Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, April 15th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3727 (1.377), Mal Ringgit 3.1855 (3.20), Indo Rupiah 9003 (9008), Euro: USD1.364 (USD1.365) Indian Rupee 44.29 (44.27) Thai Baht 32.23 (32.27) Phil Pesos 44.31 (44.53) Japanese Yen 93.38 (93.19), Chinese Yuan 6.8264 (6.8254)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 103.69 to 11,123.11 points.
STI 3,032.98 up 13.24 , KLCI 1,335.37 down 0.52, JKT Composite Index 2,896.71 up 11.70, Hang Seng Index : 22,207.16 up 85.73 , Nikkei 225 : 11,256.90 up 52
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was up USD1.79 to USD85.84 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was up USD0.23 to USD86.07 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 969 +1, Jul 977 +1.5, Aug 971.80 +0.75
Soyoil : May 39.86 +0.12, Jul 40.31 +0.12, Aug 40.53 +0.14
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 967 -2, Jul 974.75 -2.25
Soyoil : May 39.78 -0.08, Jul 40.21 -0.1
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3894 -17, Jan 3938 -10, May 3935 -7
Soyoil : Sep 7718 -10, Jan 7860 -2
Palm Oil : Sep 6986 -18, Jan 6924 +2
1-15 days April Palm Exports vs March 2010 (pmt) :
ITS 480,966 vs 669,227 -28.13%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2586 +6 2620 2585 190 lots
May 2010 2537 -3 2539 2532 450 lots
Jun 2010 2521 -7 2525 2514 1853 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,453 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 14/04/10 is 72,358 lots (71,576 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 815/810, JAS 807.50/802.50, OND 802.50/800
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 810
RBDP Stearin : May 815 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 782.50/775, JAS 780/775, OND 777.50/767.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2580/2570
Local CPKO : South – MJ RM 196 per pikul
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Posted at 09:44PM Apr 14, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |