Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, March 11th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.398 (1.399), Mal Ringgit 3.319 (3.342), Indo Rupiah 9190 (9195), Euro: USD1.364 (USD1.368) Indian Rupee 45.46 (45.48), Thai Baht 32.68 (32.62) Phil Pesos 45.73 (45.90) Japanese Yen 90.36 (90.37), Chinese Yuan 6.8256 (6.8257)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 2.95 to 10,567.33 points.
STI 2,862.14 down 0.15, KLCI 1,323.73 down 4.49, JKT Composite Index 2,670.79 up 0.57, Hang Seng Index : 21,134.22 down 74.07 , Nikkei 225 : 10,664.95 up 101.03
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD0.60 to USD82.09 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.52 to USD81.57 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 958 +10.5, Jul 965.50 +9.5, Aug 962.50 +9.5
Soyoil : May 41.02 +0.72, Jul 41.46 +0.72, Aug 41.64 +0.72
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 952.75 -5.25, Jul 961 -4.5, Aug 958.75 -3.75
Soyoil : May 40.73 -0.29, Jul 41.10 -0.36, Aug 41.36 -0.28
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4082 -16, Sep 3832 -10, Jan 3774 -18
Soyoil : May 7352 -96, Sep 7498 -90
Palm Oil : May 6850 -94, Sep 6904 -154
1-10 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 464,889 vs 370,727 +25%
SGS 434,340 vs 410,459 +5.8%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2690 -39 2730 2690 305 lots
Apr 2010 2677 -32 2712 2666 1081 lots
May 2010 2665 -20 2704 2654 6237 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 9,952 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 10/03/10 is 81,554 lots (81,795 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 830, MJ 830, JAS 817.50/810, tdd JAS 815
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 815
RBDP Stearin : Apr 820 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 705 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 810, MJ 807.50, JAS 785
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2700/2680
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 206 per pikul
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Posted at 10:12PM Mar 10, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |