Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, August 14th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4078 (1.4057), Mal Ringgit 3.3280 (3.3145), Indo Rupiah 9178 (9167), Euro 1.4890 (1.4922) Indian Rupee 42.87 (42.63), Thai Baht 33.67 (33.66), Phil Pesos 44.655 (44.55), Japanese Yen 109.42 (108.83), Chinese Yuan 6.8600 (6.8612)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 109.51 to 11,532.96 points)
STI 2,809.90 down 1.99 points, KLCI 1,109.88 down 2.65 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,087.10 up 23.58 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,268.78 down 24.54, Nikkei 225 : 13,004.78 down 18.27 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery up USD2.99 to USD116.00 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed up USD0.82 to USD116.82 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Aug 1270 +50, Sept 1277.50 +70, Nov 1284 +70
Soyoil : Aug 52.29 +2.46, Sept 52.47 +2.5, Oct 52.76 +2.5
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Aug 1291 +21, Sept 1291 +13.5, Nov 1299.50 +15.5
Soyoil : Sept 52.67 +0.20, Oct 52.93 +0.17, Dec 53.45 +0.17
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4238 +57, Jan 4184 +68, Mar 4178 +65
Soyoil : Sept 8280 +216, Nov 8586 +258, Jan 8998 +232
Palm Oil : Sept 7610 +216, Jan 7774 +14
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Aug 2008 untraded
Sept 2008 2635 +84 2650 2622 771 lots
Oct 2008 2630 +82 2656 2615 4240 lots
Nov 2008 2629 +79 2658 2615 1121 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,595 lots for the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 52,667 lots (52,639 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 915s, OND 900s/890b, JFM 905s/895b fob PK/PGG, traded OND 900 + 895
RBDP Oil : AS 875s, OND 865s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 705s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 555s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 800s/790b, OND 800s/790b traded OND 795
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2650s/2635b, traded 2650 to 2655
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 189s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 189s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1085 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:02PM Aug 13, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Closing |