Asian Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, July 17th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3498 (1.3474), Mal Ringgit 3.230 (3.222), Indo Rupiah 9137 (9130), Euro 1.5848 (1.5898) Indian Rupee 42.905 (43.125), Thai Baht 33.48 (33.48), Phil Pesos 45.238 (45.218), Japanese Yen 104.92 (104.62), Chinese Yuan 6.8266 (6.8135)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day were higher - (Dow Jones – up 276.74 to 11,239.28 points)
STI 2,879.65 up 44.33 points, KLCI 1,115.17 down 4.25 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,215.90 down 2.23 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,768.58 up 545.08 points, Nikkei 225 : 12,878.60 up 117.80 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery closed down USD4.14 to USD134.60 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Aug delivery closed up USD0.30 to USD134.90 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1573 +31, Sept 1558 +30, Nov 1548 +32
Soyoil : Aug 64.09 +1.06, Sept 64.46 +1.06, Oct 64.83 +1.07
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1576.75 +3.75, Sept 156.750 +2.75, Nov 1549.50 +1.5
Soyoil : Aug 64.00 -0.09, Sept 64.51 +0.05, Oct 65.00 +0.17
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 5126 +15, Jan 4975 +58, Mar 4963 +55
Soyoil : Sept 11436 +58, Nov 11470 +76,
Palm Oil : Sept 10334 -16
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3444 -23 3469 3444 26 lots
Sept 2008 3450 -25 3487 3450 996 lots
Oct 2008 3455 -11 3499 3455 2713 lots
Nov 2008 3460 -18 3497 3460 750 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,525 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 50,471 lots (46,432 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : July 1192.50s, AS 1192.50s/1182.50b, OND 1195s/1185b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : JAS 1160s, OND 1160s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 935s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : July 1105s/1190b, AS 1105s/1190b, OND 1110s/1090b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3490s/3450b,
Local CPKO : South - July RM 247s
Central - July RM 247s
RBDPKO - July USD1420 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:49PM Jul 16, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |