Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, 4th July 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3602 (1.3622), Mal Ringgit 3.265 (3.266), Indo Rupiah 9220 (9205), Euro 1.5716 (1.5694) Indian Rupee 43.25 (43.3), Thai Baht 33.41 (33.365), Phil Pesos 45.016 (45.15), Japanese Yen 106.75 (106.77), Chinese Yuan 6.8602 (6.8510)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were mixed - (Dow Jones – up 73.03 to 11,288.54 points)
STI 2,893.72 up 13.27 points, KLCI 1,124.35 down 29.35 , Jakarta Composite Index 2,315.85 up29.24 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,477.33 up 234.55 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,143.04 down 122.36 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed up USD0.10 to USD145.39 per barrel and Sept delivery closed down USD0.23 to USD145.63 per barrel - In Asian trading hours.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1645.6 -8.75, Aug 1639.4 -9.5, Sept 1632 -12.5
Soyoil : July 67.77 -0.92, Aug 67.99 -0.80, Sept 68.36 -0.76
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1658 +12.25, Aug 1649 +9.5, Sept 1637.25 +5.25
Soyoil : July 67.33 -0.44, Aug 67.53 -0.46, Sept 67.90 -0.46
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5690 -10, September 5829 +22, November 5167 +89
Soyoil : July 11334 -248, Aug 11550 -438, Sept 11662 -152
Palm Oil : Sept 10598 -2, Oct 10328 -86
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
July 2008 3555 -15 3555 3550 22 lots
Aug 2008 3594 -29 3620 3594 565 lots
Sept 2008 3617 -18 3633 3614 1,337 lots
Oct 2008 3631 -28 3659 3626 556 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,515 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 44,597 lots (43,705 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1222.50s/1215b, AS 1230s/1225b OND 1232.50s/1225b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : July 1180s, AS 1185s, OND 1190s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 980s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 705 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1135s/1115b, AS 1140s/1120b, OND 1140s/1120b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3620s/3600b
Local CPKO : South - July RM 258s
Central - July RM 258s
RBDPKO - July USD1480 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:09PM Jul 03, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |