Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, July 16th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3474 (1.3479), Mal Ringgit 3.222 (3.2135), Indo Rupiah 9130 (9120), Euro 1.5898 (1.5942) Indian Rupee 43.125 (43.120), Thai Baht 33.48 (33.45), Phil Pesos 45.218 (45.59), Japanese Yen 104.62 (105.77), Chinese Yuan 6.8135 (6.8256)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were lower - (Dow Jones – down 92.65 to 10,962.54)
STI 2,840.20 up 9.45 points, KLCI 1,125.03 down 2.57 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,241.04 up 26.19 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,272.10 up 97.33 points, Nikkei 225 : 12,761.95 up 7.39 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed down USD6.44 to USD138.74 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Aug delivery closed down USD0.20 to USD138.54 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1542 -40, Sept 1528 -40.5, Nov 1516 -43
Soyoil : Aug 63.03 -0.76, Sept 63.40 -0.75, Oct 63.76 -0.74
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1552 +10, Sept 1535 +7, Nov 1523 +7.5
Soyoil : Aug 63.42 +0.39, Sept 63.72 +0.32, Oct 64.10 +0.34
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : July 5678 untraded, Nov 5103 +70, Jan 4897 -146
Soyoil : July 11400 untraded, Aug 11300 untraded, Sept 11360 -100
Palm Oil : Sept 10320 -110
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3489 -47 3503 3489 275 lots
Sept 2008 3501 -49 3511 3490 1462 lots
Oct 2008 3510 -50 3521 3501 3061 lots
Nov 2008 3512 -54 3525 3512 1302 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,991 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 49,462 lots (46,432 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1205s, AS 1205s/1195b, OND 1205s/1195b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : JAS 1170s, OND 1170s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 960s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1105s, AS 1110s, OND 1110s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3520s/3500b,
Local CPKO : South - July RM 249s
Central - July RM 249s
RBDPKO - July USD1435 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:45PM Jul 15, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |