The Archive · 1939

British Commodities

Thursday's Closing Quotations

London, May 18.

Commodities, on the whole, ruled idle and featureless.

London Rubber: Spot buyers 8, unc; Sellers 81 une. June del. buyers 8y Une; sellers 814 unc.

London Sugar (Buyers): Aug.

19 March Liverpool Wheat (New Contract): May 4/31 Hih; July 4/47 unc; Oct. 4/67%

Liverpool Cotton: American Futures May 5.03—3; July 4.78—3: Sept. 430—4; Oct 444—6. Egyptian Futures (Giza, F.G.F. No. 7) No. 2 Contract May 632—2; July 642—2; Sept. 642 Oct 648—2.

London Metals: Copper, Standard, cash sellers £41—ji; 3 mths del. sellers Sie elis "Barer Electrolytic buyers £47% Tin, Stan. 3 mths del. Sellers £2284 unc. Lead, Foreign. official price, sellers £144—jA; 3 mths del. sellers £14%,—!&. Spelter. Ordinary, official price. sellers £13! =h; 3 mths del. sellers £13] unc.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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