Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, March 16th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3959 (1.396), Mal Ringgit 3.322 (3.318), Indo Rupiah 9145 (9163), Euro: USD1.3695 (USD1.373) Indian Rupee 45.37 (45.57), Thai Baht 32.52 (32.54) Phil Pesos 45.65 (45.76) Japanese Yen 90.01 (90.53), Chinese Yuan 6.8268 (6.827)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 17.46 to 10,642.15 points.
STI 2,879.79 up 5.46, KLCI 1,299.61 down 0.06, JKT Composite Index 2,666.61 down 3, Hang Seng Index : 20,986.69 down 92.41 , Nikkei 225 : 10,730.44 down 21.54
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was down USD1.44 to USD79.80 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.13 to USD79.67 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 930 +4.5, Jul 937.50 +4, Aug 935.50 +2.5
Soyoil : May 38.75 -0.8, Jul 39.18 -0.81, Aug 39.37 -0.81
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 936.50 +6.5, Jul 943.75 +6.25
Soyoil : May 39.11 +0.36, Jul 39.49 +0.31
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3823 +23, Nov 3798 +23, Jan 3773 +17
Soyoil : May 7302 -4, Sep 7456 -6, Jan 7582 -28
Palm Oil : Sep 6846 -2, Jan 6714 -12
1-15 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 669,227 vs 565,114 +18.42%
SGS 638,548 vs 607,660 +5.1%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2592 -17 2618 2586 182 lots
May 2010 2579 -11 2602 2566 3949 lots
Jun 2010 2557 -18 2586 2550 5564 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 10,361 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 15/03/10 is 82,407 lots (81,748 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 807.50/800, MJ 805/797.50, JAS 792.50/787.50, tdd JAS 792.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 792.50
RBDP Stearin : Apr 800 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 785/775, MJ 780/770, JAS 767.50/757.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2600/2580
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 200 per pikul
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Posted at 08:39PM Mar 15, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |