Last Salc
STOCKS
Aug. 20
Last Sat
Aug. 20
71
66
22+
29
Kurinecol Copper Libbey-Owens-Ford
38
Glass
28
R2
Lockneed Aircraft
271
40
Loew's Inc.
301
On demand
事
Martin, Glen L. Co.
27
Singapore:-
214
Montgomery Ward
348
On demand
Amer, Locomotive on
134
National Aviation
04
Ju Japan!---
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FOREIGN MARKETS & QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
STOCKS
Adama Express
Allis Chalmers
Amer. Can
Alleghany Steel Co.
American Cyanamid B
Foreign Power Amer
Amer & Foreign $7 pf
QUOTATION
(REUTER'S SERVICE)
AUGUST 21 1941.
; Johnamanville
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
AUGUST 21, 1941.
in London:
Telegraphic Transfer, 1/2 7/4 Bank Bills, on demand 1/2 7/3 Credits 4 months' sight
›n Shanghai:--
N.Y. Commodity Market
(REUTER'S SERVICE
Previous
New York, Aug. 20.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1941.
HONGKONG SHARE QUOTATIONS
STOCK KICHANGE,
Royars
Bellcra
Sales Nominat
SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
THURSDAY
21 AUGUST,
Bayer
Bailers Han
$1385
VY. Cotton, Oct. Chicago Wheat, Sept. Chicago Corn, Sept.
Close High Low 16.20 16.61
1114 1131
77
Close Charge 16.24 16.56 36 up
1117 1134 778 17 738
Banks
1.K. Banks
$1390
F
ETA
Do. (Col. Reg.)
£74
Do. (Lon. Reg.)
Chartered Banks......
223
211
$76
Mercantile Bks. "A". Marcantile ka. "C" Bank of East Asia...... N. C. & B. Banks.............. Insurances
£74 EA £23j
£11
875
17 ct
18 up
$225
8410
up
NEW YORK COTTON
8186
.... 406
52 8/4
Cct.
16.56/66
Dec.
16.76/77
Amer, Metais.....
19+
Nat Dairy Products
144
On demand
102 1/4
Jan
16.76/78
Amer, Radiator
6
National Distillers
221
On India:—
Mar.
16.88/89
Amer Rolling M
148
Nat Power & Eight
61
Telegraphic Transfer.
Amer. Sting and Ring Co.
411
National Supply Corp
77
and demand
182 6/6
May
16.89/90
July
Amer Sugar Refining
181*
Amer Tel Tel.
1521
New York Cenual ..... Niagara Hudson Power
128
in New York;—
21
Amer, Tobacco "B"
694
Amer Waterworks
42
N American Aviation North American Co
15
(New)
121
On Batavia :---
Anaconda Copper
28
Northern Pacific
On demand
....... 46 3/4
Atchison T & 3 Fe
281
Packard Motors
3
Paria:
Aviation Corp.
3A
Pantepec Oil Ven
41
Baldwin Locomotive Co.
158
Paramount Pictures
15
Bank Bills, on demand Now. Credits 4 months' sight Nora.
Baltimore & Ohio...
4*
Pennsylvania R.R
231
In Saigon:-
Barnsdal ON
០៥
Philips Petroleum
441
On demand
106
| NEW YORK HIDES
Dec.
14,45b/495
Total sales-24 lots. First Notice Day-25/11 24, 12
Bank Bills, on demand 24 15/16 Credits, 60 days' sight 20 5/8
16.83 N. Tuesday's sales:-112,700 bales First Notice Day-1/10 Last. 23.10.
LONDON STOCK
EXCHANGE
(REUTER'8 SERVICE)
London, Augut 28. The following quotations are the middle prices at the close of the market in London. All quotations are subject to confirmation and ma responsibility is assumed for errors in transmission.
Closing Ranges Changes
36 up
36 up
.37 up
:
.36 up
37 up
37 up
190
LY
$70
48/9
$6.50
#01
28.05 $16
.10 up
£
---
$28
13/6
War Loan, 34%
(Red
Last-
after 1962). Defence Loan, 3%
Bendix Aviation
371
Pullman Ine
284
Jo Manila:--
Canton-Kloon Rly. 5%
105-3/16 101 13
83.45 83.65
Canton InsuTBNOW................ Union Insurances....
Underwriters
H.K. Fires.......
Shipping
$120 Douglase
Steamboats
Indo-Chinas (Pret.)... Indo-Chines (Del.)
aterboata........
Docks, Wharves, Godowns, etc. II.K. & K. Wharves Providente............. H.K. Docks (Old).....
H.K. Docks (Now) +Shanghai Docks.
hailan Ranba
Mining
2 cts. Hong K1ng Mines...
Lands, Hotels and
Buildings
H.K. &. Hotels....
86.06
$.10
Sazt
8410
75 eta.
$186
9120
$8!
380
$70
48/8
26.
+
829
13/6
27.80
$34
Bethlehem Steel
Puit O
સમ
On demand
....... 49 7/6
CHICAGO WHEAT
→
Chinese 44% Gold Loan
X.D. $30
H.K. Laads..
Bast
Bliss & Co., EW. (com)
16
Radio Corpn. of Am.
48
On Bangkok:~
Boeing Airplane Co.
19
Reading Company.
Com
150
On demano
148
Sept. Dec
113/113)
11 up
1898 (Brit. Issue)
47
1974
Do. 4% Debentures
897
116 1167
I up
Chinese 5% Gold Bonds.
20
Shanghai Lands
Borg-Warner
194
Remington Arms Co., Inc
44"
On Sterling Notes:-
May
119/1195
1 up
1925/47
45
$3.90
$7
Briggs Mfg. Co.
19
Republle Aviation Corp.
34
Bank Buying Rate
Now,
Chin. 44% Anglo-French
1.K. Renlties.......... Humphraye.....
$3.30
$6.80
Budo Mfacturing Corp
42
Republic Steel
204
Bar Sliver per os
23 7/16
Canadian Pacific
42
Reynold Tobac. "B"
Tuesday's bushels.
sales
9,207,000
#101
Loan, 1908
45
321
Chinese 5% Crisp Loan
Celanese Corp.
261
Schenley Distillers
171
Chesapeake & Oblo
372
Shell Union O
14
Chrysler
50
Socony-Vacunum Ou
FROM ROZA BROS.
Columbla Gas & Elec
27
Southern Pucttle
14
Thursday, Aug. 21.
Commercial Credit Co.
23A
Southern Rly $5 pfd.
Corn & Southern (Ord.)
#
Spicer Manufacturing Co
38**
Consolidated Edison Co
173
Standard Brands
58
Consuildated Ol
G
Standard Gas & Elec.
17#
a: 23.7/16 for both Ready and nec. Bilver advices reported May Forward.
Market Report
Sliver prices were unchanged yesterday, the quotations remaining CHICAGO RYE
CHICAGO CORN
1912
301
::
Sept.
771/770
3 up
Chinese 5% Reorg. Loan
Dec.
812/811
up
1913 (Ldh. IB.)
May
85/954
#
up
Chinese 8% Ster, Notes
8
1925 (Vickers)
10
$171
Chin Imperial Rly. 5%
7240
1
Ip
Loan
57
7740
14 up
Honan Rly, 5% 1905
X.D.
14
52*:
887
Chinese Estates.
Cotton Mills Ewo (8.)
8305 S'hai Cottons (8.)
Zoong Sings (8.). Wing On Textiles (N
Public Utilities
H.K. Tramways.
Pesk Trams (old). Peak Trams (now)..
8377
$300
$125
$17.80
$74
$34
Star Ferries....
349
ID.
277
Copperweld Steel
154
Standard O of N.J
+
the market as being steady but
Hukuang Rly. 6%. 1911
I'mati Ferries......
$227
Ourtiss Wright (C)
91
Studebaker Com
50
NEW YORK LARD
let.
American Silver was quoted
Distillers Corp. (Seagrams)
16
Swift International
224
at 34.3/4 for Spot.
Sept.
10,00b
,23 up
(L.P. N/Y Isque) Hukuang Rip 5%. 1911
15
ہیں
25.08 $1.30 822
$8
Chins Lights (0)..............
XRta $22
Douglas Aircraft
71
Technicolor
ទរ
The London, New York cross- Dec.
10.37b
22 up
Du Pont de Nemurs
158
Texas Corpn
41
rate was quoted at 4021/2. New
Eagle Picher Lead
Frans-America Co
44
York/London was quoted at 403. NEW YORK BLACK PEPPER
Elec. Autolite Ce
28
20th Cent, Fox Film, Com.
B
Sept.
1/4.
Elec Boud & Share
24
Union Bag & Paper Corp.
101
MARKET
Dcc.
0,0lb/05a 01 up 6.14b17a .02 up
Elec Bend & Share $5 pi.
544
Union Paulfie
82
Quiet
Elec Bond & Share $8 pt.
50
United Aircraft
40
STERLING
Elee Power & Light $7 pr.
35
United Airlines Trans
11#
Funtkove
141
United Corpo
$
Gen Electric
32
United Corpn. $3 cum pt.
23
Gen Motors
38)
United
Gas Improvement
72
There were sellers at 1/3 up to October buyers at 1/3.1/32 for Casti.
Gen. Rallway Bignal
{
UB Rubber
223
I. S. DOLLARS
Gen Tire & Rubber
121*
U.S. Steel
57
Gondrich (B.F.)
187
Vanadium.
25
Selling rate to Merchants 25.1/16
at
Goodyear Tire & Rubber..
193
Vultee Aircraft
7?
SHANGHAI DOLLARS
May
Great Northern Iron Ore
17
Walworth Co.
5
Last Trading day-23/9.
NEW YORK COTTONSEED OIL
Sept. Dec.
NEW YORK SUGAR NO. 4
1.800 Sept
064 up Dec.
1,014/92 07 up 1.934794 ,04 up
12.17b/10a 22 up 11.76b/81a 16 up
(German Issue)
Lung Tsing & Hai
Rly. 5%. 1913
S'hai-N'king Rly. 5% Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
-(Brit, Stpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(German Stpd.) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Brit. Stpd. Supl, Loan) Tientsin-Pukow Rly. 5%
(Ger, Stpd. Buul. Loan)
Jap. 4% Ster. Loan, 1924 24 Ger. 7% Intl Loan, 1924 51 Chartered Bant
Business reported at 501.
Great Northern Rly, pfd
20
Warner Bros. Plet.
51
Great Western Sugar
20*
Westinghouse Bec
018
SHANGHAI MARKET
Inter. Nickel
27
Woodward Iron Cor.
20
Inter Paper & Power
18
Chase National Bank
304*
Int. Tel & Tel. (Pan Is.)
24*
National City Bank
27+
Officiel rate to Merchants Sterling at 3.5/32 and US Dollars at 5.5/16.
Last Notice day:-2/9. Business done:-877 lots.
for|NEW YORK COCOA
H.K. & Shal Banking
Corp. (Ldn, Reg.)....
Sept
Dec.
7.52 N 7.62 N
.01 up unch.
AFTERNOON MARKET
DOW JONES AVERAGE
Quiet..
30.88 26.54 20
20.66 17.22 15
92.19
89.56 40
79.48 56.46 11
1943
High
13.0 115,30 30
Low Dow Jones Averages
Industriala
Aug. 19,
Aug. 21, 1941. High Low Close
125,67
Raile
30.12
Utilities
16.33
30.28 30.04 30.21 18.42 18.30 18.35
Ronds
90.68
Commodity Index
78.30
90.83 79 15 Business Done:-190400 shares
.02 up 03 oft 8hup
Cash.
STERLING
Change
126.42 126,48 126,01
Official rate to Merchants
the
Opening
London New York Japan India Paris .... Hongkong
unquoted
Government) ....... 13,162 13,162
(Figures in Lakhs Rupees)
17-1/2
unquoted 21
Beaverbrook Conference
Lust Notice Day-23/9.
NEW FOER WOOL GREASE
92.8b/93.08
.44 up There were sellers at 1/3 up Dec.
O up to October, buyers at 1/3.1/32 for NY. Official Silver
CHINESE DOLLAR
POSITION
CHUNGKING, Aug. 21 (Reuter)
U. S. DOLLARS Selling rate to Merchants 25.1/16.
SHANGHAI DOLLARS Nominal 506.
SHANGHAI MARKET
N.Y./London Cross Rate
at RESERVE BANK OF
INDIA STATEMENT
Calcutta, Aug. 20 (Reuter).
Aug. 8 Aug. 15
-Reuter has been informed that for Sterling at 3.5/32 and U. S. the strengthening of the Chinese Dollars at 5,5/18.
dollar has
caused heavy sales in old British
Stabilisation Shanghai Exchange
PAYMENT OF BRITISH
DEFENCE ORDERS Fund,
It is predicted that the Chinese NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (Reuter)-- One of the chief points Lord Bea-dollar will not fall below the pre verbrook is now discussing with sent rate and when the new Fund President Roosevelt, according to starts to work, the Chinese dollar the Washington correspondent of may even get stronger.
Reuter learns that the new the Wall Street Journal, concerns
Sino-British-American Stabilisation British payments for delence or- ders contracted for prior to the Fund may start working within a Lease-Lend arrangements entering few weeks. into force.
The Journal says that it 18 re Hably reported that Lord Beaver- brook has asked that the United States should take over all the existing British contracts, under- stood to involve, $1,500,000,000.
DOLLAR POSITION
It is learned authoritatively that the United States Treasury Department is co-operating with British officials to relieve. Britain's dollar position and is working on a plan whereby the United States
H.K. Stock Exchange
Thursday, Aug. 21. BUYERS
HK, Govt. 4% Loan, 90. H.K. Govt. 33% Loan (1934), 05. H.K. Govt. 3% Loan (1940), 95. HK, Bank, $1385, Canton Ins.. $225, Union Ins., $410.
Government would assume out-HK, Fire Ins., $185.
standing
payments under the Loase-Lend Act on a certain per- centage of orders contracted for by the British before the adoption of the Ret.
However, it is stressed that the proportion of such payments to be taken over by the United States is not yet fixed and well-informed quarters aro inclined to feel that the report in the Wall Street Journal that the United States Government would take over one- "third of such payments la ox
aggorated
US FOODSTUFFA
Providents, $0.05, Chinese Estates, $101. Lights (N), $1.08. Entertainments, $6.50.
SELLERS
Hotels, $3.65, Trams, $17 23. Telophones (O), $23.50.
SALES
Shanghai, Aug 21 (Reuter).
ometal T.T: Ratem
Notes in circulation including Notes held in the Bank- ing Department)... 29,181 29.179
Rupee Coin Bulion
In India
Gold Coin and Bul-*
lion in India
Becurities (Indian
Government)
0/3-5/32 securities (British
B-5/26
Silver Duty Rate The Central Bank of China's rate on Lordon at 10 am, todas was 1/2-1/21.
The Equalisation rate was 24-1/4
per cent
India Rupee Paper
Bombay, Aug. 20 (Reuter). Govt. 34% Rupee. 96-9-0.
HONGKONG
SHAREBROKERS
ASSOCIATION Volume of Business Transacted on Thursday, Aug. 21, 1941, SALES
Bank of East, Asia... China Lights (0) .... China Lights (N) China Providents
H.K, Docks
200 75,00
090
500
121
-1 30
1,000. 4.15
500 8.16
ILK. Elvetrica (0) ... HR Wharves Macau Electrics
cases of eggs, 3,104,000 pounds of
Dooks, $16. Providents, $0.15/0.10. Mlectrics (0) X. Rts.. $22, Macao Electrics, $18.80.
The Agriculture Department an-dried pears, of which the bulk, it nounced the purchase of 1,329,000 is understood, will be exported to pounds of American cheese, 6,580 Britain,
LONDON SILVER London, Aug. 20 (Reuter). Silver--Market, quietly steady
London Reaction To with no bustness.
Chinese $ Rise
LONDON, Aug. 21 (Central) Financial circles in London con- sider the action of the Chinese Currency stabilisation Board in improving the value of the Chin-
ese dollar as an indisputable ex- Anglo American de-
Spot, 23-7/164,
Forward, 23-7/164.
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
LONDON, Aug. 21 (Reuter
Standard, Cash, Middle The Stock. Exchange
yesterday
Tin, Standard, 3 Months, Middle with most sections tending to be higher despite light profit-taking. Price, £259-7/8.
Home-rails were again the main feature with moderate further. advances while gilt-edged holdings were firmly held.
Market barely steady. Tired liquidation of "cash"
was fairly Smelters well absorbed.
again offered "3 months" but adopted a price Umit policy, refusing to se- cept bids below £260. After hours again good, as also were breweries,
5 tons at unchanged prices.
LONDON GOLD
London, Aug 20 (Router). Bar Gold, Fine per oz., 1687-
Among industrials, textiles. es- pecially Bradford stocks, were
rayons and motors, but tobaccos and shipping were reactionary.
Katrs maintained their levels, olls were a shade harder and rub- bers were not affected by the "Increase."
INDO-CHINA
termination, to put their financial STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD
weight behind Chungking,
The action, which is clearly in Operating Services. for Cargo and Passengers
the nature of economie reinforce- ment for China, is believed to be.
the result of the Board's newly devised plan for dealing with ex- change problem.
S'HAI SHORTAGE OF FUELS
an
CHUNGKING, Auk. 21 (Central), +1,300 16.15 Shanghal is experiencing 100 18.10 acute shortage of fuels,⠀⠀
the residents 200 10.00 100 22.00 economise electricity the Shanghal- 20 9100 Muntelpal Council has ordered the 18.50 collection of extra charges for the consumption of electricity over certain mite Meanwhile, the Counol) istudying the problem of the source of coal supply,
200
4,440
Bale..on Wednesday, 20th Inst The total value is #62;650,907
TO-
BWATOW, SHANGHAI, TSINGTAU, CHEFOO
and TIENTSIN
KOBE and OSAKA
SINGAPORE, PENANG and CALCUTTA
SANDAKAN
HAIPHONG
All stemimurs borth alongsitle -the Roosevelt Terminal in the Frenck Concession at Shanghai, whero' passengers and cargo are landed.
For further particulare
please apply to--
ARDINE
HK. & 'bal BankinŰR Corp. (Col. Reg.)..... Chinese Eng & Mining
(bearer) Chosen Corporalion Mercantile Bank of In
dia. 25. "CI
གླ ཤཱཀྰ ཚྭ ྃ ྂ བ¢
3211
China Lights (New)... 81.30 H. K. Electrice (Old). 292) H. K. Electrice New).. $21 H.K. Electrio (Ris.) 11
X.B.
818.40
Macho Electrics
Macao Electrics
#23
12)
$19 Sandakan Lights........
Tetepliones (old)....................) $25 Telephones (new)....................
Industrials
#23)
881
121
$30
Cald., Maog. (Ord.) 8.
$20
Cald., Macg. (Pret.)E
124
$1
Canton Ices.....1...
$15
Coments
39
HK. Ropes
**
ILK, Gori. Loems
898
4% Loen
200
31%
(1984)
75 eta.
815
88.05
98.
940
895
31%
(1940)..
$184
Miscellaneous
Dairy Farms.
Entertainments
#19
$1.60 Constructiona (old).
$1.65
80 ots. Constructions (as)...
: 86 45, Lane Crawfords...
13/01
Nanyang Tobacco.....
83+
4/-
$21
Sinceres
$11
Watsons
11+
842
CL. G.5% 1925G$Bds.
Pekin Syndicate
1/-
$39
H.K. Wing On
4
up Shal Elec, Constr. Co. 34-3/4 Shal Waterworks "A" 4.03-1/4 Union Insurance
18/-
S'hui Wing Oo
97.20 Vibro Piling
15
6/3
Mersmann Inv. (Lon;}
22
1/6
Marsmong Jav. (H.K.)
Gula Kalumpang Rubber
15
SH
Wm. Powells..
Lon.. Mid. & Scot., Rly.
152
N.A. Chemicals (HK)
Great Western Rly.
413
Bale to Shanghai
National Bank of India B.-A. Tob. (bearer) Dunlop Rather,
324
86/10
LONDON METALS
36/3
Bristol Aeroplane
EXCHANGE
10/9
Imperial Chemical Ind. 31/9 United Steel
London, Aug. 20 (Reuter).
23/9
Tin,
Woolworths
58/9
Price, £256-7/8
continued to be arm generally
Marsman Investments Western Holdings
6/8
17/9
3,728 3,725 Sub-Nigel
142/6
4,441 4,441
7,548 7,849
Sheli Trans. & Trad.
(bearer) * bid
48/9
i ex div..
SILVER MARKET
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