Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, March 15th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.396 (1.398), Mal Ringgit 3.318 (3.319), Indo Rupiah 9163 (9190), Euro: USD1.373 (USD1.364) Indian Rupee 45.57 (45.46), Thai Baht 32.54 (32.68) Phil Pesos 45.76 (45.73) Japanese Yen 90.53 (90.36), Chinese Yuan 6.827 (6.8256)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 12.85 to 10,624.69 points.
STI 2,877.06 down 4.30, KLCI 1,300.20 down 11, JKT Composite Index 2,677.93 up 11.42, Hang Seng Index : 21,026.92 down 182.82 , Nikkei 225 : 10,734.81 down 16.45
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was down USD0.87 to USD81.24 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.43 to USD80.81 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 925.50 -5, Jul 933.50 -5.5, Aug 933 -4.75
Soyoil : May 39.55 -0.56, Jul 39.99 -0.55, Aug 40.18 -0.55
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 925 -0.5, Jul 933.50 -0.25
Soyoil : May 39.47 -0.08, Jul 39.90 -0.09
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4049 -28, Sep 3793 022, Jan 3754 -6
Soyoil : May 7300 -52, Sep 7452 -48, Jan 7592 -46
Palm Oil : May 6870 +8, Sep 6828 -92
1-15 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 669,227 vs 565,114 +18.42%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2635 -25 2641 2630 682 lots
May 2010 2624 -25 2631 2618 3256 lots
Jun 2010 2606 -25 2615 2603 1631 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,083 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 12/03/10 is 81,748 lots (81,554 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 820/812.50, MJ 820/810, JAS 807.50/802.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 805
RBDP Stearin : Apr 810 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 695 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 795/785, MJ 790, JAS 777.50/770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2650/2640
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 202 per pikul
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Posted at 09:16PM Mar 14, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |