Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, July 1st 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3600 (1.3604), Mal Ringgit 3.265 (3.264), Indo Rupiah 9213 (9220), Euro 1.5748 (1.5788) Indian Rupee 43.125 (42.915), Thai Baht 33.38 (33.50), Phil Pesos 44.724 (44.530), Japanese Yen 106.08 (106.10), Chinese Yuan 6.8569 (6.8585)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were mixed - (Dow Jones – up 3.50 to 11,350.01 points)
STI 2,946.22 down 1.32 points, KLCI 1,179.76 down 6.81 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,360 up 10.90 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,102.01 up 59.66 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,533.13 up 54.49 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed down USD0.21 to USD140 per barrel and Aug delivery closed up USD0.39 to USD140.39 per barrel - In Asian trading hours.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1605 +23.5, Aug 1598 +19, Sept 1584 +17.5
Soyoil : July 66.04 +0.47, Aug 66.32 +0.42, Sept 66.70 +0.42
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1618.25 +13.25, Aug 1610.50 +12.50, Sept 1594.50 +10.50
Soyoil : July 66.45 +0.41, Aug 66.62 +0.3, Sept 67.08 +0.38
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5760 +13, Sept 5829 +22, November 5095 +13
Soyoil : July 11660 +176, Aug 11930 +222, Sept 12050 +188
Palm Oil : Sept 10820 +70
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
July 2008 3540 unc 3540 3540 24 lots
Aug 2008 3567 -20 3620 3550 384 lots
Sept 2008 3582 -16 3624 3560 1,865 lots
Oct 2008 3585 -20 3626 3580 326 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,622 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 44,053 lots (43,929 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1225s, AS 1225s/1217.50b OND 1225s/1217.50b fob PK/PGG
Traded : Aug 1225, OND1220
RBDP Oil : JAS 1180s, OND 1180s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 970s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 720 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1145s, AS 1145s, OND 1140s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3600s/3580b, traded 3600
Local CPKO : South - July RM 259s
Central - July 259s
RBDPKO - July USD1480 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:54PM Jun 30, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |