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THE CHINA MAIL,

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1960.

WEEKLY REPORT ON THE HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE

Wide fluctuations

STOCKS EASE FURTHER in Wall Street

*

IFK Bank Lombard Union

Wheelock

TIK Wharf

ឆឆន

The share market

·

at

a glance *

Up or

Dividend

Nov. 17 Nov. 24

1825 43

Dec. 1

Deo. B

Dec. 15

Down

& Bonus

Yield (%)

1325

1305

1-320

2410

SIB

3.3

42%

43

43#

43s

steady

$2

4.5

125

126

124

124

124n

steady

$3.40

*.B

8.95

9.60

0.05

0.40

3,35

-to

40c

4.1

Ziin

2180

270

270

200

3.1

HK Docks

107

110

114

. 113

114

+1

$10

8.5

Talkoo Docks

64

0#

0014

72%

701

-1

$2.80

Provident

22

22,00-

23.20

23.60

23.40

-400

51.20

6.1

11. Hufel

42.

4336

4314

42149

4114

32.75

0.3

•IK Lands

60

0014

71

70

.73

52.40

3,3

1,50

1.00

2.025

1.95

1.925

2.00

13.76€

4.8

9244

32

331

321

31.

$2,05

6.3

170

180b

187

183

180s

59.50

5.1

Youmatis

103b

105

111

113

113

steady

$8.00

7.7

Ck Light

24.00

26

29.10

24.60

20,20

-40c

$1.10

4.1

Electries

29.10

29.10

3114

3014

20.20

-850

$1.70

5.0.

HK Telephone

3619

37

3831

372;

38

+25c

$1.75

4.0

G. 1. Cement

57

6434

02

02

steady

54

6.3

3314

38

94

34

32

-M

$1.85

6.7

12

33

38:1

37b

steady

$1.50

4.1

41

44

41

--3

$2.75

4.7

J Investment

1746

D.80

10.70

10.80

10.70

-106

*50

Allied

0.101

04

8.10

8.40

8.30%

-10c

$1

12

IK A VE I

14.00

15:40%

15.00

14.00%

13.20

-400

Textile Corn Nanyang

9.60

10.20

0.83 10.60

9,56 10.40

8.95 15.60

8.20

Boo

14

-1.60

$1.10

A

IIK Really

IK Tram

Star Ferry

Dairy Farm

A. S. Watsu

Lane, Crawford

37b

US

D.1

LONDON CLOSES MIXED INVESTMENT

London, Dec. 15,

Storks lost their three-day bounce today and closed mixed at best as in- vestors lost their enthusiasm under news of Britain's worsening balance of payments position.

Industrial took the brunt of

the Necline with steels, motors and many blue chips finishing easier after

2

firm opening. Leading electricals and property

Ti 10 vest up.

moved narrowly.

Government.

quiet

Foreign

Gold stocks

bonds

Muste

were

stayed throughout the aloy.

bortis made Dollar change.

#locks irreguarly lower.

Rubbers Armed, Teas stayed atibelteil-UNI,

Closing prices

British (overnment Securities

25 du Cofdsted—£46-1/18.

Buri. Conversion—-£50',.

3. Savings 1955/65 – 489-15, 18.

1. Savings $960/70=-£7RY,, 12. Savings 1969/75-£71.

Banks & Insurance

Barclays Ord-ode Jul.

bd

Chartered Bank-478.

Hongkong AK-72.

Lloyds Bank

Beikhinzu danking ord—IR 30.

Itsurance— £7.

0||

mah Olt-3 r. Royal Dutch

Sterls Engineering Babcock & Wilcox Ord-33, 11jd. Unllest Steel- od Vickers Ord-27 104.

Industrial

Asoc. Elec. Industries-is Aspoe, Portland Comcnt-07%, 10%. Drie Motor Ort-15-150,

[J. & P. Ord-501 1024

Çinktaulds Ord-435

De La Rue Old-38; Du Dunion Rubber Ord-203 in

Mus. Industries=435

Ford Motor Ord-1425 Du..

Gliman fohlings) O-25 1015.

Gujunena (Ardiür) Ord-001.

Hawker Siddeley Ord-2 34.

Unilever Ord—145% D41. Wentworth Ort-57% 0,

Autoes

Acera pet-1918 100, Petaling Tin-za 03.

Alicellaneous Townaker Oed-21, Canadian Pacific Ord-2391. Hongkong & Chinu Gat—–—-15%. Indin-China Det. Ord-21st. -P. & O. Steam Nav., Def.—OM 3

--Reuter.

QUOTATIONS

Prices down in most sections

There was a further docline in the stack market during the week. Prices in most sections went down and volume of business previous week.

New York, Dec. 15, Stocks went through another hectic session of wide price swings today with the majority of

issues ending on the low side.

Bicetronles, dcferce issuta and specialties deminated the play, some issues were bately able to Play quiet for more than n minute. All the motors dipped fractions while most steels rained small amounts.

Warter-Lamborg lost neatly

2 in the drudi, Čampbell 3 já the foods, and Zenith.1% in the electronics.

American exchange volume was 0.250,000 shares.

Bonds volume amounted 90,300,000 UPI.

Closing prices

Abitibi Pwr. & Paper

10

was

well below

the

#3816

American Airline

22

was end-of-the-year!

Am Cable & Radio Cerp. American Cyanamid Co.....

Am. Gas & Electric

7132

Am. Home Prod.

1021

0015

FOLL

One cause of the downward trend

obligations. Bank louna und advances have to be re- paid.

Another contributory factor for the reduced business activity may have been the huge funds absorbed by the new Telephone shares a total of $15 million covering one million shares. Yesterday was the last day in which to pay up for those shares. Apart from those factors, the decline could be a natural condi- tion following several continunus weeks of galos,

The big leap in Banks

WDB

finally checked. The elosing

rate of $1,415 was $5 below that of the previous week.

The Electricities and Cottons

The following are U.S.. Inveal-continued to slide.

Lands were one of the few ex- ments as in American dollars Buyers prices include commls $3 at $73. Cements remained ceptions, registering a gain of

ston:

Amated Fund Ain Dun Shre Atomy Dev Mul Axe Hought 2

Dreyfus Fund Eaton H. Stock Electronlex Inv Founders Mut Fa Ifam Td 1-7 Inati Found Instit Growth Instit Income

steady, and the Investments held

The total turnover for the week under review (last Friday

Wheelocks were steady but

apart from a few early deals no sellers appeared which was also true of Gilman Holdings. The day was generally quiet resulting In a turnover of approximately

$3,140,000.

HONGKONG

STOCK

EXCHANGE

op-

amounted

Noon and $32,739,000 proximately $1,418,000.

quotations and the morning's

Am. Mich. & P'dry, American Metal Am. Natural Gas Americas Smelting American Tob. Ampex Anaconda Copper Allan Cons. Muing Beech 1e Savers

Brith Columbia: Elec. British Columbia Pur Calif. Picking Corp. Campbell Soup Co.

Hammond Organ

Heyden Newport Chrp. Ivan Refrig Idaho Power Imperial Tobare Intana Steel Co. interchemical Corp. Unši „HarvesĪGS vinternational Nickel International Paper In Tol Tel Kuiser Intiaist?les Liggris & Myern Tob. Co. Lily Tulip

Lion Ind,

Lockheed Alrecari

Merek

Mecabi Fron

Mineacta Minin

Mantecatini

National Dairy Prod. New York Central

North Amer, Aviation

Northwest Airlines (Com) Olin Mathieson

Elevators

Oxford Paper Co.

Pan American Airways

Phillip Morris

Pitney Bowes ....

Procter & Gamble Co.

Pittsburgh Plate Ginns Pure Oil*****

Radio Corp. Pret. Raytheon

Royal Bank of Canada

43% | Royal Dutch

Seam, Roebuck & Co.

Smith, Kine & French

Socony Mobi! On

Southern Co. (The)

Standard Brands

Shell Oli Co......

Boeing Airplane

39

Salat Reg. Paper

Horden (The) Co.

Au

Sincinir Oil.ingate

Burr highs Add Machine

British Amer, it

1634

401

4019

Standard O of Cal.

KD

Standard Oil of Ind.

**

64

Sieel Co. of Canada Stoep Rock

Co

130

C. 1. T. Financial Corp. Cluett Peabody.... Colombian Carbon Co. Commercial Credit Corning Glam Worko Continental Can Continental Of of Del. Cuban Am. Sugar Delaware, & Hudson Co. Diamond Alkali

Douglas Airerstt

Dow Clinical

Eastman Endsle

Family Finance Corp.

Georgia Pacific

General Dynamica

Goodyear Tire

Sterling Drug Co.

Stokely-Van Camp,

Studebaker-Packard Corp. Sunshine Mining Switt & Co.

14 Texas Co.

2014

Thinkal Chem. The Water dit

Tinio lac....... Traders Finance

Twentieth Century Fox Flim US. Gypsum

6 US, Rubber

2. Smelting

42

773

Sellers Burm.

1.20

4,30

4.32 4.40

Ford Moter

1.01

120

Bullock Fund

12.13

13.30

to yesterday) amounted to op- proximately $18,020,000

Canada Gen Fund

13,14 14.21

Canadian Fund

10.00

pared with $31 million

com- kong

the morning

Business dore at the Hong-

Stock

Exchange

this

General Electric

to

General Motors

10.0+

Gen. Tel.

Canadian Int. Growth

previous week,

Elec.

Gen. Tire & Rubber

Chemical Fund

10.01

11.30

the week before that.

Getty O

Commith Stock

15.00 JOAL

Comparative

closing

Dividend 91;

figures transactions:

Goodrich . F. Co.

show the following:

14.50

11.09 12.71

Bankst Hongkong

Great Northern Railway

44%

Banka

declined by $5 at $1,415.

Shares Buyers Sellers IK Bank 1403 1418

Sales

43 410

20+10

15.64 11.57

5420

3.03 0.50 10.34 11.31 30.47

1140

260

1,30 40

5000 # 9.33

P.O

6.08 6.55

113

134

21.20

23.33

23.30 2319

13.10

14.23

14.81 10.01

0.06

41 415

1500

7214 73

10.03 1003

7.53 3.2)

100

200

West German Deutschemarks maximum selling 729%.

Value Lice Fund V. I. P. Wellingtna Fund

0.02 10.47

100 cm 721),

11.40 13A0 1481

103

350

ID0

23

100

300 +

Agreed merchant ratęs

Canndian' maximum selling

17-1/10; minimum buying

Maiks Spencer A "On-nis | 17-5/10 T/T; 37-39 O/D. ·

Hedifusion Ort-34 135d.

Rulis-Royer 431 16163.

Standard-Triumph- 10d.

Invest Tr Boston

Keystone Cust B2 Keystone Canada

Man Inv. Tr Mass Growth

Nat See Ser Scudder St & CI Telcy El

Wheelock

112

ដ . ឌី, វី

1000 9.30 3000 14 359 900 ve 115

75,231 580 23.0 500 23.4G

50041

U.B. Bleel

U.S. Sizel 7 PC PF

Wamer Bros.

Waukesha Atators

Westinghouse Air Brake Wonlworth K. W.)

Zenith Radio

LINES

THE UNION OF

SOUTH AFRICA

FROM

SOUTH

APRICA

EXPORTS

TO THE VALUE OF

£700,000,000 · U.S. $2,000,000,000

M $6,000,000,000. H.K. $11,000,000,000

YEARLY!

And Is An Excellent Supplier Of Your Requiromentë Including :———

METAL INDUSTRIES

Stoat, Iron & Pig fran Mining Machinery

Rock Drills & Tipped Taoli Agricultural Machinery &

Implements

Industrial Machinery &

Spares

Motor Spares & Accesorios Pipes, Tobing & Fittings Tape, Cocks & Valvet 'Cast Iron Pipes & Covers Bronze, Bearing Metals &

Solders

Dollers & Condensers Wire & Wire Ropes Bolts, Nuts & Fasteners

ELECTRICAL

INDUSTRIES ·

·

Batteries

Motors, Generators &

Switchgear

Cable & Conduit Transformers & Insulators

CLOTHING & TEXTILES

Ready Made Clothing Fashion Wear

EDT OUT THIS COUPON AND SEND TO 1-

Pootwear of all Kinds Blankets & Rugs

Worsteds

Insurance: Lombards remained

steady at 543; Union remained | Whart Co. steady at $124 (nominal).

Utilities: Troms gained 25 cents at $33; Star Ferries rose by K Dock $3 at $186 (acllers): Yaumatis Provident stayed steady at $113: Chind

Lights lost 40 cents at $20.20; 1K Hotel. Electrics declined by 85 cents at K Land - $20.40; Telephones gained 25

cents at $30.

Shipping: Wheelocks lost ve Youmali ...

cents at $9.35.

Docks, Whurves and Godowns:

Bonus

Hongkong Wharves lost $4 at HK Tram

| $206; Hongkong Doeks galned $1

at $114; Taikoo Docks declined

by 51% at $70%; Providents lost Ch. Light

140 cents at $23.40.

XD ......

24.70 20 1000

Electric .... 20 29.40 2000 Telephone 3722 38

Hotels, Lands and Buildings: Hongkong Hotels dropped by |$11⁄4 at $41 1⁄44; Lands increased by

$3 at $78; Realties lost 2.5 cents. Cement 614 02 at $1.026.

Dairy Farm 322 Industrials: Cements slayed steady at $82.

Waison

37 Allled declined Textile

'inv. Stores: Dairy Forms

4.15 by $14 at $321⁄44; Watsons stayed steady at $37 (buyers): Lane Crawfords dropped by $3 at $41, Cottons: Textiles declined by 75 cents at $8.20; Nanyangs lost $1.00 at $14.

100

1500

500

ORIENT

EMBARKATION NOTICE

R.M.S. "CORFU"

EMBARKATION: The ship will be berthed at No. 1 Pier, Kowloon Wharf. Passengers should embark between. 2.30. p.m. and 4-p.m. on Friday 16th December,

300032

SAILS:

1000 6 0,20

500 131

5000 8.20

11750 1.20

Nanyang

XD...

14.20 4.40

Rubber

5.00

1000 @ 6.60

5500 5.35

77.20

70

71

100 ár 7015

500

2016

200 TO

Investments: International In-A vestments lost 10 cents at $10.80; R. Trust Aliled lost 10 cents at $8.30; Talkoo Duck Hongkong and Far East declined

by 40 cents at $15.20.

23.10 23.20 1000 23.20

Market diary Humphrey's

300 e 25.20 Friday: The Stock market, neatly

1.50 1.325 29600 61 1.023 has been very active throughout

300 er 1.00 the day with

G000 1.173 Interest evenly as ..

15.00 15.90 1000 13.30 spread." Art from Lands that

La Craw

41

500 or $11% fluctuated from $50 to $72 all | Underwrifer 185 11.40 other stocks maintained theis in' Inv... 30% 10.80

within very

Tarrow & FE

Inv.... Himli The markot

closed. Gilman firm. The turnover amounted VIDIO to approximately $5,280.000. Dividend & Bonus Announbe. ments during the week Nut yong Colton MU, Ltd. Interim 50e per share.

Monday:

The market opened

Wool. Raw, Scoured & Tops briskly, and gains were general-

PACKAGING

INDUSTRY

Paper Bags & Paper Socks Cartons

Moulded Contatuers Egg Trays

AND MANY OTHERS !

The Kúnior Trade Cómmistioner: Yor the Union of South Africa In Tost 'Asia.

3að Floor, KPM Buliding, Robinson Road, Singapore,

Please send me the names and addresiès ',

of South African Exporters off-m

The home and bedress of my firm is as follows:-

ADDRESS:

NAME.

ly registered, Interest

KLAM

fairly spread, with Providents imd Lands rising in price on a good volume of trading only to use a little from their peak to- stocks warda the close. Other remained very stendy, and the turnover Was approximately $4,050,000,

Tuesday: The market was dia- tinetly coster and small losses were in evidence in every sec- Hon. The trend however WA not pronounced and appeared to be the result of caution rather than profit taking or lack of confidence. Buyers held off en the close of the day which showed n reduced tumover of approximately 32,800,000.

Wednesday: The market was fälher erratic with gains out- numbering losses at Arst. The movement became rather orratle within narrow limits and ended with a turnover of opproximate- ly $2,750,000 for thỏ half day's, trading.

Thursday: Caution ogein dominated the market and in the Imited trading which took place ¡fractional Idsses were evident in most sections. Lands and Hotels wero sirong and maintained their priced on reasonable voluine.

Exchange rates

Fisine was done in the, focal- hofetal excliatge market? This morning at the following tales: U.S. dollar tpår-5137 J.. Sterling noten (per £1): Australian Potes (per 21 Indonesian Rupiah]_(per 100).. Batticals (per 103).

15.0% 12.07

5.20 24.10

Bingapore (Bīraits)

1.41

14.00

25,40

BAGGAGE:

1960.

The ship is expected to sail at 5 p.m. on Friday, 16th December, 1960.

Should be sent to the Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf Co.'s Godown (No. 2 Gate), Canton Road by 5 p.m. on 15th December, 1960. ·

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Agents:

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

OF H.K. LTD., Telephone: 35211/0

Christmas:

GIFT SALE

Prices Greatly Reduced On All Items

EMBROIDERIES:

Table Linens, Blouses, Handkerchiefs, Bodspreads, and Pillow-cosca.

LADIES' & 'GENTS' SWEATERS: Cashmore, Lambswool, All-wool, Beaded & Embroidered. Many colours & designs, LADIES' & 'GENTS' BROCADE "GARMENTS: Morning Gowns, Jackets & Goats

ALSO

LADIES' & GENTS' CAR COATS, ROBES, NYLON RAINCOATS, BROCADE AND WOOLLEN

MATERIALS AND CHILDREN

WEARS

ollar

ETC.

17, CAMERON ROAD, KOWLOON. TEL. 62261. (Opening Hours: 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday as usual)

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