Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, March 1st 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.404 (1.412), Mal Ringgit 3.387 (3.408), Indo Rupiah 9320 (9345), Euro: USD1.3608 (USD1.346) Indian Rupee 45.95 (46.405), Thai Baht 33.04 (33.06) Phil Pesos 46.20 (46.09) Japanese Yen 89.09 (89.61), Chinese Yuan 6.8257 (6.8282)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 4.23 to 10,325.26 points.
STI 2,771.05 up 20.19, KLCI 1,283.31 up 12.53, JKT Composite Index 2,555.78 up 6.75, Hang Seng Index : 21,000.12 up 391.42 , Nikkei 225 : 10,201.22 up 74.50
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.49 to USD79.66 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was up USD0.51 to USD80.17 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 951 +9.5, May 961 +11, Jul 969 +11.5
Soyoil : Mar 39.29 +0.76, May 39.70 +0.73, Jul 40.13 +0.72
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 950.25 -0.75, May 962.50 +1.5, Jul 970.75 +1.75
Soyoil : Mar 39.36 +0.07, May 39.76 +0.06, Jul 40.20 +0.07
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4102 +33, Sep 3893 +60, Jan 3808 +42
Soyoil : May 7382 +52, Sep 7524 +64
Palm Oil : May 6836 +54, Sep 6950 +60
February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 1,206,859 vs 1,496,805 -19.4%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2640 +45 2640 2595 97 lots
Apr 2010 2641 +51 2642 2622 1242 lots
May 2010 2636 +41 2638 2617 4319 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,090 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 25/02/10 is 82,428 lots (82,981 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 807.50/795, AMJ 807.50/800, JAS 800/795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 792.50
RBDP Stearin : Mar 770 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 780, AMJ 780/770, JAS 770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2650/2635
Local CPKO : Central – Mar RM 185 per pikul
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Posted at 08:40PM Feb 28, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |