Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, March 24th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4013 (1.3986), Mal Ringgit 3.314 (3.315), Indo Rupiah 9105 (9105), Euro: USD1.345 (USD1.3557) Indian Rupee 45.45 (45.50), Thai Baht 32.33 (32.33) Phil Pesos 45.58 (45.60) Japanese Yen 90.52 (90.26), Chinese Yuan 6.8262 (6.8269)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 102.94 to 10,888.83 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 May was up USD0.63 to USD81.60 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.57 to USD81.34 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 968 -0.5, Jul 975.50 -1.25, Aug 970.50 -2.75
Soyoil : May 39.54 -0.18, Jul 39.95 -0.2, Aug 40.13 -0.2
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 961 -7, Jul 968.25 -7.25
Soyoil : May 39.44 -0.1, Jul 39.84 -0.11
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3860 -20, Jan 3814 -23, May 3805 -15
Soyoil : Sep 7510 -4, Jan 7640 -14
Palm Oil : Sep 6904 -12, Jan 6786 -12
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 2632 -12 2642 2631 112 lots
May 2010 2595 -15 2611 2595 412 lots
Jun 2010 2577 -14 2595 2574 2686 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,959 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 23/03/10 is 77,953 lots (78,158 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 817.50/810, MJ 812.50/807.50, JAS 800/795, tdd Apr 812.50, MJ 810, JAS 797.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 812.50
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 687.50 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 787.50/780, MJ 780/770, JAS 770/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2620/2600
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 202 per pikul
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Posted at 08:47PM Mar 23, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |