Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, March 17th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.393 (1.3959), Mal Ringgit 3.301 (3.322), Indo Rupiah 9105 (9145), Euro: USD1.377 (USD1.3695) Indian Rupee 45.43 (45.37), Thai Baht 32.36 (32.52) Phil Pesos 45.62 (45.65) Japanese Yen 90.27 (90.01), Chinese Yuan 6.8267 (6.8268)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 43.83 to 10,685.98 points.
STI 2,914.60 up 18.17, KLCI 1,302 up 3.14, JKT Composite Index 2,727.51 up 57.90, Hang Seng Index : 21,353.62 up 330.69 , Nikkei 225 : 10,796.34 up 74.63
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.90 to USD81.70 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was up USD0.38 to USD82.08 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 945 +15, Jul 952.80 +15.25, Aug 950.30 +14.75
Soyoil : May 39.37 +0.62, Jul 39.79 +0.61, Aug 39.97 +0.6
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 946.25 +1.25, Jul 954 +1.25, Aug 952 +1.75
Soyoil : May 39.45 +0.08, Jul 39.90 +0.11
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4088 +21, Sep 3851 +31, Jan 3794 +20
Soyoil : May 7360 +68, Sep 7514 +62, Jan 7642 +78
Palm Oil : Sep 6912 +78, Jan 6772 +72
1-15 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 669,227 vs 565,114 +18.42%
SGS 638,548 vs 607,660 +5.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2620 +15 2627 2611 21 lots
May 2010 2604 +18 2612 2590 2193 lots
Jun 2010 2592 +23 2600 2576 4602 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,770 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 16/03/10 is 84,059 lots (82,407 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 815/810, MJ 817.50/812.50, JAS 810/805
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 800
RBDP Stearin : Apr 805 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 795/785, MJ 792.50, JAS 782.50/77.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2630/2610
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 202 per pikul
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Posted at 08:38PM Mar 16, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |