Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, April 23rd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3728 (1.3721), Mal Ringgit 3.2025 (3.199), Indo Rupiah 9010 (9017), Euro: USD1.3236 (USD1.3392) Indian Rupee 44.555 (44.475) Thai Baht 32.26 (32.17) Phil Pesos 44.45 (44.48) Japanese Yen 93.39 (92.81), Chinese Yuan 6.8265 (6.8269)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 9.37 to 11,134.29 points.
STI 2,973.63 down 7.06 , KLCI 1,335.93 down 1.08, JKT Composite Index 2,914.22 down 12.31, Hang Seng Index : 21,288.90 down 166.04 , Nikkei 225 : 10,915.61 down 33.48
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Jun was up USD0.02 to USD83.70 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Jun was down USD0.16 to USD83.54 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 1004.30 +8.75, Jul 1015 +9, Aug 1011.80 +10
Soyoil : May 39.09 +0.19, Jul 39.54 +0.18, Aug 39.74 +0.19
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 1003.75 -0.5, Jul 1014 -1
Soyoil : May 39.28 +0.19, Jul 39.76 +0.2
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3909 +8, Jan 3996 +11, May 4068 +50
Soyoil : Sep 7698 +58, Jan 7938 +86
Palm Oil : Sep 6962 +54, Jan 6998 +78
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 2543 +28 2549 2525 725 lots
Jun 2010 2536 +35 2538 2505 1351 lots
Jul 2010 2528 +38 2530 2503 3655 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,799 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 23/04/10 is 67,455 lots (66,281 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : May 815/810, Jun 815, JAS 810/805, OND 807.50/802.50, tdd JAS 807.50, OND 800+805
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : May 810
RBDP Stearin : May 812.50 PK/PGG
PFAD : May 680 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : MJ 790, JAS 785, OND 782.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – May RM 2540/2530
Local CPKO : South – May RM 192 per pikul
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Posted at 10:27PM Apr 22, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |