Asia Closing Market Report - Tuesday, January 6th 2009
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.477 (1.468), Mal Ringgit 3.50 (3.495), Indo Rupiah 10900 (10900), Euro 1.344 (1.367) Indian Rupee 48.63 (48.67), Thai Baht 35.05 (34.88), Phil Pesos 46.81 (46.95), Japanese Yen 93.69 (93.29), Chinese Yuan 6.835 (6.829)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 1,913.66 down 11.21 points, KLCI 922.23 up 1.57 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,435.53 down 1.80, Hang Seng Index : 15,509.51 down 53.80, Nikkei 225 : 9,080.84 up 37.72
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Feb delivery was up USD0.57 at USD49.38 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Jan 1004 +20.25, Mar 1007.50 +20.5, May 1020 +21.75
Soyoil : Mar 36.00 +0.83, May 36.31 +0.81
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Mar 3630 +31, May 3459 +46, Jul 3360 +68
Soyoil : Mar 6620 +258, May 6470 +244, Jul 6480 +204
Palm Oil : Feb 5260 +248, Mar 5298 +252, Apr 5350 +250
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Jan 2009 2000 +140 2000 1855 607 lots
Feb 2009 1993 +141 1993 1853 1093 lots
Mar 2009 1980 +143 1981 1840 11170 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 16,707 lots at the close
The open interest on the MDEX is at 81,308 lots (81,618 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Jan 645s/635b, FM 645s/635b, AMJ 645s/635b, JAS 645s/635b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : JFM 615s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Jan/Feb 480s PK/PGG
PFAD : Jan/Feb 380s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Jan 565s/555b, FM 565s/555b, AMJ 565s/555b,
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Jan RM 2010s/1990b,
Local CPKO : South - Jan/Feb RM 119s per pikul
Central - Jan/Feb RM 119s per pikul
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Posted at 02:10AM Jan 06, 2009 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |

