Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, August 28th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.4122 (1.4169), Mal Ringgit 3.3730 (3.3730), Indo Rupiah 9150 (9160), Euro 1.4778 (1.4715) Indian Rupee 43.73 (44.74), Thai Baht 34.04 (34.13), Phil Pesos 45.70 (45.60), Japanese Yen 109.10 (108.94), Chinese Yuan 6.8265 (6.8464)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones – up 89.64 to 11,502.51 points)
STI 2,703.62 down 1.47 points, KLCI 1,071.43 up 3.78 points , Jakarta Composite Index 2,150.17 up 19.11 points, Hang Seng Index : 21,062.96 down 401.76, Nikkei 225 : 12,747.10 down 5.86 points.
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Oct delivery up USD1.88 to USD118.15 per barrel. In Asian trading hours midday Oct delivery closed up USD1.03 to USD119.18 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Sept 1348 +10.5, Nov 1348 +3.5, Jan 1365 +3
Soyoil : Sept 54.22 +0.3, Oct 54.43 +0.3, Dec 54.93 +0.33
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Sept 1345.50 -2.5, Nov 1345 -3, Jan 1362.25 -2.75
Soyoil : Sept 53.84 -0.38, Oct 54.07 -0.36, Dec 54.60 -0.33
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Nov 4286 -54, Jan 4270 -69, Mar 4205 -55
Soyoil : Sept 8550 -212, Nov 8788 -164, Jan 8998 -184
Palm Oil : Sept 7488 -392, Jan 7174 -126
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Sept 2008 2441 - 39 2441 2437 13 lots
Oct 2008 2495 -6 2498 2462 262 lots
Nov 2008 2510 +8 2515 2452 3227 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 4,268 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 53,273 lots (52,901 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Sept 855s, OND 850s/840b, JFM 852.50s/840b fob PK/PGG, traded OND + JFM 845
RBDP Oil : Sept 820s, OND 815s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Sept 660s PK/PGG
PFAD : Sept 530s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Sept 755s/735b, OND 755s/735b, JFM 760s/740b
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Aug RM 2530s/2500b, traded 2500
Local CPKO : South - Sept RM 190s per pikul
Central - Sept RM 190s per pikul
RBDPKO : Sept USD1080 pmt fob Malaysian ports.
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Posted at 10:04PM Aug 27, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |