Asia Closing Market Report - Friday, August 1st 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.3690 (1.3661), Mal Ringgit 3.2620 (3.2545), Indo Rupiah 9087 (9085), Euro 1.5568 (1.5618) Indian Rupee 42.38 (42.450), Thai Baht 33.53 (33.46), Phil Pesos 44.049 (44.043), Japanese Yen 107.56 (108,17), Chinese Yuan 6.8420 (6.8383)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 2,906.71 down 22.94 points, KLCI 1,159.10 down 3.99 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,248.75 down 55.75 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,862.60 up 131.50 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,086.43 down 290.38 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Sep delivery was down USD1.38 at USD122.70 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Aug 1384.50 -11.25, Sept 1381.25 -0.13, Nov 1390.50 -13.5
Soyoil : Aug 57.34 -0.92, Sept 57.40 -1.11, Oct 57.90 -0.94
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4545 -135, Jan 4399 -153, Mar 4440 -110
Soyoil : Sep 9508 -396, Nov 9620 -344, Jan 9782 -338, Mar 9832 -246
Palm Oil : Sept 8830 +158, Jan 8828 +112
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2970 -80 2980 2970 2 lots
Sept 2008 2950 -94 3007 2939 529 lots
Oct 2008 2950 -100 2994 2935 6113 lots
Nov 2008 2949 -101 2995 2935 1824 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 10,136 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 54,911 lots (58,317 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Aug 1035s/1025b, Sept 1035s/1025b, OND 1030s/1020b, JFM 1035s/1025b fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : AS 1000s, OND 1000s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 830s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 625s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 950s, Sept 945s, OND 940s/920b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2985s/2965b,
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 210s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 210s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1200 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 03:02AM Aug 01, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |