Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, March 26th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4055 (1.4056), Mal Ringgit 3.311 (3.322), Indo Rupiah 9127 (9132), Euro: USD1.3335 (USD1.333) Indian Rupee 45.42 (45.64), Thai Baht 32.44 (32.28) Phil Pesos 45.58 (45.62) Japanese Yen 92.67 (91.92), Chinese Yuan 6.828 (6.8278)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 5.06 to 10,841.21 points.
STI 2,901.65 up 13.28, KLCI 1,313.67 up 1.19, JKT Composite Index 2,792.93 down 6.22, Hang Seng Index : 20,858.29 up 79.74 , Nikkei 225 : 10,996.83 up 167.98
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD0.08 to USD80.53 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was up USD0.35 to USD80.88 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 942.50 -17.5, Jul 950.50 -17, Aug 945 -16.5
Soyoil : May 38.70 -0.38, Jul 39.13 -0.37, Aug 39.30 -0.38
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 946.75 +4.25, Jul 955.25 +4.75
Soyoil : May 38.96 +0.26, Jul 39.40 +0.27
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3843 -22, Jan 3797 -18, May 3792 -15
Soyoil : Sep 7474 -54, Jan 7596 -58
Palm Oil : Sep 6852 -40, Jan 6742 -46
1-25 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 1,114,035 vs 1,089,410 +2.25%
SGS 1,125,412 vs 1,101,771 +2.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2612 -22 2619 2603 77 lots
May 2010 2574 -25 2579 2562 449 lots
Jun 2010 2552 -23 2559 2538 3269 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,234 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 26/03/10 is 78,501 lots (78,414 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 807.50/800, MJ 807.50/800, JAS 792.50/790, tdd JAS 790
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 802.50
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 780/770, MJ 775/765, JAS 765/760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2600/2580
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 200 per pikul
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Posted at 09:10PM Mar 25, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |