Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, April 20th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3746 (1.3789), Mal Ringgit 3.204 (3.215), Indo Rupiah 9011 (9035), Euro: USD1.3485 (USD1.346) Indian Rupee 44.53 (44.56) Thai Baht 32.21 (32.23) Phil Pesos 44.585 (44.60) Japanese Yen 92.65 (91.99), Chinese Yuan 6.8263 (6.8267)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 73.39 to 11,092.05 points.
STI 2,968.55 up 7.62 , KLCI 1,332.58 up 5.91, JKT Composite Index 2,871.35 up 30.92, Hang Seng Index : 21,573.38 up 168.21 , Nikkei 225 : 10,968.77 up 60
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was down USD1.79 to USD81.45 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was up USD0.59 to USD82.04 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 976.80 -8.5, Jul 986.50 -8.5, Aug 981.80 -9
Soyoil : May 38.93 -0.87, Jul 39.39 -0.88, Aug 39.60 -0.88
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 979.25 +2.5, Jul 989.50 +3
Soyoil : May 39.10 +0.17, Jul 39.58 +0.19
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3888 +5, Jan 3952 +24, May 3979 +44
Soyoil : Sep 7608 -32, Jan 7794 -16
Palm Oil : Sep 6880 -30, Jan 6874 +6
1-20 days April Palm Exports vs March 2010 (pmt) :
ITS 724,499 vs 873,931 -17.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
May 2010 2498 +8 2500 2486 294 lots
Jun 2010 2481 +3 2490 2471 1870 lots
Jul 2010 2473 +3 2481 2464 4442 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 8,348 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 19/04/10 is 67,796 lots (69,645 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 805/800, Jun 800/795, JAS 797.50/792.50, OND 792.50/787.50, tdd JAS 792.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 800
RBDP Stearin : May 807.50 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : MJ 770/765, JAS 770/760, OND 767.50/752.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – May RM 2500/2480
Local CPKO : South – May RM 191 per pikul
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Posted at 10:08PM Apr 19, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |