Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, April 6th 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 3.211 (3.230), Indo Rupiah 9030 (9058), Euro: USD1.343 (USD1.351) Indian Rupee 44.47 (44.76), Thai Baht 32.38 (32.38) Phil Pesos 44.87 (45.03) Japanese Yen 93.92 (94.38), Chinese Yuan 6.826 (6.8259)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 46.48 to 10,973.55 points.
STI 2,975.08 up 6.7, KLCI 1,344.56 up 2.81, JKT Composite Index 2,886.76 down 0.49, Hang Seng Index : 21,537 up 297.65 , Nikkei 225 : 11,278.09 down 61.21
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was up USD1.75 to USD86.62 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.24 to USD86.38 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 936 -6, Jul 945.30 -6, Aug 941.50 -4.75
Soyoil : May 39.35 +0.37, Jul 39.82 +0.37, Aug 40.02 +0.38
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 934.50 -1.5, Jul 943.75 -1.5
Soyoil : May 39.10 -0.25, Jul 39.55 -0.27
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3879 +3, Jan 3831 +6, May 3822 +3
Soyoil : Sep 7614 +18, Jan 7722 +28
Palm Oil : Sep 6874 +6, Jan 6782 +12
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 2549 -30 2576 2547 530 lots
May 2010 2517 -24 2546 2516 1689 lots
Jun 2010 2506 -24 2536 2505 6476 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 10,283 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 05/04/10 is 78,562 lots (78,028 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 820/810MJ 805/797.50, JAS 795/790, OND 790/782.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 815
RBDP Stearin : May 805 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 777.50/770, JAS 767.50/762.50, OND 765/757.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2560/2540
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 195 per pikul
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Posted at 09:57PM Apr 05, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |