Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, July 2nd 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3620 (1.3600), Mal Ringgit 3.272 (3.265), Indo Rupiah 9225 (9213), Euro 1.5814 (1.5748) Indian Rupee 43.327 (43.125), Thai Baht 33.40 (33.38), Phil Pesos 44.96 (44.724), Japanese Yen 105.94 (106.08), Chinese Yuan 6.8588 (6.8569)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were lower - (Dow Jones – up 32.25 to 11,382.26 points)
STI 2,924.59 up 17.4 points, KLCI 1,154.96 down 19.87 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,388.63 up 9.82 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,882.67 down 219.34 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,294.40 down 168.80 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed up USD1.44 to USD141.44 per barrel and Aug delivery closed up USD1.32 to USD142.29 per barrel - In Asian trading hours.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1628 +23, Aug 1623 +25, Sept 1615 +31
Soyoil : July 66.71 +0.67, Aug 66.95 +0.63, Sept 67.32 +0.62
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1637.75 +9.95, Aug 1634 +11, Sept 1625.5 +10.5
Soyoil : July 66.71 +0.67, Aug 67.16 +0.21, Sept 67.63 +0.31
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5710 -40, Sept 5829 +22, November 5185 +70
Soyoil : July 11680 unch, Aug 12088 +222, Sept 12058 +14
Palm Oil : Sept 10818 +14, Oct 10440 +148
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
July 2008 3541 +23 3554 3528 17 lots
Aug 2008 3599 +34 3600 3574 224 lots
Sept 2008 3618 +43 3619 3581 1,672 lots
Oct 2008 3629 +49 3629 3590 676 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,590 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 44,339 lots (44,053 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1227.50s, AS 1230s/1225b OND 1230s/1225b fob PK/PGG
Traded : RBDP Oil : JAS 1180s, OND 1180s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 980s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 710 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1155s, AS 1155s, OND 1150s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3610s/3600b, traded 3590 to 3600
Local CPKO : South - July RM 259s
Central - July 259s
RBDPKO - July USD1490 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:13PM Jul 01, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |