Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, August 27th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4169 (1.4199), Mal Ringgit 3.3730 (3.3880), Indo Rupiah 9160 (9180), Euro 1.4715 (1.4709) Indian Rupee 43.74 (44.06), Thai Baht 34.13 (34.22), Phil Pesos 45.60 (45.980), Japanese Yen 108.94 (109.58), Chinese Yuan 6.8464 (6.8462)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 26.62 to 11,412.87 points)
STI 2,700.57 down 6.62 points, KLCI 1,071.35 up 0.85 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,127.36 up 19.81 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,204.80 up 148.14, Nikkei 225 : 12,762.55 down 16.16 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Oct delivery up USD1.16 to USD116.27 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Oct delivery closed up USD0.66 to USD116.93 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Sept 1337.50 -1.75, Nov 1344.50 -2.5, Jan 1362 -2.5
Soyoil : Sept 53.92 -0.6, Oct 54.13 -0.64, Dec 54.60 -0.65
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Sept 1357.75 +20.25, Nov 1361.75 +17.25, Jan 1382 +20
Soyoil : Sept 54.40 +0.48, Oct 54.60 +0.47, Dec 55.05 +0.45
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4308 +98, Jan 4333 +124, Mar 4250 +114
Soyoil : Sept 8592 -192, Nov 8892 -92, Jan 9198 unch
Palm Oil : Sept 7880 +82, Jan 7362 -170
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Sept 2008 2491 +85 2512 2459 111 lots
Oct 2008 2499 +91 2519 2461 549 lots
Nov 2008 2500 +91 2523 2450 3570 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,342 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 52,901 lots (52,670 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 855s, OND 850s/830b, JFM 850s/835b fob PK/PGG,
RBDP Oil : Sept 810s, OND 810s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Sept 660s PK/PGG
PFAD : Sept 530s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 750s/735b, OND 750s/740b, JFM 755s
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2550s/2510b,
Local CPKO : South - Sept RM 190s per pikul
Central - Sept RM 190s per pikul
RBDPKO : Sept USD1085 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 09:54PM Aug 26, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |