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MEĐUNARODNA ORGANIZACIJA ZA VUNU - eastern clean quotes - 15. kolovoza 1996. cijene su u australskim centima po kg _________________________________________________________________ Fine merino 19m 902 Med merino 21m 700 Fine merino 20m 796 Med merino 22m 608 Broad merino 23m 538 Comeback 25m 499 Broad merino 24m 513 Comeback 26m 484 Fine Xbred 27m 483n Med Xbred 29m 478n Fine Xbred 28m 482n Med Xbred 30m 475n Med Xbred 31m 470n Merino cardings 430 Xbred cardings 372 Eastern mkt ind 612 RTRS-Australian wool outlook remains positive SYDNEY, Aug 19 (Reuter) - Australian wool prices are expected to stabilise this week with the largest offering of the season, 95,084 bales being on offer in Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle, pastrol group Wesfarmers Dalgety said. "The outlook remains positive despite possible stabilisation", Wesfarmers said. "This is the largest offering for the season to date and in a predominantly supply driven environment, this is expected to have a stabilising influence." But Wesfarmers said fine wools will be in short supply given these prices continued strength and further dividing the market. "Beyond this week, the roster returns to limited quantities for the short term (prior to new season wools entering the market) suggesting further upward movement, a trend strongly supported by the futures market," Wesfarmers said. The eastern market indicator rose 10 cents to 612/kg clean. A total of 59,112 bales were offered, with 7.8 percent passed in. In the futures market for the week ended August 15, a total of 204 contracts were traded. Open interest fell by 47 contracts to close at 607. The August 1996 contract closed 14 cents up at 747 cents/kg clean. The October contract closed 23 cents up at 762 cents/kg clean. -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 373-1800 _________________________________________________________________ Bradford - cijene vune - 19. kolovoza 1996. cijene u penijima/kg _________________________________________________________________ MERINO CROSSBRED 70s SUPER 518 58s SUPER 391 66s SUPER 466 58s BLENDED 369 64s SUPER 423 56s SUPER 368 64s BLENDED 418 54s CARDED 355 60s SUPER 396 50s CARDED 335 60s BLENDED 377 58s ENGLISH 279 50s ENGLISH 267 56s ENGLISH 270 Bradford wool market brighter as holidays near end BRADFORD, Aug 19 (Reuter) - The Bradford wool market received an end-of-holiday boost as both domestic and export demand improved, led by blended tops, brokers reported on Monday. The number of forward contracts was up with some buyers placing orders several months in advance, they said. Although prices remained comparatively low, there were signs that sellers are beginning to resist uncompetitive bids, they added. The supply of South American blended tops is beginning to recover after a long spell of weakness related to cancelled orders originally placed by China, one source said. Most top quotations were unchanged in advance of the next Australian auction, brokers said. 201033 MET aug 96