Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, April 5th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.397 (1.396), Mal Ringgit 3.230 (3.245), Indo Rupiah 9058 (9065), Euro: USD1.351 (USD1.356) Indian Rupee 44.76 (44.70), Thai Baht 32.38 (32.28) Phil Pesos 45.03 (45.05) Japanese Yen 94.38 (93.75), Chinese Yuan 6.8259 (6.826)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 70.44 to 10,927.07 points.
STI 2,951.24 up 8.22, KLCI 1,341.05 up 5.11, JKT Composite Index 2,877.17 up 47.17, Hang Seng Index : 21,537 up 297.65 , Nikkei 225 : 11,321.89 up 35.80
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 USD0.84 to USD85.71 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 39.64 +0.68
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 944.25 +2.25, Jul 953.50 +2.25, Aug 946.75 +0.5
Soyoil : May 39.19 +0.21, Jul 39.64 +0.19
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
closed for holiday
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 2613 +8 2624 2613 392 lots
May 2010 2580 +9 2595 2580 968 lots
Jun 2010 2570 +11 2588 2567 4295 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,933 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 02/04/10 is 78,028 lots (83,116 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 825/812.50, MJ 815/810, JAS 805/800, OND 800/795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 820
RBDP Stearin : Apr 820 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 787.50/775, JAS 782.50/775, OND 775/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2610/2590
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 197 per pikul
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Posted at 10:00PM Apr 04, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |