Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, July 23rd 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3580 (1.3514), Mal Ringgit 3.2395 (3.2420), Indo Rupiah 9140 (9162), Euro 1.5790 (1.5922) Indian Rupee 42.35 (42.815), Thai Baht 33.35 (33.32), Phil Pesos 44.403 (44.219), Japanese Yen 107.27 (106.44), Chinese Yuan 6.8285 (6.8191)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 135.16 to 11,602.50 points)
STI 2,955.88 up 65.22 points, KLCI 1,128.96 up 19.39 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,209.86 down 2.89 points, Hang Seng Index : 23,003.10 up 475.62 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,355.88 up 188.47 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sep delivery down USD3.40 to USD128.42 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.77 to USD127.65 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1416.80 +7.25, Sept 1409.30 +4.25, Nov 1409 +6
Soyoil : Aug 60.13 +0.22, Sept 60.48 +0.23, Oct 60.82 +0.23
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1396 -20.75, Sept 1386 -23.25, Nov 1387.75 -21.25
Soyoil : Aug 59.07 -1.06, Sept 59.62 -0.86, Oct 59.80 -1.02
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4708 -128, Jan 4510 -165, Mar 4533 -152
Soyoil : Sept 10154 -336, Nov 10170 -402, Jan 10298 -376
Palm Oil : Sept 9030 -400, Jan 9064 -370
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3060 -192 3184 3060 43 lots
Sept 2008 3070 -167 3207 3070 949 lots
Oct 2008 3062 -190 3211 3061 6724 lots
Nov 2008 3058 -191 3210 3058 1971 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 10,434 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 59,706 lots (56,722 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : AS 1100s/1085b, OND 1100s/1085b fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : JAS 1060s, OND 1060s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 870s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 645 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 1000s/980b, Sept 1000s/995b, OND 1000s/995b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3100s,
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 225s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 225s per pikul
RBDPKO : July USD1330 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:49PM Jul 22, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |