Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, August 19th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4130 (1.4108), Mal Ringgit 3.3360 (3.3315), Indo Rupiah 9180 (9185), Euro 1.4695 (1.4743) Indian Rupee 43.48 (43.27), Thai Baht 33.92 (33.83), Phil Pesos 45.303 (45.111), Japanese Yen 109.87 (110.24), Chinese Yuan 6.8677 (6.8694)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 180.51 to 11,479.39 points)
STI 2,742.49 down 34.49 points, KLCI 1,069.40 down 14.96 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,066.70 down 18.63 points, Hang Seng Index : 20,814.79 down 115.88, Nikkei 225 : 12,848.13 down 317.32 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Sept delivery down USD0.90 to USD112.87 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Sep delivery closed down USD0.70 to USD112.17 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Sept 1279 +67.5, Nov 1289 +70, Jan 1306.8 +70
Soyoil : Sept 52.52 +2.48, Oct 52.81 +2.48, Dec 53.33 +2.5
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Sept 1260.25 -18.75, Nov 1266.75 -22.25, Jan 1285 -21.75
Soyoil : Sept 52.06 -0.46, Oct 52.50 -0.31, Dec 52.83 -0.5
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4240 +1, Jan 4178 -2, Mar 4158 +1
Soyoil : Sept 8150 -18, Nov 8440 +14, Dec 8636 +88
Palm Oil : Sept 7450 -24, Jan 7604 +54
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Sept 2008 2513 +29 2555 2513 238 lots
Oct 2008 2499 +14 2565 2499 754 lots
Nov 2008 2492 +7 2565 2492 3245 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,098 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 52,190 lots (54,546 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 875s, OND 870s/855b, JFM 875s fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : Sept 840s, OND 840s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : AS 695s PK/PGG
PFAD : AS 540s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 770s/755b, OND 770s/755b, traded OND 765 + 760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2550s/2490b, traded 2560 to 2530
Local CPKO : South - Aug RM 188s per pikul
Central - Aug RM 188s per pikul
RBDPKO : August USD1070 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:56PM Aug 18, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |