Asia Closing Market Report - Wednesday, December 3rd 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.5307 (1.532), Mal Ringgit 3.638 (3.637), Indo Rupiah 11900 (12000), Euro 1.2626 (1.2632) Indian Rupee 50.03 (50.17), Thai Baht 35.58 (35.61), Phil Pesos 49.02 (49.42), Japanese Yen 92.99 (93.02), Chinese Yuan 6.878 (6.878)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 1,640.57 up 1.39 points, KLCI 847.53 up 1.78 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,192.52 up 1.17 points, Hang Seng Index : 13,588.66 up 182.81 points, Nikkei 225 : 8,004.10 up 140.41 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Jan delivery was up USD0.38 at USD47.34 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Jan 827 -0.5, Mar 833.75 -0.75, May 844 +3.5
Soyoil : Dec 30.65 +0.23, Jan 30.70 -0.07, Mar 31.15 -0.05
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Jan 3624 +41, Mar 3416 +20, May 3137 -2
Soyoil : Jan 6310 -36, Mar 5954 -54, May 5940 -110
Palm Oil : Jan 4618 +68, Mar 4698 +72, May 4696 +12
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Dec 2008 1540 -51 1570 1540 114 lots
Jan 2008 1540 -63 1579 1535 903 lots
Feb 2008 1536 -67 1590 1527 6243 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 9,022 lots at the close
The open interest on the MDEX is at 92,830 lots (91,506 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Dec 520s, JFM 515s, AMJ 522.50s/510b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : Dec 490s, JFM 490s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Dec 350s PK/PGG
PFAD : Dec 300s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Dec 430s, JFM 430s, AMJ 440s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Dec RM 1560s/1540b
Local CPKO : South - Dec RM 99s per pikul
Central - Dec RM 99s per pikul
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Posted at 02:12AM Dec 03, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |