Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Friday, August 8th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.3973 (1.3832), Mal Ringgit 3.2950 (3.2830), Indo Rupiah 9158 (9103), Euro 1.5226 (1.5433) Indian Rupee 42.15 (41.99), Thai Baht 33.675 (33.65), Phil Pesos 44.022 (43.750), Japanese Yen 109.60 (109.56), Chinese Yuan 6.8610 (6.8580)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 224.64 to 11,431.43 points)
STI 2,820.07 down 14.64 points, KLCI 1,122.46 down 7.10 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,198.41 down 0.60 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,107.46 up 3.26, Nikkei 225 : 13,236.38 up 111.39 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery up USD1.44 to USD120.02 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.37 to USD119.65 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1243 +22.5, Sept 1234.5 +21, Nov 1239 +17
Soyoil : Aug 52.09 +0.61, Sept 52.27 +0.6, Oct 52.28 +0.61
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1237 -6, Sept 1227.25 -7.25, Nov 1235.50 -3.5
Soyoil : Aug untraded, Sept 52.02 -0.25, Oct 52.47 -0.11
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4212 -4, Jan 4095 -40, Mar 4111 -28
Soyoil : Sept 8418 -158, Nov 8760 -44, Jan 8974 -40
Palm Oil : Sept 7530 -194, Oct 7500 -386, Nov 7728 -100
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2852 +12 2852 2850 29 lots
Sept 2008 2850 +12 2850 2794 505 lots
Oct 2008 2848 +3 2864 2798 3184 lots
Nov 2008 2850 -1 2860 2790 1024 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,837lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 53,448 lots (54,581 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 980s/970b, OND 977.50s/970, JFM 980s/970b fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : AS 940s, OND 940s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 760s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 580s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 875s, OND 875s/865b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2860s/2850b, traded 2850 to 2860
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 191s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 191s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1120 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:20PM Aug 07, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |