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FINANCE
FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
PAYNE & CO.
COMMODITY BROKERS STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING
HONGKONG-S
COMMODITY MARKET REVIEW
(FROM PAYNE" & CO.)
MONEY AND
EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
8. 1939
SEPTEMBER
On. London:—
Telegraphic Transfer, 1/4 13/16 Bank Billa, on demand1/% 13/16 Credits & months' sight 1,3, 3/8. On Shanghai:-
On demand
QUOTATION
414
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
STOCKS
Last Sale:
Sept. 27
SEPT. 23, 1939 STOCKS
Adams Express.
10
Last Bale Sept. 27
Reserve Funds:
Alleghany Steel Co.
35
Johns Manville
771
Alled Stores
9
Allis Chalmers
451
J. & Laughlin Steel $7 pid: Kannecott Copper diar
81.
Roserve Liability of
Sterling H.K. Currancy Reserve $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939.
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE CHARTERED BANK OF
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital... $50,000,000 |
INDIA, AUSTRALIA
AND CHINA
Issued & Fully Paid-Up $20,000,000 Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855
Paid-Up Capital £ 6,500,000 Reserve Fund
11
......£3,000,000
£3,000,000
Proprietors
$20,000,000
prietors
£3,000,000
Aluminium Ltd
881
Lakey Foundry. & Mac,
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON:
Amerada Corpå, sam
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Bead Office:-HONG KONG
Glass
471
Amer. Can
1121
Lockheed Aircraft
254
330
SINGAPORE RUBBER
Sept. 26.. buyers sellers
New York, September 27.
Sept. 37 buyers sellers
On demand
... 32 1/8
On Japan:-
On demand............
10:15 1/2
рот
34
33-1/4
change up 1/4
On-India :-
OCT.-DEC.
TAN-MARCH
32-1/2 31
32-7/8
up 3/8
31-1/2
up 1
Telegraphic Trenster. and demand on New York:
182 1/2
American Cyanamid B Amer. & Foreign Power ... Ameri & Foreign $7 pf.... American Gas & Elec Amer. Locomotive........ Amer, Metals Co............ Amer. Radiator ............. Amer. Rolling MI
34.
Loew's Inc.
321
Board of Directors:
21
Manhattan Shirt Co...
12
23)
Martin, Glen I
371
37
KENNA
McKesson, Robbins
Hon. Mr. A. L. Shields,
W. H. Lock, Esq..
152*
281.
Monsanto Chemical
1091
261
Montgomery Ward
551
10
at. Dairy Products
15%
Deputy Chairman, J. K. Bousfield, Esq., A. H. Compton, Esq., Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell,
*
211
Nat. Distillers
23+
D. F. Landale, Esq.,
The market was steady.
Previous close
To-day's close
Bank Bills, on demand 84 3/4 Credita, 60 days' sight 23/8
Amer. Sting and Ring Co. 55)
National Gypsum
101
G. Miskin, Esq.,
Chairman.
38, Bishopsgate E.0.2. -- Sub-Arencies In London: 117/192, Leadenhall Street, E.C.3. West End Branch; 14/16, Cockapur Street, 8.W.1. ·
Manchester Branch: 52, Mosley Street, Manchester, 2.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: ALOR STAR HARBIN
PENANG AMBITHAR HONG KONG KANGOON MNGKOK
Amer, Bugar Ring
271
National Load
231
K. S. Morrison, Esq.,
LẠINDON RUBBER
buyers sellers
POT
9-3/8 9-1/2
OCT.-DEC
9-3/8 9-5/8 9-1/2
JAN.-MARCH
9-5/89-3/4
9-3/4
buyers sellers 9-3/9 9-5/8 9-5/8 9-7/8
change unch. up 1/8 up 1/8
Un Batavia :---
Un demand
46
On Paris:
་
קט 10,
NEW YORK COTTON
October
December
January
March
May
Total sales for the day:-1,070 tons.
Tuesday's sales:-11,852,000 bushels.
.05 up of
541 531
543
53+
11 off
717
7116
Quiet.
off
15.51 14.95
15.46
15.15
31 off
Close
Opening
Closing
9.09/09
9.10/10
9.19/19
8.76/78
8.79/78
8.83/83
.07
8.65/65
unquoted
8.88 N
.03 up
8,54/54
8,59/58
8.59/59
.05 up
8.31/32
8.35/35
8.38/38
.06
July
8.13/13
8.16/17
8.19/19
06. up.
Spot
9.11 N
9.18 N
.07 'up
342.
T
NEW YORK RUBBER
36ptember
20.05/05
December
19.40/50
19.80/80
19.97/97 19,55/55
.05
March
18.75/75
18.80/85
May
18.565/800
18,60b70a
18.65/65
July
16.55 N
18.65 N
CHICAGO WHEAT
December
May
บ
July
851/86 064/861/ 851/851
86/851
851/85/
231/861
857/852 85/65
"
# ott
of quiet. off
CHICAGO CORN
December
541/541 541/54
May
571/571 571/671
July
501/581
"531/531
56/56 583/567
14 off
11 off
off
WINNIPEG WHEAT
October
714/711
December
731/731
71/717 737/734
May
781/788
71+0 731/731 771/771
+ off
1. off
340.
+ off
18.75/80
NEW YORK COPPER FUTURES
December
10.98/95
July
al
NY Silver, Official
37-1/4 unreceived
There were sellers at 1/3 Sep- and 1/2.31732
Change tember-October
10 P January, buyers at 1/3.1/32 Cash
up and 1/3 December.
US Dollars
Sellers at 25.3/16 cash, buyers at
up 25.1/4 for cash.
.03 of
Shanghai Dollars ·
Shanghai Market
Opened with sellers at 4.9/32
up for 8pot. · The rate later receded, 05 up to 417/84 Towards the close
.05 up sellers were reported at 45/18 for .10 up 8pot.
100b/11.07a 11.16b/18 20" up
Afternoon Market
The market in the afternoon was
Sterling Theee were sellers at 1/3 Sep- tember/October and 1/2.31/32
January, buyers at 1/3.1/32 Cash and 1/3 December.
U.S. Dollars
'.:
Bellers at 25 3/16 for cash buy- ers at 25.1/4 for Cash..
Shanghal Dollars
Shanghai Market
Sellers at 4.21/84 for Spot,
11.10b/14 11.11b/18a 11.28b/292 15 up Shanghai Exchange
39-1/8
NY-London Cross Rate unreceived.
!
Eagle Picher Lead
Goodrich $5 pl.
Market "very steady, but offers were scarce. COTTON: In spite of the weekly crop report being of a bearish nature, prices remained steady to frm on good buying and covering while offerings on the whole were scarce.
RUBBER: Prices bo-day were steady on a featureless market. Towards the close, there was a revival of factory demand and prices sdvanced on this and on lack of selling offers.
WHEAT: After a somewhat higher opening an better foreign re. ports, prices later went lower on realising. Equidation and lack of demand together with reports of some rains in the dry sections of the Belt.
On Saigon ----
+
On Bangkok:-
On demand Sterling Notes:-
Bar Silver per oz
NEW YORK STOCKS: Previous close, 153.64; To-day's close. Market Repor
153.08; Change, off 446.
NEW YORK COMMODITY MARKET (By Courtesy of Messrs. Swan, Culbertson & Fritz and S. E. Levy & Company)
New York Cotton. Oct. New York Rubber, Dec. Chicago Wheat, Dec. Chicago Com, Dec. Winnipeg Wheat, Oct. New York Hides. Dec.
Prev, To-day's High Low Close Close Change
9.19 9.10 9.09 9.19 19.80 19.53 19.50 19.55
861 851 86 851 #
FROM ROZA BROS. Silver prices were unchanged yesterday, the quotations remain- ing at 23.1/2 for both Ready and Forward. Süver advices reported the market as being idle and featureless. American Silver was quoted at 37.1/4 for Spot.
The London New York cross-rate was quoted at 403. New York/ London was quoted at 401.3/4.
Market
Case, 'J.I.
Celanese
Chesapeake & Ohlu Chrysler Corpn.
Colts Patent Fire-Arms Columbia Gas & M.
Bank Bills, on demand 1785 Credits 4 months' sight 1145
Amer. Tel. & Tel. Amer. Tobacco "B" Amer. Waterworks Anaconda Copper Atchison, T. & S. Fe. Auburn Motors
1611
Nat. Power & Light
Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce,
National Steel Corp.
791
E. Y. Wilkinson, Esq.
141
Nat Supply Corps.
12
33+
New York Central
221
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,".
Chief Manager.
331
Niagara Hudson Power
71
4
N. American Aviation
Branches:
21
On demand
107 3,4.
Baltimore & Ohio
8
North American Co.
23+
Amoy
Ipoh..
Un Manlia:-
Barber Asphalt Co
14
Northern Pacife
12
Bangkok
Jobare
On demand
49 1/2
Barnsdal On
17
Owens-Illinois Glass Co.
Batavia
Kobe
631
Bendix Aviation
291
[Pacific Gas & Elec,
Kombay
317
Calcutta
Kowloon Kuala
Peosag Rangoon Saigon San
Francisco
180 1/4
Bethlehem Steel
921
Pacide Lighting
45
Canton
Lumpur Shanghai ·
Bliss & Co.
18
Packard Motors
41
Chafoo
London
Singapore
Bank Buying. Rate
31/2
Boeing Airplane Co.
27}
Paramount Pictures
71
Colombo
Lyons
Sourabaya
93 1/9
Borg-Warner
271.
Pennsylvants RK.
261
Dairen Malacca
Sungei
די
Biggs M'facturing
241
Phelps-Dodge
444
Foochow Manila
Brooklyn-M’hattan Trans.
124
Phillips Petroleum
46
Exiphong Muar
B'klyn-M'hattan $6 cum pf.
43
Pittsburg Coke & Iron
113*
Bankow
Canadian Paciuc R'way....
8
Public Service of NJ.
391
89
Pullman Inc
407
25-4
Pure Oll
·10
Radio Corpiù of Am
8
907
Reading Company, Com
22.
931
Reading Company, 1st pid
361
8
Remington Arms Co., Inc.
Bj*
Columbia 6% "A" DI.
82*
Republic Steel .......................
21
Commercial
461
Reynold Tobac. “B”
36
Commonwealth B. (ord.)...
1
C'wealth & 8. 6% cum pf.
641
Richfeld Oll {Safeway Stores
E
81
41
Consolidated Edison
302
| Schenley"Distiller's
13
י
Consolidated Onl
82
Schenley, 51% pfd.
66
Sterling
Continental Can
481
Sears Roebuck
781
Continental Oll
294
Seversky Aircraft
41
Corn Producta
637
Shell Union Oil
141
Curtiss Wright (C)
7
Socony-Vacuura” Ou
14
Curtiss Wright "A"
277
Southern Pacific
18!
·Deere & Co.
231
Southern Rly $5 pfd.
327
Distillers Corpn. Seagrams: 14
Sperry
491
Douglas Aircraft
.78
Spicer Manufacturing Co. · 294*
Du Pont de Nemours
183
|Standard. Brands.
137
"
Stand Gas & Elec,
31
Exton Mig. Co.
271
Standard Oil of California
901
Elec. Autolite
38
Standard Ol of NJ.
497
Elec. Bond & Share
101
Stone & Webster
131
Elec. Bond & Share $5 pf.
571
Swift International
321
Elec. Bond & Share $6 pt.
881
Techniccior
11
Elec. Power & Light 37 pf. Flintkote
343
BANK OF EAST ASIA,
18
Texas Corp. -......................
48
Texes Gulf Sulphur
37
LIMITED
Food Machinery Corp.
36*
Trana-America Co.
04
Gen. American Trans. ......
611
20th Cent. FOX...
13
Authorised Capital.....$10,000,000.00
Gen. Electric
4.24
'[20th Eent. Fox sit pf.
314
Paid-Up Capital ......
6,698,800.00
Reserve and Undivided
Gen. Motors
551
Gen. Railway Signal
Union Carbide & Carbon ...
911
Profits
2,683,932.01
25
[Union Pacific
1041
General Tire & Rubber
Co 23
United Aircraft.
-431
Glidden Co.
19
United Airlines Trans,
111
Head Office:-HONG KONG No 10 Des Voeux Road, Central.
Goodrich (B.F.)
231
*
United Corpo
3...
654
United Corpn. 13 cum. pl. 36
Goodyear Tire & Co.
294
United Gas Corpi
21
Great Northern Iron Ore Great Northern Rly, pfd. Great Western Sugar
201
United : Gas Improvement
134
321 "
U.S., Industrual Alcohol
26/
33
US. Rubber
44A
Greyhound Corpn.
161
US, Rubber, 18 pid.
1051
*1
Hercules Powder Co.
911
US Steel
7
Homestake Mining
Vanadium
374
Industrial Rajon
271
Warner Bros. Pict.
4
Shanghai, Sept. 28 (Reuter).
Official T.T. Bates
"
International Harvester. Lat. Nickel
TOI
Westinghouse Fisc.
1173
Comy
Baterie
383
Woodward Iron Cor
301
Bomber
NEW YORK HIDES
Opening
Eat. Tel: & Tel
54
Caletta
Chase Nations! Bank pr
374*
December
15.45/46
March..................
15.77/80
June
16.08 N
15.51/47 15.81b/822. 18.10b/178
15.15/15
15.47/48 15,75 N
.31 of
London
0/3-3/4
|National City Bank
31*
.32 off
New York
6-1/8
Halpboar Hokow
malala Kobe
Pelping
Bemarszy Shangha
.33 of
Japan
28-1/2
NEW YORK STRAITS TIN December
RESERVE BANK OF Rupee Coin and Bul-
India
20-7/8
bid
t-ex dtv.
14: 47.75b/48.15a 47.75/75
47.00b/50
.65
off
Paris Hongkong
2.73
24-7/8.
DOW JONES AVERAGH
Sellers Opening
INDIA STATEMENT
Calcutta, Sept. 3 (Reuter).
Aug. 25 Sept. 22
Notes in circulațion
(including Notes
held in the Bank-
ing Department)... 21.677 21.085
THE
CHINA-SIAM
lion in India Gold Coin and Bul-
lion in India
Securities (Indian
Government) Becurities (British
Government)
......
7,548 7,555 Spot
4.154
Closing 0/4-9/32 0/4-21/64
1939 High Low Now Jones Averages, 155.92 121.44 30 Industrials
3573-94.140 Raile
Sept. 28, 1939. Sept. 26, High Low lose
153 64 184.92 152.01 153.08
36 73
Changs
43 off
Sept. Oct.
0/4-9/32 0/4-21/64
97.07 20.71 20 Utilikten
24.86
4.154
3,739
3,737
Bept,
Oct.
0/4-15/84 0/4-1/4 U.S. Dollars Spot...... $7-5/32 7-5/32 19
92.29 86.51 40 Bondy
89.41
60.53 45.50 11 Commodity Index $7.79
, 38.70 35.87 35.90% 26 58 24.01 26.28
RD.69 .24 up 57.50 .29 off Business Done-2,340,000 shares
17 up
ceived for one year or shorter.
.42
up
$7-1/4 7-1/4
5,950 5.950
Market Quiet.
S
Sterling, 0/4-9/32.
HONG KONG-BANGKOK
*A. “HELLAS"
4.2. "HELIOS”
"LINE.
leaving Hong Kong - loating Hong Kong
Accepting Passengers & Cargo for all the above mentioned port.
HONG KONG
SAIGON
SINGAPORE—PENANG-RANGOON Regular Express, Barvics '-
m. “HAI HING" leaving Hong Kong
„Accepting cargo for all the above mentioned ports.
Excellent passenger accommodation available.
"For freight, pamage rates and all other information-Apply to im
THORESEN & CO., LTD.
Tel: 809371
General Agouts,
Queen's Building.
4 7-1/32
Merchant Ratn
US Dollars, $7-1/8.-
Silver Duty Rate
"The Central Bank of China's
SILVER MARKET
LONDON SILVER
London, Sept. 27 (Reuter).
rate on London at 10 am, to-day 6lver featureless' and
INDO-CHINA
was 1/2-1/2d, unchanged from yes- idle. In the afternoon, but STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD
terday:
The Equalisation rate was 241
per cent.
New York Exchange
New York, Sept. 27 (Reuter). TT. on London (Opening Rate). 4.00-1/2.
Calcutta Exchange
Calcutta, Sept. 27 (Reuter).
TT. on Japan, 79.
LONDON METALS
EXCHANGE London, Sept. 27 (Router). buyers, sellers
TIN [Standard, Cash 229-1/2 - - 230,
Standard,
3 months 227-1/2
ness was transacted, Pan
Spot, 29-1/24.
Forward, 23-1/2d.
NEW YORK SILVER New York, Sept. 27 (Reuter) Official Price, 37-1/4,
BOMBAY SILVER Bombay, Sept., 27 (Reuter). Market Uncertain, m
Operating Services for Cargo and Passengers
TO-
SWATOW, SHANGHAL, TSINGTAU, CHEFOO
and TIENTSIN
KOBE and OSAKA
BINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA
SANDAKAN
HAIPHONG
Oftake 50 bars.
Indian Mint Silver
Ready
Oct. 7 Settlement Nov. 4 Settlement
61-04 61-06 61-12
For further particulars.
please apply to
LONDON GOLD
London, Bept. 27 (Reuter).
Bar Gold: Fine. Der Om,166.:
JARDINE MATHE TELEPHONE ZORIL GENERA
Bart DEPOSIT BOXES TO LET.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager.
ท.
Patani Swntow
Hamburg (Johore) Tientsin
Mukden Tokyo Harbin New York Txingtao Hongkow Peiping Yokohama Iloilo
KUALA
AGENCIES: IDEE CLIVE STENXT FAIRLIK PLACE CASTON
HAIPHONG HAMBURG HANKOW
LUMPUR
MADEAS MANILA
MIDAN
NEW YORK FRIPING
(Peking)
» TIENTSIN
TONGEAN
(Bhuket) MINOTAO ΤΟΣΟΣΑΝΑ
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General. Banking Business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNT opened and FIXED DEPOSIT received for One Year or shorter periods in Local or Other Currencies at rates which will be quoted on application..
SAVINGS ACCOUNra also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interest allowed at rates obtainable on application.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DEPOSITE The Bank's Head Office in London received for one year or shorter undertakes Executor and Trustee periods in Local and other Car business, and claims recovery of rencies on terms which will be British Income Tax overpaid, on quoted on application.
terms which may be ascertained at any of the Agencies and Branches."
R... A. CAMIDGE,
Manager.
Aao up to date SAFE DEPOSIT ROXES in various sizes To Lar Hong Kong, 25th September, 1939,
HONGKONG SAVINGS
BANK
The Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKUNG & SHANGHAI BANKING COR- PORATION. Rules may be obtain- ed on application.
For the HosGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 25th Feb., 1839.
Board of Directors:
Bir Bhonson Chow, Chairman
Li Koon Chun, Esq. Li Lan Sang, Eng. P. K. Kwok, Bay, Wong Chu dan, keq. Wong Yas Tong, Esq. Kan Ying Po, Pag. Chan Ching Shok, Esq. Fung Ping Walk Nag Kan Tong Pu, Esq., Chief Manager. Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager.
Branches and Agencies :---
Kowloon Pasar Sungapars London Bacgoon Bourabaya
Saigos Swałow Melbourne San Fran-Sydney
cisco Tintin
New York Bestia Par
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Loans granted on approved securities.
THE CHASE BANK
16, QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINK STAKET,
NEW YORK. An American Bank offering com-
plete Foreign Banking Service in the principal Markets of the world.
Interest Rates on Application.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
This Bank is entirely owned by
THE CHARS NATIONAL BANK,. New York, with souros of OT U.A.$2,500,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Second Vice Pres
BANK OF CHINA
Specially Chartered by
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF CHINA AS AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK PAID-UP CAPITAL $40,000,000.00 (BRANCHES ALL OVER CHINA) Owing to our numerous Branches in China and connections in the principal Commercial Centres of the World, we are able to extend to our Clients special facilities for Domestic and Foreigo Banking and. Exchange.
Head Office:SHANGHAI Hong Kong Branch:
4, QUEEN'S ROAD, C. South China Offices:"
Current Accounts opened in Local SWATOW
Currency and Fixed Deposits re SHIUCHOW
periods in Local and Foreign Cur
KONGMOON TOISHAN
KINGCHOW
We also handle the issue of Bonds
rencies on terms which will and other Public Funds of the quoted on application.
Chines: Government both at Home and Abwind.
BATAVIA BOMBAY
ILOILO 1708
CALCUTTA
KARACEL YLANG
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
BITIAWAN
BOURABAYA
TAIPING
GAL GOZE
BEREMBANT
CAWNPORE
KUCHING
CEBU
COLOMBO DETAI
יי
CANTON
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
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