Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, March 8th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.399 (1.4007), Mal Ringgit 3.342 (3.365), Indo Rupiah 9195 (9260), Euro: USD1.368 (USD1.359) Indian Rupee 45.48 (45.79), Thai Baht 32.62 (32.64) Phil Pesos 45.90 (46.05) Japanese Yen 90.37 (89.22), Chinese Yuan 6.8257 (6.8275)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 122.06 to 10,566.20 points.
STI 2,825.62 up 35.33, KLCI 1,322.11 up 22.33, JKT Composite Index 2,599.03 up 20.26, Hang Seng Index : 21,186.09 up 398.12 , Nikkei 225 : 10,555.25 up 186.29
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.55 to USD81.76 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was up USD0.50 to USD82.00 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 942.80 +0.75, Jul 950.50 -0.5, Aug 947.80 -0.25
Soyoil : May 40.05 +0.05, Jul 40.48 +0.05, Aug 40.66 +0.07
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 945.25 +2.5, Jul 952.50 +2, Aug 951 +3.25
Soyoil : May 40.07 +0.02, Jul 40.45 -0.03
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4095 +13, Sep 3839 +17, Jan 3791 +31
Soyoil : May 7398 +40, Sep 7542 +54
Palm Oil : May 6872 +50, Sep 7024 +58
February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 1,206,859 vs 1,496,805 -19.4%
SGS 1,249,390 vs 1,478,739 -16%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 untraded
Apr 2010 2695 +18 2699 2694 227 lots
May 2010 2686 +16 2693 2675 1182 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,088 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 05/03/10 is 81,795 lots (81,079 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 840, AMJ 835, JAS 830
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 825
RBDP Stearin : Apr 810 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 705 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : AMJ 810, JAS 800
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2700/2690
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 200 per pikul
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Posted at 08:39PM Mar 07, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |