Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, July 10th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3608 (1.3619), Mal Ringgit 3.2420 (3.2475), Indo Rupiah 9160 (9184), Euro 1.5723 (1.5675) Indian Rupee 43.20 (43.095), Thai Baht 33.655 (33.68), Phil Pesos 45.364 (45.599), Japanese Yen 106.91 (107.30), Chinese Yuan 6.8460 (6.8585)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were higher - (Dow Jones – down 236.77 to 11,147.44)
STI 2,900.30 down 17.32 points, KLCI 1,139.43 down 0.38 , Jakarta Composite Index 2,251.53 down 34.50 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,977.96 up 172.15 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,108.65 up 56.52 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed up USD0.01 to USD136.05 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Aug delivery closed up USD0.48 to USD136.53 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1578 +17, Aug 1572 +23, Sept 1564.8 +26.75
Soyoil : July 63.78 +0.4, Aug 63.95 +0.41, Sept 64.31 +0.41
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1578 +17, Aug 1574 +2, Sept 1570 +5.25
Soyoil : July 64.05 +0.27, Aug 64.21 +0.26, Sept 64.80 +0.49
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5620 +19, Nov 5062 +2, Jan 4954 +3
Soyoil : July 11288 -18, Aug 11388 unch, Sept 11490 -42
Palm Oil : Sept 10418 -70, Oct 10390 unch
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
July 2008 3450 -30 3450 3450 15 lots
Aug 2008 3477 -28 3500 3470 272 lots
Sept 2008 3490 -25 3516 3485 2,003 lots
Oct 2008 3498 -32 3526 3498 970 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,494 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 45,744 lots (45,744 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1205s, AS 1205s/1192.50b OND 1205s/1195b fob PK/PGG
Traded OND 1202.50 + 1200 + 1197.50
RBDP Oil : July 1165s, AS 1165s, OND 1165s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 960s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1115s, AS 1120s, OND 1120s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3510s/3500b, traded 3500
Local CPKO : South - July RM 251s
Central - July RM 251s
RBDPKO - July USD1450 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:03PM Jul 09, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |