Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, March 23rd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3986 (1.398), Mal Ringgit 3.315 (3.317), Indo Rupiah 9105 (9107), Euro: USD1.3557 (USD1.351) Indian Rupee 45.50 (45.50), Thai Baht 32.33 (32.34) Phil Pesos 45.60 (45.50) Japanese Yen 90.26 (90.46), Chinese Yuan 6.8269 (6.8274)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 43.91 to 10,785.89 points.
STI 2,905.87 up 16.69, KLCI 1,302.93 up 9.28, JKT Composite Index 2,740.73 up 38.33, Hang Seng Index : 21,149.39 up 216.14 , Nikkei 225 : 10,786.77 down 37.95
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD0.63 to USD81.60 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was up USD0.57 to USD81.25 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 968.50 +6.75, Jul 976.80 +7.25, Aug 973.30 +7.25
Soyoil : May 39.72 +0.42, Jul 40.15 +0.42, Aug 40.33 +0.42
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 969 +0.5, Jul 978.50 +1.75
Soyoil : May 39.64 -0.08, Jul 40.06 -0.09
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4078 -10, Sep 3875 +8, Jan 3829 +11
Soyoil : Jul 7332 +0, Sep 7502 +4, Jan 7642 +10
Palm Oil : Sep 6904 -6, Jan 6788 +14
1-20 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 873,931 vs 844,865 +3.44%
SGS 844,474 vs 865,593 -2.4%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2630 -5 2640 2625 88 lots
May 2010 2598 +8 2613 2593 1012 lots
Jun 2010 2582 +12 2597 2576 2681 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,806 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 22/03/10 is 78,158 lots (79,157 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 812.50/807.50, MJ 810/805, JAS 800/795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 807.50
RBDP Stearin : Apr 805 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 785/780, MJ 782.50/775, JAS 775/770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2630/2610
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 200 per pikul
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Posted at 09:07PM Mar 22, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |