Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, February 12th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.411 (1.412), Mal Ringgit 3.419 (3.419), Indo Rupiah 9355 (9365), Euro: USD1.366 (USD1.378) Indian Rupee 46.46 (46.42), Thai Baht 33.16 (33.15) Phil Pesos 46.29 (46.28) Japanese Yen 89.58 (89.83), Chinese Yuan 6.8317 (6.8295)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 105.81 to 10,144.19 points.
STI 2,760.32 up 6.69, KLCI 1,252.15 up 2.73, JKT Composite Index 2,531.25 up 23.50, Hang Seng Index : 20,357.79 up 67.10 , Nikkei 225 : 10,056.23 up 92.24
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Mar was up USD0.76 to USD75.28 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Mar was up USD0.38 to USD74.90 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 943 +5.5, May 952 +5, Jul 958.80 +4.25
Soyoil : Mar 38.14 -0.13, May 38.63 -0.12, Jul 39.08 -0.13
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 937.75 -5.25, May 947 -5, Jul 954 -4.75
Soyoil : Mar 37.92 -0.22, May 38.36 -0.27, Jul 38.81 -0.27
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4083 -9, Sep 3782 -25, Jan 3713 -19
Soyoil : May 7258 -64, Sep 7390 -50
Palm Oil : May 6670 -70, Sep 6792 -40
1-10days February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 370,727 vs 351,818 +5.37%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Feb 2010 2575 -16 2575 2575 80 lots
Mar 2010 2570 -16 2573 2553 211 lots
Apr 2010 2568 -12 2573 2546 1567 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,202 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 11/02/10 is 78,551 lots (77,624 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 790/780, AMJ 790/785, JAS 785/780,
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Feb 775
RBDP Stearin : Feb 730 PK/PGG
PFAD : Feb 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 760, AMJ 757.50/752.50, JAS 755
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Feb RM 2585/2570
Local CPKO : Central – Mar/Apr RM 179 per pikul
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Posted at 08:49PM Feb 11, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |

