Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, July 25th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3593 (1.3616), Mal Ringgit 3.2505 (3.2420), Indo Rupiah 9132 (9129), Euro 1.5697 (1.5701) Indian Rupee 42.28 (41.89), Thai Baht 33.44 (33.43), Phil Pesos 43.910 (43.863), Japanese Yen 106.83 (107.82), Chinese Yuan 6.8226 (6.8275)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 283.10 to 11,349.28 points)
STI 2,918.69 down 59.22 points, KLCI 1,134.09 down 7.50 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,241.89 down 15.16 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,641.04 down 446.68 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,343.75 down 269.64 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery up USD1.05 to USD125.49 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed up USD0.73 to USD126.22 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1385 -9.3, Sept 1373 -12.8, Nov 1373 -11
Soyoil : Aug 58.93 +0.38, Sept 59.25 +0.38, Oct 59.58 +0.37
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1390 +5, Sept 1380.50 +7.5, Nov 1379 +6
Soyoil : Aug 58.70 -0.23, Sept 59.11 -0.14, Oct 59.35 -0.23
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4710 -15, Jan 4557 -7, Mar 4597 +1
Soyoil : Sept 10110 +28, Nov 10072 -52, Jan 10318 -18
Palm Oil : Sept 9148 +112, Jan 9120 +22
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3085 -50 3085 3085 8 lots
Sept 2008 3081 -39 3119 3071 341 lots
Oct 2008 3079 -34 3116 3065 2383 lots
Nov 2008 3076 -35 3110 3065 933 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,857 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 56,938 lots (60,110 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 860s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 640 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 990s/975b, Sept 990s/980b, OND 985s/980b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3180s/3100b,
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 221s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 221s per pikul
RBDPKO : July USD1300 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:18PM Jul 24, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |