Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.399 (1.405), Mal Ringgit 3.373 (3.385), Indo Rupiah 9285 (9275), Euro: USD1.363 (USD1.353) Indian Rupee 45.86 (46.03), Thai Baht 32.65 (32.82) Phil Pesos 46.08 (46.25) Japanese Yen 88.75 (89.35), Chinese Yuan 6.8265 (6.8272)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed up 2.19 to 10,455.78 points.
STI 2,769.75 down 2.45, KLCI 1,285.89 down 2.18, JKT Composite Index 2,579.99 up 3.40, Hang Seng Index : 20,911.97 up 5.86 , Nikkei 225 : 10,239.69 up 17.85
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD0.98 to USD79.68 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.01 to USD79.56 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 963.50 +1, Jul 970.80 +0.25, Aug 965.80 -0.5
Soyoil : May 40.20 +0.3, Jul 40.63 +0.29, Aug 40.79 +0.28
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 962.75 -0.75, Jul 970 -0.75, Aug 967 +1.25
Soyoil : May 40.15 -0.05, Jul 40.56 -0.07
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4094 -1, Sep 3887 +5, Jan 3808 +5
Soyoil : May 7374 +22, Sep 7522 +28
Palm Oil : May 6814 -22, Sep 6962 +32
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 2621 -28 2632 2611 222 lots
Apr 2010 2629 +10 2636 2628 571 lots
May 2010 2623 +11 2630 2618 1659 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,125 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 02/03/10 is 80,375 lots (82,710 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 812.50/807.50, AMJ 810/805, JAS 802.50/797.50, tdd AMJ 807.50
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 797.50
RBDP Stearin : Mar 780 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 695 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 780, AMJ 780/775, JAS 772.50
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2635/2625
Local CPKO : Central – Apr RM 186 per pikul
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Posted at 08:44PM Mar 02, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |