Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, July 24th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3616 (1.3580), Mal Ringgit 3.2420 (3.2395), Indo Rupiah 9129 (9140), Euro 1.5701 (1.5790) Indian Rupee 41.89 (42.35), Thai Baht 33.43 (33.35), Phil Pesos 43.863 (44.403), Japanese Yen 107.82 (107.27), Chinese Yuan 6.8275 (6.8285)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 29.88 to 11,632.38 points )
STI 2,978.07 down 0.89 points, KLCI 1,134.53 down 4.88 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,224.68 down 1.16 points, Hang Seng Index : 23,265.53 up 130.98 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,571.35 up 258.42 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sep delivery down USD3.98 to USD124.44 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.01 to USD124.43 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1394.30 -22.5, Sept 1385.80 -23.5, Nov 1384 -25
Soyoil : Aug 58.55 -1.58, Sept 58.87 -1.61, Oct 59.21 -1.61
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1405 +10.75, Sept 1399.25 +13.5, Nov 1397.25 +13.25
Soyoil : Aug 59.15 +0.6, Sept 59.46 +0.59, Oct 59.70 +0.49
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4725 +22, Jan 4565 +55, Mar 4590 +48
Soyoil : Sept 10178 -56, Nov 10200 -124, Jan 10422 +18
Palm Oil : Sept 9128 +32, Jan 9208 +80
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3090 +40 3090 3085 9 lots
Sept 2008 3090 +55 3090 3045 1005 lots
Oct 2008 3086 +59 3087 3041 3092 lots
Nov 2008 3082 +102 3082 3055 970 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,633 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 60,110 lots (59,706 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : AS 1090s/1080b, OND 1090s/1080b, JFM 1092.50s fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : JAS 1050s, OND 1050s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 880s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 640 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 990s/970b, Sept 990s/970b, OND 985s/975b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3150s/3130b,
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 221s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 221s per pikul
RBDPKO : July USD1310 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:35PM Jul 23, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |