Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, April 21st 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3720 (1.3746), Mal Ringgit 3.192 (3.204), Indo Rupiah 9007 (9011), Euro: USD1.3407 (USD1.3485) Indian Rupee 44.425 (44.53) Thai Baht 32.03 (32.21) Phil Pesos 44.61 (44.585) Japanese Yen 93.16 (92.65), Chinese Yuan 6.8257 (6.8263)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 25.01 to 11,117.06 points.
STI 2,984.82 up 3.45 , KLCI 1,336.83 up 0.93, JKT Composite Index 2,903.48 up 12.21, Hang Seng Index : 21,649.76 up 26.38 , Nikkei 225 : 11,078.48 up 177.80
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Jun was up USD0.72 to USD83.85 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Jun was up USD0.54 to USD84.39 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 984 +7.25, Jul 994 +7.5, Aug 989.30 +7.5
Soyoil : May 39.07 +0.14, Jul 39.54 +0.15, Aug 39.74 +0.14
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 987 +3, Jul 997.50 +3.5
Soyoil : May 39.19 +0.12, Jul 39.66 +0.12
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3894 +6, Jan 3973 +22, May 4002 +30
Soyoil : Sep 7634 +6, Jan 7840 +32
Palm Oil : Sep 6922 +24, Jan 6930 +50
1-20 days April Palm Exports vs March 2010 (pmt) :
ITS 724,499 vs 873,931 -17.1%
SGS 767,251 vs 844,474 -9.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
May 2010 2508 -12 2508 2503 9 lots
Jun 2010 2498 -10 2501 2490 410 lots
Jul 2010 2489 -9 2493 2481 2214 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,766 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 20/04/10 is 67,525 lots (67,796 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 812.50/800, Jun 807.50/797.50, JAS 802.50/795
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 807.50
RBDP Stearin : May 810 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : MJ 775/770, JAS 775/767.50, OND 772.50/762.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – May RM 2510/2599
Local CPKO : South – May RM 191 per pikul
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Posted at 10:03PM Apr 20, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |