Asia Closing Market Report - Thursday, December 4th 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.5271 (1.5307), Mal Ringgit 3.638 (3.638), Indo Rupiah 11775 (11900), Euro 1.2604 (1.2626) Indian Rupee 49.63 (50.03), Thai Baht 35.69 (35.58), Phil Pesos 49.13 (49.02), Japanese Yen 92.68 (92.99), Chinese Yuan 6.883 (6.878)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 1,660.46 up 19.89 points, KLCI 846.86 down 0.67 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,205.32 up 12.80 points, Hang Seng Index : 13,509.78 down 78.88 points, Nikkei 225 : 7,924.24 down 79.86 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Jan delivery was down USD0.72 at USD46.07 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Jan 819.50 -10.5, Mar 822.75 -12.25, May 829.75 -13.25
Soyoil : Dec 29.98 -0.3, Jan 30.32 -0.26, Mar 30.66 -0.32
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Jan 3603 +0, Mar 3370 -38, May 2978 -156
Soyoil : Jan 6174 -122, Mar 5858 -122, May 5836 -134
Palm Oil : Jan 4534 -58, Mar 4540 -100, May 4616 -62
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Dec 2008 1465 -65 1510 1461 223 lots
Jan 2008 1459 -77 1550 1459 730 lots
Feb 2008 1462 -74 1555 1457 5457 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 9,133 lots at the close
The open interest on the MDEX is at 90,274 lots (92,830 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Dec 505s, JFM 495s/490b, AMJ 500s/490b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : Dec 475s, JFM 470s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Dec 345s PK/PGG
PFAD : Dec 290s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Dec 410s, JFM 410s, AMJ 420s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Dec RM 1500s/1450b
Local CPKO : South - Dec RM 97s per pikul
Central - Dec RM 97s per pikul
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Posted at 02:27AM Dec 04, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |