Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, August 5th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3739 (1.3691), Mal Ringgit 3.2680 (3.265), Indo Rupiah 9083 (9096), Euro 1.5533 (1.5579) Indian Rupee 42.36 (42.385), Thai Baht 33.58 (33.52), Phil Pesos 44.319 (43.90), Japanese Yen 108.19 (107.71), Chinese Yuan 6.8511 (6.846)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 42.17 to 11,284.15 points)
STI 2,835.88 down 40.20 points, KLCI 1,129.15 down 19.53 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,193.48 down 34.20 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,012.03 down 502.89 points, Nikkei 225 : 12,970.30 up 37.12 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery down USD3.69 to USD121.41 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD1.03 to USD120.38 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1287 -70.75, Sept 1285.5 -70, Nov 1295 -70
Soyoil : Aug 54.10 -2.51, Sept 54.33 -2.5, Oct 54.66 -2.5
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1263 -24, Sept 1258 -27.5, Nov 1269 -26
Soyoil : Aug 53.10 -1.0, Sept 53.34 -0.99, Oct 53.64 -1.02
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4195 -204, Jan 4030 -212, Mar 4056 -213
Soyoil : Sept 8742 -392, Nov 8778 -460, Jan 8948 -436
Palm Oil : Sept 7858 -410, Jan 7796 -410
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2800 -96 2808 2800 15 lots
Sept 2008 2770 -120 2790 2745 488 lots
Oct 2008 2780 -110 2787 2750 2059 lots
Nov 2008 2777 -113 2784 2750 1094 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,788 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 55,961 lots (56,305 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Aug 980s/950b, Sept 980s/950b, OND 965s/950b, JFM 970s/955b fob PK/PGG, traded OND 950
RBDP Oil : AS 940s, OND 930s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 770s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 600s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 875s/860b, Sept 870s/850b, OND 870s/850b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2800s/2780b, traded 2800
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 200s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 200s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1160 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:52PM Aug 04, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |