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Monday Apr 12, 2010



Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, April 13th 2010


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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)

Sin Dollar 1.393 (1.387), Mal Ringgit 3.229 (3.187), Indo Rupiah 9019 (9000), Euro: USD1.357 (USD1.366) Indian Rupee 44.66 (44.265) Thai Baht 32.40 (32.16) Phil Pesos 44.83 (44.78) Japanese Yen 92.61 (93.10), Chinese Yuan 6.8271 (6.8245)

Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 8.62 to 11,005.97 points.

STI 2,962.01 down 15.16,  KLCI 1,334.98 down 4.63,  JKT Composite Index  2,871.60 down 9.73,  Hang Seng Index : 22,013.78 down 124.39 ,  Nikkei 225 :  11,119.37 down 132.53

Petroleum Oil Prices   

In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD0.58 to USD84.34 per barrel.

In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.35 to USD83.99 per barrel.

CBOT closing yesterday :

Soybeans   :   May 960 +7.75, Jul 968.50 +6.5, Aug 962.30 +5

Soyoil  :  May 39.59 -0.45, Jul 40.05 -0.47, Aug 40.26 -0.47

Mid-day E-CBOT :

Soybeans   :   May 955.25 -4.75, Jul 963.75 -4.75

Soyoil  :  May 39.58 -0.01, Jul 40.05 -0.03

The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons

Soybeans   :   Sep 3894 -11, Jan 3906 -9, May 3888 -25

Soyoil           Sep 7692 -66, Jan 7796 -82

Palm Oil     :   Sep 6966 -64, Jan 6858 -86

1-10 days April Palm Exports vs March 2010 (pmt) :

ITS      291,033           vs        464,889           -37%

SGS    303,423           vs        434,340           -30.14%

MDEX as at the morning close : 

Month                      Last                High           Low                Volume      

Apr 2010              2555     -30           2555           2555                    10 lots

May 2010             2528     -19           2531           2522                  195 lots

Jun 2010              2516     -19           2523           2511                2048 lots

 

 

Volume at 12.30 p.m :    3,744 lots in the morning session

The open interest on the MDEX as at 12/04/10 is 74,101 lots (76,407 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons

Physical Oil Prices :   

RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG :      May 815/805 Jun 815/805, JAS 805/800, OND 802.50/792.50, tdd JAS 805+802.50

RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG   :       May 810

RBDP Stearin    :      May 805 PK/PGG

PFAD    :                   May 685 fob PK/PGG  

CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai  :  May 785/772.50, JAS 777.50/770, OND 770/760

Local Crude Palm Oil :   South – Apr RM 2560/2540

Local CPKO :                 South – MJ  RM 194 per pikul

 

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