels, and
Buildings
H.K. Hotels
H.K Lands.......... $52
Shanghai Landa...8.
Metropolitan Lande.......
H.K. Healties......... China Do
5.
3137 Do. Debentures J.
110.40 Humphreys ......
$43
$284
$6.20
Chinae Estates......
Do (new)S.
Zoong Sings......5. Wing On Textiles(S.)
Pablo Utilities
85.40
}: : :
!!!!
39
39
$115 151
HONG
1934.
KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, NEW YORK STOCK AND THE EXCHANGE COMMODITY QUOTATIONS
AMERICAN ORIENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION AND S. E. LEVY & CO.
Mi
MESSRS, KOZA BROS. REPORT
The Sliver market was supported in London yesterday by the usual operators, namely America and In- dis, and also to some extent on The Annalyist Intex of Business speculative account. Supplies were for account of China. The Spot The American Oriental Finance | Activity is 77.8.
price was unchanged at 21 but Corporation's report through their
Forward was slightly easier at 21 New York agents, Messrs. E. A Pierce & Co. states:-
9/16.
New York, Aug. 20.
A
1!
New York, Aug. 20. Messrs. 8. E. Levy & Company's report, through their New York agents, Messrs White. Weld & Co., states:--
Stocks:-The market was" again Inactive and no recrudescence or activity is expected, unless some new stimulous should appear from done' outside sources. Business
"Bonds: -High-grade issues, were unchanged and the market ruled qulet, while second-grade bonds were irregular.
Grains:-The market is acting
Stocks:--Opinions regarding the market continue to be mixed. Ariy slight decline is believed to hold no significance in view of the extreme dullness prevalling.
Grains: The undertone of the market was distinctly firm. feature was the strength, of the September position while the | 271,000 shares. strength of cash wheat has a con-: tinued sustaining influence. Sell- ing pressure was not great.
Cotton:-Prices" advanced easily on domestic trade-buying, which.
There is, however, con- however
was only of moderate; better. proportions. Hedging and realiz-siderable uncertainty and a purely ing was off-set by buying and trading attitude is suggested. covering. Cotton cloth sales for Saturday's sales: Wheat 23.173.-
000 bushels; the past two weeks were encour-
Corn 15,048 000 aging. Weather conditions enn-bushels. tinue bullish.
Cotton:-Hedging pressure Was Rubber:-Buying by a large absent from the market. Reports dealer ralled the market 15 points of crop deterioration are continu-` from
the opening. but generalous. There was active short cover. selling caused prices to decline $ing and Trade buying towards the points at the close.
close on increasing talk of a high loan value.
Flash: Du Pont has declared an extra dividend of 50 cents per share.
Rubber:-The market ruled dull. Business done: 199 lots.
NEW YORK MID-DAY PRICES
The following mid-day prices were received yesterday from New York by Mesars. American Oriental Finance Corporation and 8. E. Levy & Co.
Sterling
COMMODITIES
Aug. 20
12 121 121
Aug. 21
85.10
$10.40
New Asia Hotel
145
+19
$140
$20
Asia Raitis "A"
De.
"B".
Cotton Mills
Cotton: October Cotton: December Silk: December Rubber: September Rubber: December Chicago Wheat; Sept.
Close Open 10.30 11.00 11.30
5.087 5.08 5.081 5.081 5.083 13.27 13.37 13.34 13.34 13.33 13.4 13.51 13.50 13.47 13.48 1.12
Mid-day
5.084 13.32
13.47
1.120 1.138 15.50 15.56 15:58 15:58 15:62 15.05 16.04 16.04 18.18 18.11
1041
1041
1.138 15.62 16.11
1051 105)
10-11
Ewca
6.
$11.10
Chicago Wheat: Dec.
105
105 106 100
106
$731
S'ha Cottons(uld 9.
***
$731
Corn: September
741
742 .75
751
751
843
Corn: December
781
774 1771
771
77
$11
$35
Winn. Wheat: Oct.
831
861
801
21.10]
| $21.20
Tramways ******
$21.15
STOCKS
115
Peak Trama (old) ...
$14
$7
Do. (new)...
16
Am. Smelting
36+
38)
978
374
37#
$10
Star Ferries....... 399
Anaconda Copper
121 121 121
1913
Yaumati Ferries
Auburn
1910
20
201 201
21+1
38.30
Do.
(Dew)... $8.30
Baltimore and Oblo
15 unq.
16
18
181
1711
$25.
H.K. Electrica.......| $713 | 571Į Macao do.
J. I. Case
381
ung. 41
41
41
Consolidated Gas
274
271
27+
271
27*
271
18
Dupont
881
801
901
901
$11.80
Elec, Bond and Share General Motors
10+
1010 107 111 114
111
29
29 291 291
291
Inter. Tel and Tel.
101 101 101
101
∙10)
10.
McIntyre Porcupine
Montgomery Ward
471 224
unq. 48
48
481
481
22) 23 227 231
231
Natl. Distillers
181
ung.
19
19
191
190
N. Y. Central
21 ......... 201
211
21}
321
Bocony Vacuum.......... Standard Oll of N. J.
15
142
151
154
154 15
14.40
United Aircraft
$25.85
U. B. Steel
Westinghouse
$31 $7.80
$8.90 China Lights (old)... $8.70
Sandakan Lights ....
124.20) Telephones (old).... $24 $11.80
Do. $13.20 China Buses.
Tractions
(new)
Industrials
B/
Do
17/-
(pref.).....
$11
Malabon Sugars
$21
Calibook, Hord.) §.
$20
Muogregors (prof.)B.
$2.70
Canton Ivo
$2.60
Cementa
Ropes
78 otv.
$1.20
$4.35
preru
21%
ретт
*** 1!!⠀⠀
Der A Wings........................|
Amusements ......
Do.
MiscellaneoRAL
395.60) Dairy Farms ....
'Ch. E'tainment....... Constructions, (old) $165
(new)75 ate.
Lane Crawfordì...............) $4,10 Mackintoshstrasser
Nanyang Tobacco... $41
Watsona...............) 45.80
M. Greyhounds ******
Ub.G.6% 1925G. Bds. 96.
H.E. Govt, 4% Loans
New York Cotton
གྷཨྰཿཧྲྰི ཿཎྞཙཧྨཐྰ ཿཀྰvནཱསྐ ་ རྒྱུུཧྰུྃཇི་ྤུཙྪོ
គគឺមឌីនី៩ដី ឌីឌី ពី ≥ ន ១ ៥ ឌ ឌី.ឌី
441 445 441 44 441 442 141 33} 33
ung. 151 15
15
34
337
31 311 321
321 321
34# 43+ 32)
791794
791 702 15,046,000 bushels
852 851 851 252 B1 861 861 861 90 -901 901 891: 894
31
$4
$7+
31.80
COMMODITY PRICES
May
$430
Total sales:
$21
Winnipeg Wheat
110
Sinceres
110
15.80
70 ats. Wm. Powells
155 ctm.
$2.
3. C. Enterprises
$2
United Theatres
81.26 .8.
88%,
71%
21%
34%
$71
$108
New York, Aug. 20. Oct. August 18 August 20
Closing Opening Closing Oct. 13.07 13.12 13.12 13.25 13.27 Dec. 13.23 13.28 13.28 13.41 13.43 Jan. 13.26 13.33 13.34 13.43 13.48 Sept. 1.73 Mar. 13.41 13.49 13.47 13.59 13.0 Dec. May 13.47 13.53 13.53 13.88 13.08 $120 $116 July 13.50 13.59 13.59 13.76 13.77 13.40 Spot. 1315
351
Dec... 882
May
New York, Sagar
1.79 1.84 Mar. Total sales:
New York Babber
Canada will most probably have frosts.
Sépt, Bept. 15.56 18.50 15,50 16.47 15:50 Dec.
1.144 Oct. 15.71 15.08 15.53 15.62 15.82 Feb.
16.00 15.91 16.92 15.95 15.95 Total sales:- Dec. Jan. 16.13 16.01 16.01 18.08.18.08 Mar. 18.40 18:31 16.32 15.35 10.36 May 18,87 18.58 16.57 16.82 16.62
199 lots
Do, 31% Wallace Harper...... H.E. Wing Oo
Do
S. E. Levy & Co.'s The Spring Belt is having clear
Cables
The following cabled reports were furnished by Messrs, S. F. Lévy & Co. last night
American Weather Report Cotton: In the Cotton Belts along the coasts the weather is showery the East and Centre is cloudy but the West is, torria. The temperature in Oklahoma City is 104 degrees.
and cool nights.
Chicago Whest
Market Tendencies
Favourables: Dividend news Total sales continues encouraging. Price of stock seats, is seemingly well pegged. Buyers are probably bols- Sept. 1034 tered by hopes of inflation in the Dec. 104 market eventually.
23,173,000 bushels
104 104 1011⁄2 2014 104 105 104 105 May 1061 106 107- 108% 1064 Unfavourables: Steel activity Saturday's sales; continues to recede. Labour trou "bies are undermining confidenser Moreover the effects of the drought on business are expected to be Increasingly felt for a while.
The market is very dull. Steady fractional gains are predominat
Sept. 74% 741 742 74% 74% 781 76-77 782 701
Dec.
1.69 1.62 1.70 1.71 1.77 1.78 1.76 176 1,82 1.82 1.83 1.83.
24,000 tona
New York Bik 1.11 1.08 1.09 1.08 1.08) 1.14 1.121.12 1.12 1.124
1.12-1.131.12 1.13
-114. Iots
LATE NIGHT CABLES
The following cables were re- ceived last night by Mesars. American Oriental Finance Cor- poration
Grain The Corn Belt is very. cool with showers which, however, missed the Western Cotton Belt. The weather forecast is that Oklahoma will be cloudy, while the weather in Texas will remaining. Many are inclined to expect changed; Forward 21 9/16 un-prices, a slight improvement is ex the same for the present, but there an early test of current price level.changed. are possibilities of a cool wave set bat alight advances at present seemi ting in along the far Northwest to be indicated. Inter
London Silver Report: America and India bought China sold: London Silver-Spot 211 un Market steady.
London Forecast Stock:-With operators showing a little more confidence, owing to the comparative steadiness of
pected on Wall Street, in spite of the absence of any new factors.
Cotton:Prices higher are anti- cipated.
Sterling opened in New York at 5.08) and closed at 5.09.
Market
A little uncertain at the opening but subsequently the tone was quite steady.
Sterling
Was obtainable at the opening at 1/6) with buyers at 1/8 7/16. At 1/6 13/32 a. small business was by
done for September followed the same rate for cash, 1/6 7/16 September and also October. The market, closed with Ekely sellers at 1/8 7/16 and buyers at 1/6 15/32.
U.S. Dollars
Were wanted at 38 15/18, buyers at 39 1/18 and subsequently at 39. Business was done for September at 39 1/16. At the lunch hour 38 1/16 was probably obtainable, buy- ers bidding 391..
1284
582.
Yen
Guilders
Shanghai Dollars
»A brisk business was reported at 110 and 110 9/16.-.
Shanghai Market Sterling sellers 1/4 buyers 1/4 9:16, steadying subsequently, to 1/4 and 1/4 11/16 sellers and buyers respectively. Dollars simi- larly rose from 35 sellers and 35 1/16 buyer to 35 sellers and 35. 5/16 buyers.
IN THE AFTERNOON The market was stronger in the afternoon.
Sterling
Stering business was done at 1/6 15/32 for cash" and 1/6). Septem- ber. Dollars at 391 September and 19 October. At the close the strength was not quite sO pro- nounced. Sterling could have been obtained at 1/6 15/32 with buyers' at 1/81 August, and Dollars at 29 1/16 sellers, with buyers at 391 August/September.
Shanghai Dollars
A late advice indicated sellers of Sterling at 1/4. buyers at 1/4 11/16 for September and Dollar at 35 sellers and 35 3/16 buyers.
H. K. STOCK "EXCHANGE
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
QUOTATIONS
The only feature of the market is a strong demand for Banks and Unions, which are unobtainable at quotations Hotels are also slight- ly firmer, being enquired for at $5.50. There are also enquiries for Electrics, China Lights and Govern- ment Loans. The rest of the maz- ket is rather quiet.
.SALES Providents (old), $1.85. Hongkong Trams, $21:20.
BUYERS
Hongkong Banks," $1725. Union Insurances, $540. Raubs, $13.10. Venz. Goldfields, $7. Docks. $144.
Providents (ald), $1.80. Ewa Cottons, Sh. $11.10. Hotels, $5.40.
Chinese Estates, $85. Hongkong Trams, 321.10. China Lights (new), 38.30. Singapore Tractions (Pref.) 17/- S.C. Enterprises, $1.30. Constructions (new), 78 cta. Govt. Loan (4%), 71% Prem. Govt, Lean (31%), 2% Frem. SELLERS
Realties, $5.20. H.K. Ropes, $4.35.
Wheat:--Higher prices are ex- pected. Most of the world futures are buljished.
Rubber:-No change on market is expected...
AO.F.C. New York Cables Block: — With prospecta any news to stimulate, buying only technical improvement le likely. The opening market was firm, the trend is higher, volime is increas- ing.
Cotton: The market is steady on general demand on talk of loan ing producers twelve to thirteen cents per pound.
Night Quotations
of New York Stocks and Commodities
A
Our offices are
open from 10 p.m. until midnight,
every night except
Sundays and New York holidays.
The opening quotations of a selected list of New York Stocks and of Commodities will be received in our offices at approximately 10-minute intervals.
Thus, our clients have, on the same erening, quotations for the morning session of the New York Stock Exchange.
Advices "of sxecutions on orders placed during the night sessions are received within the half-hour.
American Oriental Fine
Asia Life Bidg.
Oriental Finance Corporation
S. E.
Federal Inc. U.S.4.
Hồng Kong
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QUOTATIONS
Last Today's High Low Close Close Change - 5.091 5.08 0.09 6.08% of steady 13.43 13.27 13.33 13.43·030 mp
Dow Jones Averages High-1933/34 Low: Aug. 18.
30 Industrials 4110.74
90.44 0.43 au
New York: August 20.
New York/London Cross-rate Now York Cotton-December New York Rubber-December, 18.07 16.01 16.00 16.95 0.06 O Chicago Wheat December 1063 104 104 105 Chicago Corn -December 771.760° 703.
76,
Silver Official
13)
of up of up
unchanged
'Aug. 20, . Change
50.18 · 90.08.
20 Rails
56.94
26.43) 34.38
(34.54 0.18 up
20. Utilities
37.73
19.33 20.13
LL
40 Bonda
95.48
73.31 93.18
01.11 0.01 of
11 Commodity Index-
65.45
41.98 69.01
Dr. #
1983/34
Bian
PEL. SH.
3.00 Air Beduction
132.
1471
8,00 Allied Chemical & Dye
12
701
4.00 American Can
1071
491
American Radiator.......
10
051
1342
American Smelting....
9.00 American Tel. & Tel. 5.00 American Tobacco "B" 1.00 American Waterworks
Anaconda Copper Mining Auburn
Bendix Aviation
1.00 Borden Company
J. 1 Cassi Canadian Pacific
0.50 Caterpillar Co.
43+
20.21 0.08 up
$971
Low
63.09 0.08 up
LAST SALE Aug. 18. Aug, 20,
$981 125 bid 126
957 981
131 13
384 361
101
1101 1107
751 74
18
121
22
191
841
-241
121
23-
16
278 1031
18.
201 38*
30
90%
131
7
27.
33
51
24 bid · 24şbid
1. Chase National Bank 1.00 Chrysler Motors
401"
167
32H
78.
281
3.40 Consolidated Gas of N.Y.
64%
31
27
Curtis Wright
Di
881
2.00 Du Pont de Nemours 3.00 Eastman Kodak
1037
32
97 R.
1004
46.
18
Electric Auto-Lità Co. .................. ,0% ́n. Electric Bond & Share ...***** Electric Power and Light.....
318
101
48
97
4.
151
ว
184
0,40 General Electric
301
101
294-
1.60 General Foods
29
42
10
11
211
71
174
-27
12
262
.46%
25
39
10
27
961
4Bt
262
26
471
22}
361
32 bld" 33
2.00 National Biscuit 1.00 National City Bank 1:20 National Dairy Froduota
National Distiller an N, Y Central
227
48
161
16%
264
181
412
207
144bid 14bla
25
10
158
31
224
43)
134
5月
12
347
142
1.00 General Motors
1,0 Gillette Salety.sk)
1.20 Gold Dust........
0.60 International Harvester, 0.10 International Nickel
Interns "ional Tel&. Tel. 4.00 Liggett & Myers "B" 1,08 Loew's, Inc.
2.00 Ma Intyre Porcupine
Montgomery Ward
0.00. Quis Elevator ............................ 1.80 Pacific Gas & Electric
Packard Motors
0.5C Pennsylvania Railway Hadio Corpn. He Sears Roebuck ....
0.40 Booony-Vacuum Corpn.
Southern Pacific...
1.00 Standard Brands
1.00 Standard Dil Co. of New Anton Jersey
1.00 Texse Corporation 0,12 Trans-America
1.00 Union Care & Carben 6.00 Union Pacido
United Air and Transport United Corporation
United States Steel
"Westinghouse" E.
109.
** 2 3 3 - - 35 • 202.OPACOTECTICAL CASSE-TX
44
233
2:
57
:102
41
138
95%
16
10
521