Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, April 2nd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.396 (1.397), Mal Ringgit 3.245 (3.256), Indo Rupiah 9065 (9064), Euro: USD1.356 (USD1.3503) Indian Rupee 44.70 (44.90), Thai Baht 32.28 (32.32) Phil Pesos 45.05 (45.20) Japanese Yen 93.75 (93.43), Chinese Yuan 6.826 (6.827)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 70.44 to 10,927.07 points.
STI 2,918.74 up 31.28, KLCI 1,331,69 up 11.12, JKT Composite Index 2,823.30 up 46, Hang Seng Index : 21,433.44 up 194.09 , Nikkei 225 : 11,195.81 up 105.87
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was up USD1.11 to USD84.87 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was up USD1.11 to USD84.87 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 942 +1, Jul 951.30 +1.25, Aug 946.30 +2.5
Soyoil : May 38.98 +0.67, Jul 39.45 +0.68, Aug 39.79 +0.7
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Closed for Good Friday
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3878 +15, Jan 3825 +12, May 3818 +7
Soyoil : Sep 7594 +28, Jan 7690 +20
Palm Oil : Sep 6868 +34, Jan 6768 +26
1-31 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 1.35mln vs 1.2mln +12%
SGS 1,345,124 vs 1,249,390 +7.7%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2595 +1 2595 2593 11 lots
May 2010 2566 +11 2577 2564 96 lots
Jun 2010 2555 +12 2569 2550 1903 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,750 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 01/04/10 is 83,116 lots (77,494 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 815, MJ 810/800, JAS 797.50/795,
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 810
RBDP Stearin : MJ 805 PK/PGG
PFAD : MJ 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 780, Jun 777.50, JAS 770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2590/2585
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 197.50 per pikul
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Posted at 08:38PM Apr 01, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |