Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, December 4th 2008
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Asian Currencies & Euro at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.5241 (1.5267), Mal Ringgit 3.633 (3.638), Indo Rupiah 11925 (12250), Euro 1.271 (1.2616) Indian Rupee 50.0 (50.52), Thai Baht 35.63 (35.74), Phil Pesos 49.18 (49.46), Japanese Yen 93.22 (93.44), Chinese Yuan 6.883 (6.885)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - (Dow Jones closed – up 172.60 to 8,591.69 points)
STI 1,658.90 up 18.33 points, KLCI 847 down 0.53 points , Jakarta Composite Index 1,206.05 up 13.53, Hang Seng Index : 13,679.82 up 91.16, Nikkei 225 : 7,902.54 down 101.56
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Jan delivery was down USD0.17 to USD46.79 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Jan delivery closed down USD1.47 to USD45.32 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Jan 830 +3, Mar 835 +0.5, May 843 -1
Soyoil : Dec 30.28 -0.14, Jan 30.58 -0.19, Mar 30.98 -0.22
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Jan 828.50 +1.5, Mar 832 -3, May 840 -3
Soyoil : Jan 30.30 +0.02, Mar 30.51 -0.07, May 30.93 -0.05
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Jan 3630 +27, Mar 3406 -2, May 3064 -70
Soyoil : Jan 6286 -10, Mar 5970 -10, May 5962 -8
Palm Oil : Jan 4610 +18, Mar 4668 +28, May 4712 +34
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Dec 2008 untraded
Jan 2008 1521 -15 1550 1521 273 lots
Feb 2009 1527 -15 1555 1523 1363 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 2,397 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX is at 90,274 lots (91,136 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob : Dec 520s/515b, JFM 515s/505b, AMJ 520s/510b fob PK/PGG ,
RBDP Oil : Dec 490s, JFM 490s fob PK/PGG
RBDP Stearin : Dec 350s PK/PGG
PFAD : Dec 300s fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Dec 430s, Jan 430s, FM 430s, AMJ 435s,
Local Crude Palm Oil : South - Dec RM 1550s/1520b,
Local CPKO : South - Dec RM 99s per pikul
Central - Dec RM 99s per pikul
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Posted at 08:43PM Dec 03, 2008 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |