Asian Closing Market Report - Friday, July 18th 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.3526 (1.3484), Mal Ringgit 3.2395 (3.230), Indo Rupiah 9143 (9142), Euro 1.5835 (1.5874) Indian Rupee 42.835 (42.82), Thai Baht 33.31 (33.42), Phil Pesos 44.349 (44.565), Japanese Yen 106.44 (105.21), Chinese Yuan 6.8199 (6.8208)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close were lower
STI 2,861.62 down 2.48 points, KLCI 1,102.42 down 18.75 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,138.25 down 29.47 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,874.19 up 139.47 points, Nikkei 225 : 12,803.70 down 84.25 points
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Aug delivery was up USD1.76 at USD131.05 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Aug 1532.50 +11.5, Sept 1519 +11, Nov 1510 +12
Soyoil : Aug 63.21 -0.21, Sept 63.50 -0.29, Oct 63.90 -0.26
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 5037 -98, Jan 4878 -93, Mar 4867 -88
Soyoil : Sept 11088 -366, Nov 11122 -346, Jan 11186 -324
Palm Oil : Sept 9930 -438
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3376 -46 3378 3351 235 lots
Sept 2008 3372 -47 3391 3354 2656 lots
Oct 2008 3376 -59 3405 3358 4223 lots
Nov 2008 3378 -42 3400 3361 2249 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 12,230 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 53,396 lots (50,471 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : AS 1180s, OND 1180s/1165b, JFM 1185s fob PK/PGG, traded OND 1185 + 1187.50
RBDP Oil : JAS 1140s, OND 1140s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 935s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : AS 1080s/1070b, OND 1080s/1070b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3400s/3370b, traded 3400
Local CPKO : South - July RM 241s
Central - July RM 241s
RBDPKO - July USD1400 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 01:24AM Jul 18, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |