Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, March 18th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.392 (1.393), Mal Ringgit 3.299 (3.301), Indo Rupiah 9113 (9105), Euro: USD1.372 (USD1.377) Indian Rupee 45.42 (45.43), Thai Baht 32.29 (32.36) Phil Pesos 45.62 (45.62) Japanese Yen 90.20 (90.27), Chinese Yuan 6.827 (6.8267)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 47.69 to 10,733.67 points.
STI 2,914.60 up 18.17, KLCI 1,303.48 up 1.53, JKT Composite Index 2,753.26 down 3.0, Hang Seng Index : 21,418.78 up 34.29 , Nikkei 225 : 10,811.02 down 35.96
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.23 to USD82.93 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.43 to USD82.50 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 959 +14, Jul 966.80 +14, Aug 964 +13.75
Soyoil : May 39.83 +0.46, Jul 40.26 +0.47, Aug 40.44 +0.47
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 951.50 -7.5, Jul 958 -8.75, Aug 957.50 -6.5
Soyoil : May 39.45 -0.38, Jul 39.87 -0.39
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4084 -1, Sep 3842 -6, Jan 3792 -3
Soyoil : May 7308 -38, Sep 7452 -50, Jan 7590 -40
Palm Oil : Sep 6854 -46, Jan 6724 -36
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 2605 -19 2605 2597 228 lots
May 2010 2585 -20 2596 2577 1486 lots
Jun 2010 2574 -21 2587 2565 4047 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,194 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 17/03/10 is 81,232 lots (84,059 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 810/805, MJ 807.50/800, JAS 802.50/795, tdd JAS 797.50+800
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 795
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 695 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 782.50, MJ 780, JAS 770/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2610/2590
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 201 per pikul
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Posted at 08:50PM Mar 17, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |