The Archive · 1939

British Commodities

Wednesday's Closing Quotations

London, Jan. 18.

Among commodities jute ruled very firm on a scarcity of sellers and in face of good speculative demand, based on talk of a coming reduction in the Calcutta working.hours to 40 hours weekly.

London Rubber: Spot, buyers 7H -si sellers 83; +i; Feb. delivery, buyers ite +a; sellers 8 unch.

London Sugar (Buyers): Mar. 6/3 unch; May 6/24 unch; Aug. 6/2% unch. Liverpool Wheat: Mar. 4/9 +114; May July (New Contract)

Liverpool Cotton: American Futures: Jan. 485 42; Mar. 482 42; May 478 +i July 468 +3; Egyptian Futures (Giza, F.G.F. No. 7): Jan. 692 +7; May 6.78 +3.

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