Asia Mid-day Market Report - Tuesday, 3rd June 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3632 (1.3629) Mal Ringgit 3.2250 (3.2210), Indo Rupiah 9315 (9310), Euro 1.5527 (1.551) Indian Rupee 42.517 (42.240)
Thai Baht : 32.610 (32.500), Phil Pesos : 43.491 (43.419), Japanese Yen 104.26 (105.27), Chinese Yuan 6.9260 (6.9347)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were higher - (Dow Jones - Down 134.5 to 12,503.82 points)
STI 3,150.92 down37.13 points (-1.16%), KLCI 1,261.19 down 1.30 points (-0.10%), Jakarta Composite Index : 2,411.04 down 16.72 points (-0.69%)
Hang Seng Index : 24,286.47 down 544.89 points (-2.19%); Nikkei 225 : 14,153.33 down 285.18 points (-1.97%)
Petroleum Oil Prices (It closed higher yesterday. It was lower during Asian trading hours)
Light Sweet Crude for July delivery closed higher up USD 0.41 to USD 127.76 per barrel - In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for July delivery was down US 50 cents at USD 127.26 per barrel.
News From The Dalian Commodity Exchange
Trading was higher on the Dalian Commodity Exchange this morning. Dalian soyoil July +42, Aug +6, soybean July +9, Sept +23, Palmoil untraded
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
June 2008 3540 -11 3554 3540 47 lots
July 2008 3525 +17 3533 3513 471 lots
August 2008 3530 +21 3534 3509 1,308 lots
September 2008 3529 +18 3535 3511 417 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,288 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 40,354 lots (39,534 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
RBDP Olein Trades
RBDP Olein fob : June 1250s, July 1245s/1240b, JAS 1245s, OND 1230s/1225b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : June 1225s, July 1220s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : June 1025s, JAS 1025s PK/PGG
PFAD : June 630s, JAS 630s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : June 1150s, July 1155s/1145b, AS 1155s, OND 1150s - fob Belawan/Dumai
Traded : Nil
Local crude palm oil : South - June RM 3550s/3540b, trdd 3540 to 3550
Local CPKO : South - June 262s/260b, July RM 262s/260b,
Central June 262s/259b, July 262/259b
RBDPKO - July USD 1500 and August 1500 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:22PM Jun 02, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |
We miss your special commentary on the day's trade.Pl. go back to the old formate.
Posted by Manoj on June 03, 2008 at 01:01 AM PDT #