Asia Closing Market Report - Friday, July 25th 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.3589 (1.3607), Mal Ringgit 3.2480 (3.2520), Indo Rupiah 9117 (9127), Euro 1.5721 (1.5687) Indian Rupee 42.295 (42.165), Thai Baht 33.42 (33.44), Phil Pesos 43.801 (43.967), Japanese Yen 107.13 (107.63), Chinese Yuan 6.8184 (6.8287)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 2,922.91 down 55.0 points, KLCI 1,141.75 up 0.16 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,245.34 down 11.71 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,740.71 down 347.01 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,334.76 down 268.55 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Sep delivery was up USD0.41 at USD125.90 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Aug 1394 +9, Sept 1383.5 +10.5, Nov 1383 +10
Soyoil : Aug 58.79 -0.14, Sept 59.09 -0.16, Oct 59.42 -0.16
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4746 +21, Jan 4577 +13, Mar 4619 +23
Soyoil : Nov 10118 -6, Jan 10328 -8, Mar 10316 -68
Palm Oil : Sept 9202 +166, Jan 9220 +122
1-25days July Palm Exports vs June (pmt) :
ITS 1,132,797 vs 899,327 +26%
SGS 1,115,660 vs 926,345 +20.4%
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 3090 -45 3090 3085 13 lots
Sept 2008 3080 -40 3119 3071 572 lots
Oct 2008 3070 -43 3116 3065 4070 lots
Nov 2008 3067 -44 3110 3065 1291 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 6,300 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 1075s/1065b, OND 1075s/1065b, JFM 1080s/1075 fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : AS 1050s, OND 1050s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 860s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 640s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 990s/975b, Sept 990s/975b, OND 985s/975b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - July RM 3170s/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 03:09AM Jul 25, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |