Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, August 6th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3773 (1.3739), Mal Ringgit 3.2755 (3.2680), Indo Rupiah 9063 (9083), Euro 1.5486 (1.5533) Indian Rupee 42.36 (42.36), Thai Baht 33.62 (33.58), Phil Pesos 43.885 (44.319), Japanese Yen 108.37 (108.19), Chinese Yuan 6.8420 (6.8511)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 331.62 to 11,615.77 points)
STI 2,897.12 up 36.61 points, KLCI 1,134.67 up 5.81 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,200.03 up 14.41 points, Hang Seng Index : closed, Nikkei 225 : 13,279.14 up 364.48 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery down USD2.24 to USD119.17 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.78 to USD118.39 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1262.50 -24.5, Sept 1259 -26.5, Nov 1269 -26
Soyoil : Aug 52.98 -1.12, Sept 53.18 -1.15, Oct 53.50 -1.16
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1257 -5.5, Sept 1252.50 -6.5, Nov 1263.25 -5.75
Soyoil : Aug 53.00 +0.02, Sept 53.30 +0.12, Oct 54.02 +0.52
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4305 +125, Jan 4110 +80, Mar 4123 +67
Soyoil : Sept 8774 +74, Nov 8908 +128, Jan 9082 +146
Palm Oil : Sept 7912 +84, Jan 7962 +164
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 untraded
Sept 2008 2734 -16 2806 2720 851 lots
Oct 2008 2730 -20 2803 2710 3059 lots
Nov 2008 2730 -30 2830 2710 1026 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,491 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 55,277 lots (55,961 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Aug 960s, Sept 960s, OND 950s/942.50, JFM 950s/942.50b fob PK/PGG, traded OND 947.50 + 945
RBDP Oil : AS 920s, OND 910s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 740s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 590s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Aug 850s, Sept 850s, OND 850s/835b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2800s/2750b, traded 2800
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 190s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 190s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1110 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:53PM Aug 05, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |