Asia Mid-Day Market Report - Thursday, April 1st 2010
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Asian Currencies & Euro to US$ at our mid-day (previous day's figures in brackets)
Sin Dollar 1.397 (1.4008), Mal Ringgit 3.256 (3.281), Indo Rupiah 9064 (9078), Euro: USD1.3503 (USD1.344) Indian Rupee 44.90 (45.08), Thai Baht 32.32 (32.27) Phil Pesos 45.20 (45.34) Japanese Yen 93.43 (92.69), Chinese Yuan 6.827 (6.8277)
Asian Stock Exchanges at mid-day - Dow Jones closed down 50.79 to 10,856.63 points.
STI 2,918.74 up 31.28, KLCI 1,331,69 up 11.12, JKT Composite Index 2,823.30 up 46, Hang Seng Index : 21,433.44 up 194.09 , Nikkei 225 : 11,195.81 up 105.87
Petroleum Oil Prices
In US closing Light Sweet Crude for May was up USD1.39 to USD83.76 per barrel.
In Asian trading hours midday May was down USD0.38 to USD83.38 per barrel.
CBOT closing yesterday :
Soybeans : May 941 -33, Jul 950 -30.75, Aug 943.80 -25.5
Soyoil : May 38.31 -0.36, Jul 38.77 -0.35, Aug 38.96 -0.34
Mid-day E-CBOT :
Soybeans : May 945.50 +4.5, Jul 954.50 +4.5
Soyoil : May 38.44 +0.13, Jul 38.89 +0.12
The Dalian Commodity Exchange midday close - one lot equals to 10 metric tons
Soybeans : Sep 3868 -34, Jan 3816 -21, May 3817 -20
Soyoil : Sep 7572 -32, Jan 7678 -26
Palm Oil : Sep 6834 -46, Jan 6740 -46
1-31 days March Palm Exports vs February (pmt) :
ITS 1.35mln vs 1.2mln +12%
SGS 1,345,124 vs 1,249,390 +7.7%
MDEX as at the morning close :
Month Last High Low Volume
Apr 2010 2587 -41 2605 2587 275 lots
May 2010 2555 -10 2562 2553 789 lots
Jun 2010 2535 -21 2547 2532 2233 lots
Volume at 12.30 p.m : 3,375 lots in the morning session
The open interest on the MDEX as at 31/03/10 is 77,494 lots (79,209 lots on previous day) - one lot = 25 metric tons
Physical Oil Prices :
RBDP Olein fob PK/PGG : Apr 812.50, MJ 807.50/800, JAS 792.50/787.50, tdd JAS 790
RBDP Oil fob PK/PGG : Apr 805
RBDP Stearin : Apr 795 PK/PGG
PFAD : Apr 675 fob PK/PGG
CPO - FOB Belawan/Dumai : Apr 785, MJ 780, JAS 765/760
Local Crude Palm Oil : South – Apr RM 2590/2570
Local CPKO : South – Apr RM 197 per pikul
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Posted at 08:27PM Mar 31, 2010 by MarketReports admin in Asia Mid-Day |