London, Apr. 20.
Among commodities, sugar early advanced on active covering in near positions, but later eased on profit taking. A feature was provided for wheat in Liverpool today by the sale of 50,000 tons of wheat to the United Kingdom; of which 25,000 tons comprised Canadian wheat, 15,000 tons Australian and 10,000 tons Argentine.
London Rubber: Spot buyers 7jj unc:
sellers 8 unc; May del. buyers 7}j une; sellers 8 unc.
London Sugar (buyers): May 7/2 4214; Aug. T/- 4.14; Dec. 6/414 unc. Liverpool Wheat: (N.C) May 4/3)
July 4/4% unc; Oct. 4/654 unc. Liverpool Cotton: American Futures:
May 488—3; July 430—5; Oct. 426—9; Jan. 42i—9. Egyptian Futures (Giza, F.G.F. No. 7): No. 2 Contract May 642—8; July 651—8; Sept. 651—8; Oct. 680—1 London Metals: Copper. Standard. cash sellers £41] +a: 3 mths sellers £42, +4: Copper. Electrolytic, buyers £48 +19: sellers £48% unc; Tin, Stan. cash sellers £218% unc; 3 mths sellers £21614—!$: Lead. For. official price sellers £147%—'&: 3 mths del.
official price sellers £l} yy:
Spelter. Ord. official price sellers £13; unc; 3 mths del. official price sellers £13]j une—Reuter.
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