Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, March 25th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4056 (1.4013), Mal Ringgit 3.322 (3.314), Indo Rupiah 9132 (9105), Euro: USD1.333 (USD1.345) Indian Rupee 45.64 (45.45), Thai Baht 32.38 (32.33) Phil Pesos 45.62 (45.58) Japanese Yen 91.92 (90.52), Chinese Yuan 6.8278 (6.8262)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 52.68 to 10,836.15 points.
STI 2,886.01 down 0.35, KLCI 1,311.87 up 2.42, JKT Composite Index 2,811.87 up 36.31, Hang Seng Index : 20,750.12 down 258.50 , Nikkei 225 : 10,827.48 up 12.45
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD1.30 to USD80.61 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.15 to USD80.46 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 960 -8, Jul 967.50 -8, Aug 961.50 -9
Soyoil : May 39.08 -0.46, Jul 39.50 -0.45, Aug 39.68 -0.45
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 962.25 +2.25, Jul 969 +1.5
Soyoil : May 39.28 +0.2, Jul 39.72 +0.22
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3866 +6, Jan 3816 +3, May 3809 +6
Soyoil : Sep 7530 +30, Jan 7642 +28
Palm Oil : Sep 6890 +4, Jan 6786 +14
1-25 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 1,114,035 vs 1,089,410 +2.25%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2620 +8 2620 2611 76 lots
May 2010 2583 +6 2589 2565 409 lots
Jun 2010 2560 +0 2579 2555 2816 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,085 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 25/03/10 is 78,414 lots (77,953 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 797.50/792.50, tdd MJ 802.50, JAS 792.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 805
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 687.50 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 785/770, MJ 780/765, JAS 767.50/760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2620/2600
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 201 per pikul
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Posted at 08:55PM Mar 24, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |