Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, July 30th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3660 (1.3616), Mal Ringgit 3.2610 (3.2580), Indo Rupiah 9118 (9120), Euro 1.5589 (1.5744) Indian Rupee 42.51 (42.73), Thai Baht 33.49 (33.47), Phil Pesos 44.075 (43.934), Japanese Yen 107.92 (107.38), Chinese Yuan 6.8364 (6.8264)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 266.48 to 11,397.56 points)
STI 2,917.89 up 31.33 points, KLCI 1,161.70 up 10.90 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,278.68 up 3.01 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,716.40 up 458.40 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,331.29 up 171.84 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery down USD2.54 to USD122.19 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.13 to USD122.06 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1384.3 -16, Sept 1386.3 -10, Nov 1391 -5
Soyoil : Aug 57.83 -1.47, Sept 58.15 -1.48, Oct 58.47 -1.5
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1391.50 +6.25, Sept 1390 +3.75, Nov 1393.75 +2.75
Soyoil : Aug 57.71 -0.12, Sept 57.85 -0.30, Oct 58.35 -0.12
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4671 +19, Jan 4528 +66, Mar 4520 +49
Soyoil : Sept 9786 -102, Nov 9832 -112, Jan 10026 -48
Palm Oil : Sept 8678 -260, Jan 8742 -106
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2922 -78 2963 2922 156 lots
Sept 2008 2935 -34 2957 2915 293 lots
Oct 2008 2931 -38 2967 2909 2982 lots
Nov 2008 2922 -64 2965 2900 445 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,006 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 58,698 lots (57,925 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Aug 1030s/1020b, Sept 1030s/1020b, OND 1030s/1022.50b, JFM 1032.50s/1025b fob PK/PGG, traded OND 1025
RBDP Oil : AS 990s, OND 990s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 830s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 615s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 950s/935b, Sept 945s, OND 935s/925b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2970s/2950b, traded 2970 to 2980
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 210s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 210s per pikul
RBDPKO : July USD1220 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:00PM Jul 29, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |