Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, March 22nd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.398 (1.394), Mal Ringgit 3.317 (3.304), Indo Rupiah 9107 (9115), Euro: USD1.351 (USD1.362) Indian Rupee 45.50 (45.45), Thai Baht 32.34 (32.33) Phil Pesos 45.50 (45.58) Japanese Yen 90.46 (90.44), Chinese Yuan 6.8274 (6.8272)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 37.19 to 10,741.98 points.
STI 2,905.74 down 9.96, KLCI 1,295.62 down 0.98, JKT Composite Index 2,734.59 down 8.38, Hang Seng Index : 21,009.10 down 361.72 , Nikkei 225 : 10,824.72 closed
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was down USD1.52 to USD80.68 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.44 to USD80.24 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 961.80 +2.25, Jul 969.50 +2, Aug 966 +2.25
Soyoil : May 39.30 +0.05, Jul 39.73 +0.05, Aug 39.91 +0.05
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 960 -1.75, Jul 967.75 -1.75
Soyoil : May 39.30 -0.01, Jul 39.72 -0.01
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4081 -9, Sep 3858 -4, Jan 3809 -1
Soyoil : May 7340 +18, Sep 7502 +36, Jan 7632 +28
Palm Oil : Sep 6914 +42, Jan 6776 +36
1-20 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 873,931 vs 844,865 +3.44%
SGS 638,548 vs 607,660 +5.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2627 +7 2627 2592 147 lots
May 2010 2595 +12 2597 2568 842 lots
Jun 2010 2580 +3 2583 2554 3261 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,846 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 19/03/10 is 79,157 lots (81,225 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 812.50, MJ 810/795, JAS 800/795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 790
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 785/775, MJ 782.50/767.50, JAS 770/760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2610/2590
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 200 per pikul
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Posted at 08:51PM Mar 21, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |