Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, July 7th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3609 (1.3602), Mal Ringgit 3.265 (3.265), Indo Rupiah 9205 (9220), Euro 1.5651 (1.5716) Indian Rupee 43.09 (43.25), Thai Baht 33.57 (33.41), Phil Pesos 45.290 (45.016), Japanese Yen 107.12 (106.75), Chinese Yuan 6.8558 (6.8602)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were mixed - (Dow Jones – closed for Independence Day)
STI 2,918.97 up 26.43 points, KLCI 1,127.23 down 6.91 , Jakarta Composite Index 2,308.57 down 6.19 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,745.20 up 321.38 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,363.72 up 125.83 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed up USD0.10 to USD145.39 per barrel and Sept delivery closed down USD1.58 to USD143.71 per barrel - In Asian trading hours.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1658 +12.25, Aug 1649 +9.5, Sept 1637.3 +5.25
Soyoil : July 67.33 -0.44, Aug 67.53 -0.46, Sept 67.90 -0.46
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1638 -20, Aug 1626.25 -22.75, Sept 1612.25 -25
Soyoil : July 66.00 -1.33, Aug 66.27 -1.26, Sept 66.54 -1.36
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5550 -149, Nov 5133 -43, Jan 5101 -78
Soyoil : July 11278 -114, Aug 11570 unch, Sept 11586 -84
Palm Oil : Sept 10548 -32, Oct 10556 +242
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
July 2008 3520 -45 3520 3520 6 lots
Aug 2008 3555 -44 3565 3548 526 lots
Sept 2008 3565 -65 3595 3565 2,733 lots
Oct 2008 3572 -68 3607 3572 659 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,924 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 44,831 lots (44,597 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1220s, AS 1225s/1215b OND 1225s/1220b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : July 1180s, AS 1185s, OND 1190s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 975s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 705 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1125s, AS 1130s, OND 1135s/1105b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3600s/3570b
Local CPKO : South - July RM 257s
Central - July RM 257s
RBDPKO - July USD1470 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:54PM Jul 06, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |