Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, February 17th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.402 (1.411), Mal Ringgit 3.384 (3.419), Indo Rupiah 9280 (9355), Euro: USD1.377 (USD1.366) Indian Rupee 45.99 (46.46), Thai Baht 33.12 (33.16) Phil Pesos 46.08 (46.29) Japanese Yen 90.29 (89.58), Chinese Yuan 6.8336 (6.8317)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 169.67 10,244.62 points.
STI 2,794.54 up 35.64, KLCI 1,263.94 up 10.55, JKT Composite Index 2,575.52 up 17.02, Hang Seng Index : 20,627.72 up 359.03 , Nikkei 225 : 10,306.83 up 272.58
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Mar was up USD2.88 to USD77.01 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Mar was up USD0.30 to USD77.31 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 965.50 +20.5, May 974.50 +20.5, Jul 981.80 +21
Soyoil : Mar 38.95 +1.11, May 39.43 +1.11, Jul 39.89 +1.11
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 962 -3.5, May 971 -3.5, Jul 978 -3.75
Soyoil : Mar 38.75 -0.2, May 39.24 -0.19, Jul 39.74 -0.15
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4090 -2, Sep 3776 -31, Jan 3714 -18
Soyoil : May 7272 -50, Sep 7400 -40
Palm Oil : May 6694 -46, Sep 6782 -50
1-15days February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 565,114 vs 669,758 -15.62%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2622 +36 2625 2609 702 lots
Apr 2010 2617 +38 2625 2609 1803 lots
May 2010 2618 +38 2623 2606 3420 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,425 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 12/02/10 is 79,210 lots (78,551 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 815/805, AMJ 810/800, JAS 805/795,
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 800
RBDP Stearin : Mar 760 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : unquoted
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2630/2620
Local CPKO : Central – Mar/Apr RM 183 per pikul
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Posted at 10:26PM Feb 16, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |