Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Monday, December 1st 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.5221 (1.5064), Mal Ringgit 3.6299 (3.616), Indo Rupiah 12200 (12100), Euro 1.2662 (1.2903) Indian Rupee 49.49 (49.92), Thai Baht 35.62 (35.46), Phil Pesos 48.63 (48.85), Japanese Yen 95.32 (95.26), Chinese Yuan 6.853 (6.83)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones closed – up 102.43 to 8,829.04 points)
STI 1,718.43 down 14.14 points, KLCI 854.99 down 11.15 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,241 down 0.54, Hang Seng Index : 14,185.80 up 297.56, Nikkei 225 : 8,377.47 down 134.80
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Jan delivery was down USD0.36 to USD54.43 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Jan delivery closed down USD0.89 to USD53.54 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Jan 883 -3, Mar 891 -3, May 900 -3.75
Soyoil : Dec 32.58 +0.08, Jan 32.90 +0.04, Mar 33.34 +0.06
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Jan 874.25 -8.75, Mar 883 -8, May 893 -7
Soyoil : Dec 32.44 -0.14, Jan 32.74 -0.16, Mar 33.15 -0.19
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Jan 3594 unch, Mar 3436 -26, May 3198 -28
Soyoil : Jan 6496 +44, Mar 6226 +14, May 6212 +34
Palm Oil : Jan 4636 +78, Mar 4676 -12, May 4812 +36
1-30days November Palm Exports vs October (pmt) :
ITS 1,328,748 vs 1,318,196 +0.80%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Dec 2008 1631 +21 1650 1630 158 lots
Jan 2008 1635 +10 1670 1607 475 lots
Feb 2009 1634 +2 1675 1604 2957 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,251 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 91,506 lots (91,820 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Dec 555s, JFM 550s/540b, AMJ 552.50s/545b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : Dec 525s, JFM 520s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Dec 365s PK/PGG
PFAD : Dec 320s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Dec 455s, Jan 455s, FM 455s/447.50b, AMJ 460s/455b,
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Dec RM 1660s/1630b,
Local CPKO : South - Dec RM 105s per pikul
Central - Dec RM 105s per pikul
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Posted at 10:04PM Nov 30, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |