Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, April 8th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3966 (1.395), Mal Ringgit 3.21 (3.194), Indo Rupiah 9055 (9036), Euro: USD1.332 (USD1.337) Indian Rupee 44.63 (44.35), Thai Baht 32.34 (32.34) Phil Pesos 44.85 (44.78) Japanese Yen 93.21 (94.16), Chinese Yuan 6.8262 (6.826)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 72.47 to 10,897.52 points.
STI 2,963.35 down 24.75, KLCI 1,332.70 down 12.39, JKT Composite Index 2,853.30 down 45.28, Hang Seng Index : 21,891.59 down 37.18 , Nikkei 225 : 11,174.46 down 119.37
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD0.96 to USD85.88 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.15 to USD85.73 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 952.50 +8, Jul 961.50 +8, Aug 957.80 +7.5
Soyoil : May 40.03 +0.26, Jul 40.50 +0.26, Aug 40.71 +0.27
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 952.75 +0.25, Jul 961.50 +0.25
Soyoil : May 40.04 +0.01, Jul 40.49 -0.01
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3901 +10, Jan 3881 +29, May 3861 +21
Soyoil : Sep 7712 +20, Jan 7832 +24
Palm Oil : Sep 6996 +36, Jan 6892 +28
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 untraded
May 2010 2563 +13 2563 2555 484 lots
Jun 2010 2550 +11 2555 2543 2514 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,392 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 07/04/10 is 78,915 lots (78,794 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 820/812.50, Jun 817.50/810, JAS 810/805, OND 807.50/800, tdd JAS 807.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 815
RBDP Stearin : May 795 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 782.50/775, Jun 782.50, JAS 790/775
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2580/2560
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 197 per pikul
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Posted at 09:46PM Apr 07, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |