Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, February 23rd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4069 (1.407), Mal Ringgit 3.3965 (3.398), Indo Rupiah 9290 (9285), Euro: USD1.362 (USD1.363) Indian Rupee 46.16 (46.15), Thai Baht 33.02 (33.12) Phil Pesos 46.16 (46.28) Japanese Yen 91.04 (91.64), Chinese Yuan 6.829 (6.827)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 18.97 to 10,383.38 points.
STI 2,761.30 up 3.84, KLCI 1,266.60 up 0.16, JKT Composite Index 2,559.20 down 5.06, Hang Seng Index : 20,629.51 up 252.24 , Nikkei 225 : 10,341.66 down 58.81
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Mar was up USD0.35 to USD80.16 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.23 to USD80.08 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 961.50 +16.5, May 969 +14.5 Jul 975.30 +13.25
Soyoil : Mar 38.83 +0.31, May 39.30 +0.3, Jul 39.75 +0.29
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 961 -0.5, May 968 -1, Jul 973.75 -1.5
Soyoil : Mar 38.84 +0.01, May 39.31 +0.01, Jul 39.76 +0.01
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4098 -18, Sep 3855 +39, Jan 3779 +46
Soyoil : May 7394 +34, Sep 7530 +34
Palm Oil : May 6826 +18, Sep 6966 +44
1-20days February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 844,865 vs 924,003 -8.6%
SGS 865,593 vs 945,311 -8.4%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2642 -3 2648 2640 27 lots
Apr 2010 2638 -36 2650 2630 1819 lots
May 2010 2634 +3 2642 2622 3984 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,948 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 22/02/10 is 82,196 lots (81,398 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 807.50, AMJ 807.50/802.50, JAS 800/795
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 777.50/772.50, JAS 770/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2640/2620
Local CPKO : Central – Mar RM 184 per pikul
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Posted at 08:33PM Feb 22, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |