Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, April 16th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.377 (1.3727), Mal Ringgit 3.206 (3.1855), Indo Rupiah 9013 (9003), Euro: USD1.354 (USD1.364) Indian Rupee 44.56 (44.29) Thai Baht 32.23 (32.23) Phil Pesos 44.46 (44.31) Japanese Yen 92.73 (93.38), Chinese Yuan 6.8268 (6.8264)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 21.46 to 11,144.57 points.
STI 3,001.49 down 15.45 , KLCI 1,333.02 down 5.81, JKT Composite Index 2,876.66 down 23.87, Hang Seng Index : 21,872.64 down 285.18 , Nikkei 225 : 11,114.53 down 159.26
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD0.33 to USD85.51 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.69 to USD84.82 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 984 +15, Jul 993 +16, Aug 988.80 +17
Soyoil : May 40.07 +0.21, Jul 40.53 +0.22, Aug 40.74 +0.21
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 980.25 -3.75, Jul 989.50 -3.5
Soyoil : May 39.94 -0.13, Jul 40.40 -0.13
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3905 +10, Jan 3957 +20, May 3955 +23
Soyoil : Sep 7716 +8, Jan 7884 +40
Palm Oil : Sep 6990 +8, Jan 6944 +22
1-15 days April Palm Exports vs March 2010 (pmt) :
ITS 480,966 vs 669,227 -28.13%
SGS 502,182 vs 638,548 -21%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
May 2010 2532 +1 2534 2528 394 lots
Jun 2010 2521 +1 2523 2512 1309 lots
Jul 2010 2512 +2 2516 2504 1952 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,897 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 15/04/10 is 72,632 lots (72,358 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 817.50/810, JAS 810/802.50, OND 802.50/797.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 812.50
RBDP Stearin : May 815 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 685 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : May 782.50/775, JAS 782.50/770, OND 777.50/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2550/2530
Local CPKO : South – May RM 195 per pikul
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Posted at 09:40PM Apr 15, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |