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Alleghany Steel.Co.
3791.
Allis Chalmers.
..... 52 3/+
(FROM PAYNE & CO.). NEW YORK, November 5. 1940.
Alumiinium Ltd.
"
Amer. Can
A.
American Cyanamid B
On demand ...
105
On India:-
SINGAPORE RUBBER
-Previous
Close
Nov. S
Opening Closing Change
Telegraphic Transfer. and demand
buyers
buyers
1/2
SPOT
38-3/4
38-5/8
On New York:
JAN.-MARCH
· 37-1/8
37 cts.
38-9/4 37-1/8
unch.
Amer. & Foreign Power Amer amer. Locomotive
Foreign $7 pl.
Amer. Metals Co.
Bank Bills, on demand 29 7/8 Credius, 80 days' sight 23 3/4
APRIL-JUNE
35 cts.
34-7/8
35-1/8
up 1/8
Amer. Radiator
PAGE 10-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FINANCE
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
NOVEMBER 6, 1940.
On London:-
Telegraphic Transfer, 1/2 7/+ Bank Bilis, on demand 1/2 7/8 Credits 4 months' sight On Shanghai-
On demand
On Singapore-
On demand..
Op Japan:-
PAYNE & CO.
COMMODITY BROKERS STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING HONGKONG
COMMODITY MARKET REVIEWS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
STOCKS
QUOTATION (BEUTER'S SERVICE) NOVEMBER 5, 1940.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1940.
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital #30,000,000
INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA
Issued & Fully Paid-Up $90,000,000 | Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858
Reserve Funda:
Sterling
H.E. Currency Reserve $10,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
Chairman. Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson,
Deputy Chairman, J. K. Bousfeld, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq.,
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:
38, Bishopsgata E.C.s.
Sap-Areneles In London:
117/12, Leadenhall Street, B.GO West End Branch:
14/18 Cockspur Street, S. WI Manchester Branch: 62, Mosley Street, Manchester, 1. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES.
ALOE STAR AMRITSAR
£8,500,000 Reserve Fund
Pald-Up Capital
£3,000,000
Last Sale
STOCKS
Last Sale
.$20,000,000
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors.net
£3,000,000
.£3,000,000
Nov. 4
Nov. 4
61
Loew's Inc.
271
Head Ofee:-HONG KONG
241
Left Incorperated
217
384
Mack Truck Inc.
281"
80
Martin, Glen L,
331
Board of Directors; H. V. Wilkinson, Esq.,
05
McKesson & Robbins, pfd.
281.
36)
Montgomery Ward
381
1+
M'tain City Copper Co.
31
161
National Aviation
161
Nat Dairy Products
131
17)
National Distillers
201
Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
71
National Lead
16)
O. Miskin, Esq.,.
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
Amer. Rolling Mi
16+
Nat, Power & Light
83
BANGKBI
Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce,
BATAVIA
On Batavia:—
On demand On Paris:
42 5/8
RUBBER
The market was quiet but steady. LONDON
BARBIN
PENANG HONA TONU RANGOON ILOILO IPOR
BAIGON
Amer. S'ting and Ring Co.,
432
Previous close Today's close
Amer. Sugar Refining
14
.buyers
buyers
Change
Amer. Tel, & Tel.
166!
Bank Bills, on demand Non Credits 4 months' sight Noại.
On Saigon:-
S POT DECEMBER JANUARY
11-3/4
11-11/18
unch.
Amer. Tobacco "B"
.76
11-13/18.
11-13/16
Amer. Waterworks
101
11-7/8
11-7/8
Anaconda, Copper
241
On demand
... 99 1/2"
FEBRUARY
On Manila :--
APRIL-JUNE
11-15/18 11-13/16
11-7/8
11-13/16
up 1/16 unch.
Atchison, T. &' S. Fe
17%
Aviation Corp.
5+
On demand ............ 45 3/4
On Bangkoklic:
On demand
149 1/2
On Sterling Notes:--
Bank Buying Rate
Now,
Bar Silver per oz.
20 7 18
W
January March
{
(
Market Report
FROM ROZA BILOS, The price for Rendy Silver was unchanged yesterday but the For- ward rate dropped 1/16 to 23.5) 16. Bliver advices reported Speculators as having sold to a small extent, The market was quiet. The New York market was closed yesterday. "The London/New York rate was quoted at 402.1/2
MARKET
The market was dull and featureless.
NOTICE: All American markets closed today Nov. 5 being Election
Day.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET
NEW YORK, November 4, 1940.
New York Cotton, Dec. New York Rubber, Dec. Chicago Wheat, Dec. Chicago Corn, Dec. New York Hides, Dec. NEW YORK COTTON
Cross Dec. (New contract)
Close
801 591 12.58 12.42
可
Baldwin Lečometive
171
Baltimore & Ohio Barber Asphalt Co. Barnsdall Of ......
#
10+
9%
Bendix Aviation'
341
Bethlehem Steel
873
Bliss Co.
141
וי
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
Boeing Airplane Co.
17+
Borg-Warner
201
Opening
9.60/60
9.60/59
9.50 N
unquoted
Prev. Today's High tow Close Close Change
9,67 9.58 9.60 9.65 20.30 20.23 20.30b 20.30 351 834 831 85% 591 B01 12.45b 12.55
Closing 9.65/65 9.55m
Briggs' Mig.
25
*Budd M'facturing Corp.
.05" ap
Canadian Pacifc R'way
34
unch.
Case, JI
571
14 up
Celanese
28
up
Chesapeake & Ohio
421
10 up Change
Chrysler Corpn.
831
Columbia Gas & Exéc
61
Commercial Credit Co."
321
05 up
Com, & Southern (Ord.)
1#
.05 up
Consolidated Edison
271
}
9.58/58
9.56/57
9.63/63
.05 up
Consolidated Ou
6
Dull
May
}
8.49/49
9.46/48
9.55/55
.06 up
Continental Cam
$94
STERLING
July
{
*
9.30/30
9.28/28
9.36/38
,06 up
Continental ou
188.
Spot
I, S. DOLLARS
London
New York
Japan
India
No business was reported. The October market closed with sellers at 1/2.
31/32 November/January. buyers at 1/3 for Cash
Total sales Saturday:-34,200 bales. NEW YORK RUBBER
The market closed with sellers December at 23.3/16 for Cash and 23.1/4 De-January cenrber, buyers at 23.5/18 for Cash
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Some business was done at 382. 3/4. The market closed with sel- lers at 582, buyers at 382,3/4
AFTERNOON..MARKET Sellers of Sterling for Spot at 3.29/32 and U.S.$ at 6.1/16.
Shanghai Exchange
Shanghai, Nov. 6 (Reuter)"
Official T.T. Rates
Opening 0/3-13/16 5-7/8
25
Saturday's sales:-6,198.000 bushels. CHICAGO CORN"
(..)
6.80/80
8.79/79
8.84n
.04 up
Copperweld Steel
201
9.63 N
9.670
.04 up
Curtiss Wright (C)
81
Curtiss Wright "A"
281
Deere & Co.
.21
March May
20.30b/39a 20,20b/35a 20.30b 20.056
unquoted 20.00b 19.98b/20.00a 18.87/88 19.81b
19.75b/80a 19.67b/70a 19.65/65.
Distillers Corpn. Seagrams
174.
unch
Douglas Aircraft
88
.05 off
Dy Pont de Nemours
169
*17 off
Engle Picher Lead91
.10 off
Eaton Nig. Đó.
362
Total sales: 340 tons. CHICAGO WHEAT
Elec. Autolite
367
Elec, Bond & Share
December May
84/837 831/831
848/844 831/837
85/851 841/841
Elec. Band & Share 15 pr.
654
I up
1 up
Elec. Bond & Share $8 p.
731
Elec. Power & Light # pf.
382
Flatkote
17
Gen, American Trans,
514
December
May...
·503/591 · 81/61
504/591 61/611
801/60% 612/612
Gen. Electric
354
i-up
Gen. Motors
513
up
Gen. Railway Sispal
152
WINNIPEG WHEAT December
Gen. Tire & Rubber
12
7ita
7ija
unch.
NEW YORK HIDES
Glidden Co,
Goodrich (B.F.)
14
138
Goodrich $5 pl.
571*
December
March
12.45b 12,126
12.31b/65a 12.55/55 12.23/15 12.30/33
10 up.
Goodyear Tire & Co..
181
.09 up
Great Northern Iron Ore ...
182
21-1/8 N
Hongkong
25-1/4
(undvoted
Sterling
Sellers
Opening
Closing
Spot
Dec,
U.S. Dollars
Spot
$8-1/16 $6-3/32
Nov.
8-3/32
Dec,
0/3-29/32 0/3-59/64
Nov...... 0/3-29/32 0/3-59/64
0/3-57/64 0/3-29/32
8-1/16
6-1/32
6-1/18
Market:Qulet but steady.
Calcutta Exchang
Calcutta, Nov. 5, (Reuter) TT, on Japan; 81-1/4:
SILVER MARKET LONDON SILVER London. Nov. 5 (Reuter). Silver--Little speculative selling. Business small. Market quiet. In the afternoon the market was verv quiet.
Spot, 23-7/16d.
Forward, 23-5/16d.
BOMBAY SILVER
Bombay, Nov. 5 (Reuter).
Market Qulet. Offtake 50 bars.
Indian Mint Silver
Ready Nov. 26 Settlement
Dec. 27 Settlement
60-06 60-07
60-08
LONDON METALS
EXCHANGE
London. Nov, 5 (Reuters.
Total sales for the day:-85 Iota.
NY Official Silver
NY London Cross Rate 4.03-3/4.
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
London, Nov. 5. The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the: market in London. All quotations | are subject to confirmation and no responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission.
Chin Imperial Rly 5%
Loan Honan Rly, 5% Hukuang Kly 5%, 1911.2
(LP. N/Y Issue). Bukuang Rly. 5% 1911
German Issue) : Lung Tsing & Hai
·Rly. 5% 1913
Tin. Standard, Cash, Middle (ghai-N'King Rly. 5%
Price, 257-5/8,~???
Tientsin-Pukow Rly.” 5%
Tim Standard, 3 months Middle-Brit. Stpd) ......
Price, 259-7/8).
United States demand
quiet
101-11/16
Tientsin-Pukow Aly, 5%
Derman-Stpd.). B. while British consumer demand Tientsin-Pukow. Rly. 5% absent.
LONDON GOLD
London Nov. 5(Reuter). Bar Gold, Fine per oz., 168/-).
(Brit. Stöd. Supl, Loan), 8 Tientsin-Pukow Riy, 5%
(Ger.Stpd_Bupl, Loan) 8 Jap 69% Ster Loan, 1924 21 Ger 7% Intl. Lonu, 1924. 54. Chartered Bank
B7
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
LONDON, Nov. 6. (Reuter)—— Under the influence of broaden- ing activity, most prices on the Stock Exchange yesterday showed an upward trend. Kaffir especial-
and registered numerous gains. ly met with considerable demand
Gilt-edged stocks continued to encounter good investment inquiry, oil attracted selective buying, and home rails and industrials showed. marked appreciation in the anal stages.
Wall Street was closed,
Bristol Aeroplane
5
Inter. Faper & Power ....... Int Tel, & Tel. A... Kennecott Copper Lakey Foundry & Mac. Libbey-Owens-Ford Lockheed Aircraft
Great Northern Rly; pfd.
233
.34-3/4
403-3/4,
Great Western Sugar
20
Greyhound Corpn.
118
Hercules Powder Co.
77
Homestake Mining.
43
Int Nickel
267
15
21
337
41
Glass
44
291
DOW JONES AVERAGE
1940
High Low Dow Jones Averages 152.80 111:84 30 Industrials
32.67 9215-20 VBaile 28.45 18.03.20 Utilities -90.01′ "83.08 40. Bonds... 64,07-48 47. 11. Commodity Index
Nov. 5. 1940, High Low Close 136.83, 133.81 136.21 20.47 20.19 29:36 23.70 99,97 23.28
Change 38 up
.18 "off ...90.14 .05 off 56.47 23.up
C. C. Roberts, Esq., Hon. Mr. A. L Shields, Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
Chief Manager.
Branches:
Jobore Rangoon
Saigon
Kowloon Sac
Francisco
Lyons Sourabaya Malacca Sungei
Patani Swato...
(Johore) Tientsin
Tokyo
New York Tsingtao Peiping.... Yokohama
Perang
CURRENT ACCOusta opened in LOCAL CURBENCY and Fixad Ducars received for one year or shorter periods in Local and other Cur rencies on terms which will be quoted on application.
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT Boxes in various sizes To Lat. Hong Kong. 28th February, 1940.
HONGKONG SAVINGS
BANK
The Business of the above. Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG 4 SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION. Rules may be obtain- ed on "application.
For the BONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 28th Feb., 1939.
THE CHASE BANK
16, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
"HEAD OFFICE; -
18, PIN STREET,
NEW YORK An American Bank offering com plete Foreign Banking Servio in the principal Markets of the world.
Interest Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This 'Bank is entirely owned b THE CASE NATIONAL BANK NEW YORK, with Resources of arid U.S.$1,900,000,000.
D. M.. BIGGAR,
Bacond Vios. Pras
A Job
WANT ADS
INDO-CHINA
CALCUTTA
KUALA
LUMPUR * KUCHING
AGENCIES: KOS CLAVE 5711ZT FAILI PLAC% CANTUN DAWNPORS C240 COLOMBO DE #I HAIPHONG HAMBURG HANKOW
NEW YORK
PRIPING
(Peking)
FOREIGN EXCHANOI and General Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application.
BAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Storling with interest allowed at rates obtainabl on application. ...
The Bank's Head Office in Londoa undertakes Executor and Trustee business, and claims recovery of British Income Tax overpaid, oa terms" which may be ascertained at Jany of the Agencies and Branches.
R. A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED
Authorised Capital......$10,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital 5,688,000,00 Reserve and Undivided
Profits
2,163, 201.60
Head Office-HONG KONG No. 10 Den, Voeux Road, Central.
Board of Directors: BIR BROSOS CHоw, Chairman LL. Koon Chan, Esq. Li Lan Bang, Bag. F. K. Kwok, Esq. Wong Chu Son, Esq. Wong Tan Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Eng. Chan Ching Shor, Esq, Fang Ping Wah Esq
KAX TONG PO, Esq, Chief Manager La Te FONO, Esq., Manager
Amy' Batavia Bombay Calenta
Branches and Agencies:-
Eorloos Penang Singapore London Bangcom Bostadays Manila.
Barstow chielgos
Malbourne San Fran Bydney
disco "Fiontatu
Paris Semarang ! Polping
Shangha
DONYAX
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Lokan granted on approved securities.
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposita re ceived for one year or shorter periods In Local, and Foreign Cur rencies on terms which will be. quoted on application.
.. SAVE EXPOSIT BOXES To Lt.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
"OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
·BANK - PAID-UP CAPITAL $40,000,000,00
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD (BRATORES ALL OVER CHINA)
Operating Borrices for Cage and Passengers
:::", War Loan, 3% (Red,
After 1952) Janton-Koon Rly 5% 8 Chinese 41% Gold Loan
1898 (Brit. Tésne) Chinese 5% Gold Bonds,
1925-47.
32
34
HK & Shai Bank (Lán.
Reg.)
63
Chin 41% Anglo-French
Loan, 1908
HX, Shal Bank (Col
44
Reg)
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan.-
Chinese Eng. & Mining
1912 Chinese 5% Reorg, Lóan,
1913 (Lan. Ia). Chinese 8% Ster. Noter,
1825 (Vickers)
13
(bearer)
14/-
Chosen Corporation ....
4/~
19
Pekin Syndicate
21-
S'hal Mes. Constr. Co.
15/-
Bhai Waterworks “A”
131
Union Insurance
20
TO
Gula Kalumpong Rubber
13/9
SWATOW, SHANGHAI, TSINGTAU, CHEFOO
| B.-A. Tab. (bearer)
85
and TIENTSIN A
Mercantile Bank
·201
Dunlop Rubber
30/3
9/41
Imperial Chemical Ind. 27/9
United Steel
320/8
Woolworths....
58
All steamere berth alongsle
Maraman Investments
7/8:
Western Holdings.
0/6
the. Roosevelt Terminal in the French Concession at
Sub-Nigel
Shanghai, when passengers
--160
"and cargo are, landed...
bell Trans & Trad
(bearer)
35
Nat Defence Bands, 3% London-Midlands-Scot-
1013
For further partion
please apply to
tish, 3%
131
Great Western · Rall-
way, 9%
331
Naj Bank of India, #%"
· div:
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE PENANG and CALCU
SANDAKAN.
HAIPHONG
MATHESON&Co.,LTD.
JARDINE
TELEPHONE BONILA GENERAL MANAGERS A
Owing to our numerous Branches in Chins and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Cliente special facilities for Domestic and Foreign Banking and Exchange.
Head Office: SHANGHAI Leer-Hong Kong Branch:
UE4, QUEEN'S ROAD, C. A South China Offices: CANTONES KONGMOON
SWATOWTOISHAN SHIUCHOWKINGOHOW
We also handle the issue of Bonds And other Public Funds of the Chimes Government both at Home and Ahmad,
BHOU JOHEN,
Manager.
National Supply Corp.
BEREMBAN
61
BOMBAY
New York Cential
147
KARACH ELANO
SHANGHAI
SINGAPOR
Niagara Hudson Power
5
„SITIAWAN
N. American Aviation
171
BOURABAYA
North American Co.
201
TALPINO
Northern Pacific
7
TIENTSIN
Owens-linols Glass Co.
501
Pacific Gas & Elec
291
Amoy
Packard Motors
Bangkok Kobe
MADRAR
MANILA
MEDAN
TONGEAR
(Bhuket)
TOLNOTAO
31
Batavia
Pan-American Airways
YOKOHAMA
161
Bombay
Kuala
Paramount Pictures
87..
Calcutta
Lumpur Shanghai
Pennsylvania: R.R.
211†
Canton
London Singapore
| Philadelphia" Read, Coal
Cheloo
Phillips Petroleumi
371
Colombo
Public Service of N.J.
Dairen
Manila.
341
Foochow
Muar
Pullman Inc.......
254
Haiphong
Pure Oti
8
Bankow
Mukden
"Radio Corpn. of Am.
5+
llarbia
Reading Company,
Com
14t
Ilaile
Remington Arns. Co. Inc.
53*
Ipoh
Republic Aviation Corp.
51
Republic Steel
211
Revere Corp.
111
Reynold Tebac. "B"
35+
Safeway Stores
421
Schenley Distillers
101
Sears Roebuck
801
Shell Union 01'..
10)
Socony-Vacunum Oll
Southern Pacific
91
Southern Ely $5 pfd.
22
Spicer Manufacturing Co. 323
Standard Branda ..........
69
Stand Gas & Elec.
2
Standard Oil of California
187
Standard Oil of NJ.
35à
Stone & Webster
9
Studebaker Com,
81
Swift International
101
Technicolor"
9+
Texas Corpn.
372
Texes Gulf Sulphur.
344
Timken-Axle
281
Trans-America Co.
53
20th Cent. Fox
6
Union Bag & Paper Corp.
12
Union Carbide & Carbon
704-
Union Pacific
84
United Aircraft
414
United Airlines Trans
181
United Coryn
21
United Corph. 33 cum pt. 33%
United Gas Corpn.
"14
United Gas Improvement
12
US, Industrual Alcohol,
221
U.S. Rubber
211
US. Rubber $8 pfd..
82
U.S. Smelting
81
0.8.' Steel
694
Vanadium
"35
Haiphong Hankow
New York, Seattle
Hanahulo
Kabe
Vultee Aircraft
83*
Walworth Co.
51
Warner Bros. Pict.
27
Westinghouse. Elec..
Woodward Iron Cor.
108 32
Chase National Bank National City Bank
331*
271
Nov. 2,
13485
29.22
20 44
$0.20
55.14
Business Done:-1,260,000 shares