Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, February 22nd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.407 (1.412), Mal Ringgit 3.398 (3.412), Indo Rupiah 9285 (9335), Euro: USD1.363 (USD1.347) Indian Rupee 46.15 (46.44), Thai Baht 33.12 (33.22) Phil Pesos 46.28 (46.09) Japanese Yen 91.64 (91.82), Chinese Yuan 6.827 (6.831)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 9.45 to 10,402.35 points.
STI 2,768.86 up 11.72, KLCI 1,264.88 up 7.21, JKT Composite Index 2,563.49 up 9.11, Hang Seng Index : 20,413.01 up 518.99 , Nikkei 225 : 10,357.51 up 233.93
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD0.64 to USD80.06 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was up USD0.37 to USD80.43 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 945 -3, May 954.50 -3, Jul 962 -3.25
Soyoil : Mar 38.52 -0.18, May 39.00 -0.18, Jul 39.46 -0.17
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 950.50 +5.5, May 959.75 +5.25, Jul 967 +5
Soyoil : Mar 38.80 +0.28, May 39.26 +0.26, Jul 39.72 +0.26
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4113 +27 Sep 3815 +35, Jan 3743 +29
Soyoil : May 7382 +112, Sep 7508 +108
Palm Oil : May 6826 +146, Sep 6938 +138
1-20days February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 844,865 vs 924,003 -8.6%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2634 +24 2642 2634 198 lots
Apr 2010 2631 +32 2645 2629 1337 lots
May 2010 2626 +30 2638 2621 3427 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,886 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 19/02/10 is 81,398 lots (80,465 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 807.50, AMJ 805/802.50, JAS 800/792.50, tdd AMJ 802.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 792.50
RBDP Stearin : Mar 750 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 780/770, AMJ 775/770, JAS 770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2640/2630
Local CPKO : Central – Mar RM 181 per pikul
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Posted at 09:18PM Feb 21, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |