Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, December 3rd 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.5267 (1.5267), Mal Ringgit 3.638 (3.638), Indo Rupiah 12100 (12250), Euro 1.271 (1.2616) Indian Rupee 49.92 (50.52), Thai Baht 35.45 (35.74), Phil Pesos 49.10 (49.46), Japanese Yen 93.30 (93.44), Chinese Yuan 6.884 (6.885)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones closed – up 270 to 8,419.09 points)
STI 1,654 up 14.82 points, KLCI 849.38 up 3.63 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,204.33 up 12.97, Hang Seng Index : 13,594.41 up 188.56, Nikkei 225 : 7,962.98 up 99.29
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Jan delivery was down USD2.32 to USD46.96 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Jan delivery closed up USD0.74 to USD47.70 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Jan 827 -19, Mar 834.50 -19.75, May 844 -19.75
Soyoil : Dec 30.42 -0.69, Jan 30.77 -0.63, Mar 31.20 -0.63
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Jan 831.50 +4.5, Mar 839 +4.5, May 848.50 +4.5
Soyoil : Jan 30.93 +0.16, Mar 31.35 +0.15, May 31.77 +0.17
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Jan 3616 +33, Mar 3410 +14, May 3138 -1
Soyoil : Jan 6318 -28, Mar 6010 +2, May 5986 -64
Palm Oil : Jan 4606 +56, Mar 4660 +34, May 4686 +2
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Dec 2008 1555 -36 1570 1555 46 lots
Jan 2008 1573 -45 1579 1558 225 lots
Feb 2009 1562 -41 1590 1558 2045 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,726 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 91,136 lots (92,830 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Dec 535s, JFM 530s/515b, AMJ 535s/525b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : Dec 500s, JFM 500s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Dec 355s PK/PGG
PFAD : Dec 305s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Dec 440s, Jan 440s, FM 440s, AMJ 445s,
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Dec RM 1580s/1560b,
Local CPKO : South - Dec RM 101s per pikul
Central - Dec RM 101s per pikul
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Posted at 08:44PM Dec 02, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |