Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, August 26th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4199 (1.4188), Mal Ringgit 3.3880 (3.3670), Indo Rupiah 9180 (9154), Euro 1.4709 (1.4710) Indian Rupee 44.06 (43.58), Thai Baht 34.22 (34.12), Phil Pesos 45.980 (45.410), Japanese Yen 109.58 (110.09), Chinese Yuan 6.8462 (6.8434)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – down 241.81 to 11,386.25 points)
STI 2,697.15 down 36.30 points, KLCI 1,068.23 down 10.50 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,103.68 down 23.54 points, Hang Seng Index : 20,872.02 down 232.77, Nikkei 225 : 12,786.41 down 99.99 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Oct delivery up USD0.52 to USD115.11 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Oct delivery closed up USD0.23 to USD115.34 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Sept 1339.30 +18.25, Nov 1347 +20, Jan 1364.50 +20
Soyoil : Sept 54.52 +0.37, Oct 54.77 +0.35, Dec 55.25 +0.32
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Sept 1324 -15.25, Nov 1334.50 -12.5, Jan 1348.75 -15.75
Soyoil : Sept 53.23 -1.29, Oct 54.04 -0.73, Dec 54.22 -1.03
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4252 -65, Jan 4216 -134, Mar 4186 -119
Soyoil : Sept 8800 -222, Nov 8982 -228, Jan 9090 -398
Palm Oil : Sept 7716 -406, Jan 7410 -390
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Sept 2008 2477 -108 2528 2470 150 lots
Oct 2008 2481 -109 2600 2469 880 lots
Nov 2008 2485 -115 2602 2465 4410 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 6,415 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 52,670 lots (51,946 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 875s, OND 875s/850b, JFM 880s/852.50b fob PK/PGG, traded OND 880
RBDP Oil : Sept 840s, OND 840s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Sept 700s PK/PGG
PFAD : Sept 550s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 775s, OND 775s/755b, JFM 780s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2580s/2480b,
Local CPKO : South - Sept RM 192s per pikul
Central - Sept RM 192s per pikul
RBDPKO : Sept USD1090 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:51PM Aug 25, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |