4th Nov 2010

Futures Kuala Lumpur Index
FKLI were traded higher in Wednesday morning. At the opening, Nov10 contract gain 1.50 points to 1510.00 and Dec10 contract increased 3.50 points to 1513.00. At midday, the spot-month FKLI futures increased 5.50 points to close at 1514.00 points.

At the close, the FKLI ended higher with the spot-month FKLI contract rose 2.00 points to close at 1510.50 points. Turnover was lower at 2854 lots compared to 2862 lots in the previous trading day.

Open interests increased to 21477 contracts from 20742 contracts previously. The underlying FBM KLCI index rose 1.03 points to 1507.60 at the close.


Futures Crude Palm Oil
FCPO benchmark of Jan11 contract opened at RM3100 per ton on Wednesday. At the close of Wednesday, Nov10 contract dropped RM18.00, Dec10 contract missed RM12.00, Jan11 contract lose RM3.00, and Feb11 contract slipped RM5.00.

Volume rose to 16,325 lots from 12,719 lots a day ago, while open interests slipped to 71,259 contracts from 71,293 contracts previously.