Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, March 4th 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.399 (1.399), Mal Ringgit 3.369 (3.373), Indo Rupiah 9270 (9285), Euro: USD1.368 (USD1.363) Indian Rupee 45.79 (45.86), Thai Baht 32.67 (32.65) Phil Pesos 45.98 (46.08) Japanese Yen 88.45 (88.75), Chinese Yuan 6.8271 (6.8265)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 9.22 to 10,396.76 points.
STI 2,775.31 down 7.48, KLCI 1,285.66 down 0.44, JKT Composite Index 2,572.22 up 5.13, Hang Seng Index : 20,766.25 down 110.54 , Nikkei 225 : 10,180.21 down 72.93
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for Apr was up USD1.19 to USD80.87 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday Apr was down USD0.23 to USD80.64 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 963.50 -0.5, Jul 971 +0.25, Aug 966.80 +1
Soyoil : May 40.40 +0.2, Jul 40.83 +0.2, Aug 40.99 +0.2
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 957.50 -6, Jul 964 -7, Aug 961.50 -5.25
Soyoil : May 40.09 -0.31, Jul 40.54 -0.29, Aug 40.70 -0.29
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : May 4091 -10, Sep 3849 -45, Jan 3779 -33
Soyoil : May 7330 -44, Sep 7470 -54
Palm Oil : May 6788 -26, Sep 6896 -62
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 2636 -8 2641 2631 156 lots
Apr 2010 2636 -7 2645 2630 567 lots
May 2010 2630 -5 2642 2622 2934 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 5,208 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 03/03/10 is 80,556 lots (80,375 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Mar 817.50/810, AMJ 815/807.50, JAS 805/797.50, tdd JAS 802.50+800
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Mar 802.50
RBDP Stearin : Mar 775 PK/PGG
PFAD : Mar 700 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Mar 780/770, AMJ 785/780, JAS 775/765
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Mar RM 2645/2630
Local CPKO : Central – Apr RM 190 per pikul
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Posted at 08:59PM Mar 03, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |