Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.405 (1.404), Mal Ringgit 3.385 (3.387), Indo Rupiah 9275 (9320), Euro: USD1.353 (USD1.3608) Indian Rupee 46.03 (45.95), Thai Baht 32.82 (33.04) Phil Pesos 46.25 (46.20) Japanese Yen 89.35 (89.09), Chinese Yuan 6.8272 (6.8257)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 78.53 to 10,403.79 points.
STI 2,781.41 up 7.35, KLCI 1,287.85 up 4.45, JKT Composite Index 2,570.79 up 16.12, Hang Seng Index : 20,882.99 down 173.94 , Nikkei 225 : 10,197.66 up 25.60
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was down USD0.96 to USD78.70 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.02 to USD78.68 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : Mar 952.50 +1.5, May 962.50 +1.5, Jul 970.50 +1.5
Soyoil : Mar 39.50 +0.21, May 39.90 +0.2, Jul 40.34 +0.21
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : Mar 950 -2.5, May 959.75 -2.75, Jul 968 -2.5
Soyoil : May 39.86 -0.04, Jul 40.29 -0.05
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4095 -4, Sep 3884 +4, Jan 3804 +6
Soyoil : May 7352 -22, Sep 7498 -16
Palm Oil : May 6800 -16, Sep 6930 -8
February Palm Exports vs January (pmt) :
ITS 1,206,859 vs 1,496,805 -19.4%
SGS 1,249,390 vs 1,478,739 -16%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Mar 2010 2611 -28 2632 2611 222 lots
Apr 2010 2615 -22 2642 2614 925 lots
May 2010 2600 -30 2635 2600 3120 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,169 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 01/03/10 is 82,710 lots (82,428 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 810, AMJ 805/795, JAS 797.50/790
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 795
RBDP Stearin : Mar 770 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 690 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 780, AMJ 780/770, JAS 770
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2630/2610
Local CPKO : Central – Mar RM 185 per pikul
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Posted at 09:08PM Mar 01, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |