Asia Mid-Day Market Report as at 11.30am - Friday, March 19th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.394 (1.392), Mal Ringgit 3.304 (3.299), Indo Rupiah 9115 (9113), Euro: USD1.362 (USD1.372) Indian Rupee 45.45 (45.42), Thai Baht 32.33 (32.29) Phil Pesos 45.58 (45.62) Japanese Yen 90.44 (90.20), Chinese Yuan 6.8272 (6.827)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 45.50 to 10,779.17 points.
STI 2,921.32 up 7.38, KLCI 1,295.67 down 6.27, JKT Composite Index 2,732.86 down 4.38, Hang Seng Index : 21,297.38 down 33.29 , Nikkei 225 : 10,815.52 up 71.49
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was down USD0.73 to USD82.20 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.28 to USD81.92 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 959.50 +0.5, Jul 967.50 +0.75, Aug 963.80 -0.25
Soyoil : May 39.25 -0.58, Jul 39.68 -0.58, Aug 39.86 -0.58
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 958 -1.5, Jul 965.25 -2.25
Soyoil : May 39.25 +0.03, Jul 39.73 +0.05
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4088 +3, Sep 3860 +18, Jan 3810 +22
Soyoil : May 7310 +0, Sep 7448 -12, Jan 7586 -10
Palm Oil : Sep 6856 +0, Jan 6724 -2
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 2576 +7 2582 2576 148 lots
May 2010 2553 +3 2565 2548 941 lots
Jun 2010 2539 +4 2552 2536 1855 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,057 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 18/03/10 is 81,225 lots (81,232 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 805, MJ 802.50/795, JAS 797.50/790
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 790
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 695 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 780, MJ 777.50, JAS 770/760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2590/2560
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 198 per pikul
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Posted at 07:28PM Mar 18, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |