Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, July 14th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sing Dollar 1.3553 (1.3598), Mal Ringgit 3.234 (3.2450), Indo Rupiah 9152 (9162), Euro 1.5905 (1.5773) Indian Rupee 42.815 (42.88), Thai Baht 33.64 (33.65), Phil Pesos 45.59 (45.383), Japanese Yen 106.37 (107.15), Chinese Yuan 6.8310 (6.8356)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were lower - (Dow Jones – down 128.48 to 11,100.54)
STI 2,881.13 down 45.71 points, KLCI 1,145.94 down 4.45 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,262.04 down 14.81 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,901.95 down 282.60 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,019.82 down 19.87 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed up USD3.43 to USD145.08 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Aug delivery closed down USD0.01 to USD145.07 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : July 1630.5 +21, Aug 1615.5 +15, Sept 1605.5 +12.5
Soyoil : July 64.48 +0.03, Aug 64.63 +0.01, Sept 64.98 +0.01
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : July 1596.25 -34.25, Aug 1580 -35.5, Sept 1569.50 -36
Soyoil : July 64.48 +0.03, Aug 63.95 -0.68, Sept 64.10 -0.88
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5620 +18, Nov 5099 -61, Jan 4943 -100
Soyoil : July 11400 +36, Aug 11430 +18, Sept 11418 -206
Palm Oil : Sept 10374 -128
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3541 -24 3541 3515 273 lots
Sept 2008 3554 -21 3554 3519 1626 lots
Oct 2008 3516 -26 3562 3530 858 lots
Nov 2008 3565 -28 3565 3552 46 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,803 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 46,709 lots (46,910 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1220s, AS 1220s/1205b, OND 1220s/1210b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : JAS 1170s, OND 1170s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : JAS 975s PK/PGG
PFAD : JAS 715 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1115s/1105b, AS 1120s/1105b, OND 1120s/1105b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3560s/3550b, traded RM3550
Local CPKO : South - July RM 252s
Central - July RM 252s
RBDPKO - July USD1450 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:53PM Jul 13, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |