Asia Closing Market Report - Friday, August 8th 2008
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Asian Currencies and Euro at our close
Sin Dollar 1.4001 (1.3840), Mal Ringgit 3.2990 (3.2830), Indo Rupiah 9165 (9095), Euro 1.5126 (1.5472) Indian Rupee 42.11 (42.05), Thai Baht 33.68 (33.58), Phil Pesos 44.122 (43.700), Japanese Yen 109.68 (109.41), Chinese Yuan 6.8570 (6.8622)
Asian Stock Exchanges at our close:
STI 2,809.29 down 25.42 points, KLCI 1,120.31 down 9.25 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,195.92 down 3.09 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,885.21 down 218.99 points, Nikkei 225 : 13,168.41 up 43.42 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In Asian trading hours, Light Sweet Crude for Sep delivery was down USD1.92 at USD118.11 per barrel.
E-CBOT Prices at our close:
Soybeans : Aug 1253.50 +10, Sept 1232.75 +19.25, Nov 1241 +19
Soyoil : Aug 51.48 -1.5, Sept 52.73 +1.06, Oct 53.05 +1.08
Closing of The Dalian Commodity Exchange - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4212 -4, Jan 4091 -44, Mar 4096 -43
Soyoil : Sep 8398 -178, Nov 8696 -108, Jan 8968 -46
Palm Oil : Sept 7530 -194, Oct 7500 -386, Jan 7770 -48
MDEX as at the close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2852 +12 2852 2850 29 lots
Sept 2008 2776 -62 2850 2772 721 lots
Oct 2008 2779 -66 2864 2767 7382 lots
Nov 2008 2780 -7 1 2860 2765 2062 lots
Volume at 6.00 p.m : 10,681 lots 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 970s, OND 960s/950b, JFM 965s/952.50b fob PK/PGG
RBDP Oil : AS 930s, OND 925s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 750s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 570s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 865s, OND 860s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2820s/2790b, traded 2860 to 2800
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 190s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 190s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1120 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 03:21AM Aug 08, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |