Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, February 25th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.412 (1.4069), Mal Ringgit 3.408 (3.3965), Indo Rupiah 9345 (9290), Euro: USD1.346 (USD1.362) Indian Rupee 46.405 (46.16), Thai Baht 33.06 (33.02) Phil Pesos 46.09 (46.16) Japanese Yen 89.61 (91.04), Chinese Yuan 6.8282 (6.829)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 91.75 to 10,374.16 points.
STI 2,745.04 down 17.10, KLCI 1,274.61 up 3.83, JKT Composite Index 2,543.30 down 36.12, Hang Seng Index : 20,311.83 down 155.91 , Nikkei 225 : 10,111.93 down 86.90
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.14 to USD80.00 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.37 to USD79.63 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 955.50 +3, May 963 +3.5, Jul 970.50 +5
Soyoil : Mar 39.05 +0.74, May 39.50 +0.72, Jul 39.95 +0.72
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 949.25 -6.25, May 957 -6, Jul 964 -6.5
Soyoil : Mar 38.75 -0.3, May 39.20 -0.3, Jul 39.65 -0.3
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4085 -13, Sep 3847 -11, Jan 3768 -6
Soyoil : May 7348 -22, Sep 7478 -36
Palm Oil : May 6792 -52, Sep 6896 -66
1-25days February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 1,089,410 vs 1,213,221 -10.2%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2595 -5 2619 2595 27 lots
Apr 2010 2598 +8 2620 2594 1589 lots
May 2010 2591 +1 2615 2585 3961 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,136 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 24/02/10 is 82,981 lots (82,196 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 805/795, AMJ 802.50/797.50, JAS 795/787.50, tdd JAS 795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 790
RBDP Stearin : Mar 750 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 695 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 772.50, AMJ 772.50, JAS 767.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2610/2600
Local CPKO : Central – Mar RM 183 per pikul
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Posted at 09:00PM Feb 24, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |