Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, August 11th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4070 (1.3973), Mal Ringgit 3.3160 (3.2950), Indo Rupiah 9190 (9158), Euro 1.4978 (1.5226) Indian Rupee 41.94 (42.15), Thai Baht 33.73 (33.675), Phil Pesos 44.396 (44.022), Japanese Yen 110.01 (109.60), Chinese Yuan 6.8648 (6.8610)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 302.89 to 11,734.32 points)
STI 2,838.09 up 30.55 points, KLCI 1,126.08 up 5.77 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,159.83 down -36.10 points, Hang Seng Index : 22,211.83 up 326.62, Nikkei 225 : 13,447.77 up 279.36 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery down USD4.82 to USD115.20 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed up USD1.13 to USD116.33 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1199 -44, Sept 1177 -57.5, Nov 1180.50 -58.5
Soyoil : Aug 50.39 -1.7, Sept 50.57 -1.7, Oct 50.87 -1.71
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1196.75 -2.25, Sept 1175 -2, Nov 1181.25 +0.75
Soyoil : Sept 50.33 -0.24, Oct 50.62 -0.25, Dec 51.40 -0.1
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4061 -151, Jan 3913 -178, Mar 3975 -121
Soyoil : Sept 8110 -426, Nov 8322 -430, Jan 8614 -414
Palm Oil : Sept 7230 -348, Oct 7274 -382, Jan 7520 -280
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 2700 -87 2720 2700 631 lots
Sept 2008 2679 -106 2722 2676 636 lots
Oct 2008 2674 -105 2728 2662 4567 lots
Nov 2008 2673 -107 2725 2661 1316 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 7,291 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 52,287 lots (53,448 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 945s, OND 940s/910, JFM 945s/920b fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : AS 905s, OND 905s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 730s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 570s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 840s820b, OND 840s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2730s/2660b,
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 187s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 187s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1090 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:03PM Aug 10, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |