Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, April 9th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.394 (1.3966), Mal Ringgit 3.192 (3.21), Indo Rupiah 9025 (9055), Euro: USD1.335 (USD1.332) Indian Rupee 44.43 (44.63), Thai Baht 32.19 (32.34) Phil Pesos 45.03 (44.85) Japanese Yen 93.57 (93.21), Chinese Yuan 6.8248 (6.8262)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 29.55 to 10,927.07 points.
STI 2,968.20 up 5.01, KLCI 1,336.63 up 3.7, JKT Composite Index 2,837.25 down 13.58, Hang Seng Index : 22,160.43 up 293.39 , Nikkei 225 : 11,175.28 up 7.08
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD0.49 to USD85.39 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.15 to USD85.73 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 946.50 -6, Jul 956 -5.5, Aug 953 -4.75
Soyoil : May 39.92 -0.11, Jul 40.40 -0.1, Aug 40.63 -0.08
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 947.50 +1, Jul 957.50 +1.5
Soyoil : May 40.05 +0.13, Jul 40.56 +0.16
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3891 -11, Jan 3883 +4, May 3870 +10
Soyoil : Sep 7740 +26, Jan 7850 +20
Palm Oil : Sep 6990 -4, Jan 6892 -4
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 2530 +10 2530 2517 721 lots
Jun 2010 2508 +8 2516 2500 2189 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,316 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 08/04/10 is 77,683 lots (78,915 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : MJ 815, JAS 805/800, OND 797.50/792.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 810
RBDP Stearin : May 815 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : MJ 780, JAS 775
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2560/2540
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 196 per pikul
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Posted at 09:40PM Apr 08, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |