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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

May 26, 1972

Page

2

Mining shares falter after gains on Sydney exchange

Peko drops twenty percent as profits take hold while Oils vary and industrials mix on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Mining leaders hold gains with CRA at 96.9 but others slide. Travelodge and Ampol explore takeover chatter. BHP and ANZ steady amid mixed bank and industrial activity. Read with caution for OCR spelling errors and misprints.

Sydney Stock Exchange Almos Ampol Benk WSW BHP Gapain Melbourne Stock Exchange Rocka Pelican No Bass Strait Philip ANZ Bank of Msw Natomas Benk Commercial Bank of Australia RW. Miller Brisbane Stock Exchange Ocarina Cartlemaine Perkins Mere Bros

Sydney Stock Exchange prices and market notes

A dense clipping shows Sydney Stock Exchange prices with figures for shares and bonds, including brokers and traders names, quantities, and brief market movements. The page also mentions Wall Street activity with summaries of downdrafts and notable price shifts across sectors.

Share price indices and sector totals in a volatile session

A chaotic OCR snapshot shows varied share price indices across sectors such as Banks Insurance and Other Finance with values around 325 to 245 while All Ordinaries trades near 87. The data includes mixed figures for Mining, Auto, Textiles, and Steel Engiing with inconsistent formatting and sporadic references to funds and equities.

Ex Steel

Leading Falls Oil Index Drops in Early Market Reports

Leading indicators show a slight decline with Bok NSW settling at 8.58 and oil index slipping 0.19 to 176.59. Individuals Kurt P Slater Sam Gold Magellan and Meldow appear in scattered quotes noting varied position changes and small price adjustments across several assets.

Bok Nsw DFC Kurt P Slater Sam Gold Magellan Meldow

Melbourne sales and industrial terms in 1921 era

A dense fragment lists various products, firms, and prices including Melbourne sales, industrial items such as MAC 130, Ademe WM 148, and Amber BAR I, with scattered references to networks, banks, and individuals like Webb, Nicholas, Peters, and Paterson. It reads as a catalog-like snapshot of commerce and goods names, prices, and entities in a noisy OCR fragment.

Wat Bank Yemcken York Bet Webb Nicholas Olympic Abestion Quererns Paterson Fi Peters Philips Peters Ashibar Rowe Herald Northa Bates

Sydney mining ad Merit Ex 285 Min 100 Mogul 34

A dense listing appears with numerous mining and commodity names, prices, and stock codes. Names like Apollo Arcadia Amec and Northland appear among many storefronts, metals quotes, and commodity tags.

Caripng M. Heel Lisd Ee Gaines Newmeta Apollo Arcadia Audinco Mi Coora Olympus Aurore Mungs Ck Pena Amal Barrier Northland Reef Gil South Buke Nullabor Nureau Samos Seicet Cary Bepd Castlereagh Coopers Cu Sydney Owl Feeceran Rad Foo Fata Sao

Mining and oil shares face caution amid mixed markets

In a volatile session, mining and oil stocks show mixed moves as investors weigh early data and global signals. Traders monitor commodity prices, corporate updates, and policy cues for direction while seeking safer assets amid uncertainty.

Rocla Drops Bid and Plans Bonus Issue Amid Takeover Skirmish

Rocla Industries Ltd Melbourne pipe maker moves to thwart Concrete Industries Monier Ltd takeover while withdrawing its bid for Coates and Co Ltd. Directors flag a planned bonus issue after asset revaluation lifting tangible assets per share to 2.43 dollars and reserves to over 5 million dollars, a move aimed at deterring the Concrete bid. The statement notes Rocla reluctantly withdraws Coates bid as market tactics block a formal offer. Various Melbourne and Sydney industry players report dividend changes, profit figures, and interim payments alongside other corporate updates.

Rocla Industries Ltd Concrete Industries (Monier) Ltd Coates and Co Ltd Rocla Melbourne Coare Stock Exchange Australian National Industries Ltd Coates

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