Malaysia Keeps Benchmark Rate on Hold as Currency Faces Pressure Asia’s Worst EM Currency Seen Most Resilient in 2017 Survey

RHB FIC DAILY SNAPSHOT
20/1/2017 8:50
			1-Day	3-Mth	6-Mth
	19-Jan-17	18-Jan-17	Chg (%)	Avg	Avg
Commodities
Brent Crude Mar 17	54.16	53.92	0.45	52.95	51.38
Brent Crude Apr 17	54.69	54.41	0.51	53.54	51.88
Brent Crude May 17	55.21	54.93	0.51	54.04	52.30
WTI Crude Oil	51.37	51.08	0.57	50.51	49.40
CPO Future Feb 17	3,241	3,243	-0.06	3,012	2,836
CPO Future Mar 17	3,167	3,183	-0.50	2,988	2,760
CPO Future Apr 17	3,131	3,150	-0.60	2,965	2,950
GOLD spot US$/Oz	1,205	1,204	0.06	1,201	1,259
DJ-UBS Metals Subindex	113.4	114.1	-0.61	109.7	104.4
DJ-UBS Agriculture Subindex	56.84	57.24	-0.70	55.52	55.32
Forex
USD/MYR	4.449	4.444	0.11	4.385	4.236
GBP/USD	1.234	1.226	0.66	1.238	1.269
EUR/USD	1.066	1.063	0.32	1.068	1.092
USD/JPY	114.9	114.7	0.18	112.1	107.3
AUD/USD	0.756	0.751	0.75	0.745	0.752
USD/SGD	1.426	1.430	-0.24	1.422	1.391
USD/HKD	7.757	7.756	0.01	7.757	7.757
USD/KRW	1,178	1,167	0.93	1,173	1,144
USD/CNY	6.872	6.850	0.33	6.876	6.778
USD/THB	35.40	35.43	-0.10	35.51	35.17
USD/IDR	13,376	13,347	0.22	13,322	13,216
USD/PHP	49.98	49.84	0.28	49.39	48.36
USD/INR	68.13	68.08	0.08	67.73	67.30
Equity Indices
FBM KLCI	1,666.5	1,665.0	0.09	1,645.9	1,658.1
DJIA	19,732.4	19,804.7	-0.37	19,201.7	18,771.8
S&P 500	2,263.7	2,271.9	-0.36	2,209.4	2,186.1
NASDAQ	5,540.1	5,555.7	-0.28	5,361.3	5,292.1
			1-Day	3-Mth	6-Mth
Government Bonds	19-Jan-17	18-Jan-17	Chg (bps)	Avg	Avg
MGS 3/19 (3y)	3.34	3.27	7.10	3.47	3.18
MGS 11/21 (5y)	3.71	3.72	-1.10	3.69	3.45
MGS 08/23 (7y)	4.08	4.07	0.90	3.96	3.69
MGS 11/26 (10y)	4.28	4.23	5.10	4.10	3.84
MGS 06/31 (15y)	4.70	4.67	3.50	4.51	4.20
MGS 03/46 (30y)	4.90	4.80	9.80	4.74	4.61
UST 2YR	1.22	1.22	0.00	1.08	0.92
UST 5YR	1.96	1.94	2.50	1.75	1.46
UST 10YR	2.47	2.43	4.43	2.28	1.95
UST30YR	3.05	3.01	3.34	2.94	2.64
UK 2YR	0.20	0.19	1.60	0.16	0.15
UK 10YR	1.41	1.34	7.20	1.33	1.04
GE 2YR	-0.70	-0.72	1.50	-0.71	-0.67
GE 10YR	0.38	0.36	2.40	0.25	0.10
JGB 2YR	-0.24	-0.23	-0.80	-0.20	-0.22
JGB 10YR	0.08	0.06	2.00	0.02	-0.03
AU 2YR	1.89	1.86	3.20	1.78	1.66
AU 10YR	2.76	2.68	7.70	2.65	2.32
SGS 2YR	1.16	1.14	2.00	1.13	1.00
SGS 10YR	2.37	2.32	4.84	2.27	2.04
HK 2YR	1.00	1.00	0.20	0.94	0.82
HK 10YR	1.81	1.78	3.00	1.47	1.28
SK 2YR	1.61	1.60	1.50	1.60	1.46
SK 10YR	2.17	2.12	4.30	2.02	1.76
CH 10YR	3.28	3.27	0.70	3.01	2.89
TH 2YR	1.53	1.54	-1.00	1.56	1.54
TH 10YR	2.65	2.64	0.60	2.55	2.34
ID 2YR	7.03	6.96	7.00	7.23	6.93
ID 10YR	7.56	7.52	4.10	7.70	7.34
PH 2YR	2.69	2.75	-5.70	1.82	1.68
PH 10YR	4.19	4.17	2.60	4.44	3.85
IN 2YR	6.41	6.39	1.90	6.33	6.57
IN 10YR	6.48	6.45	2.20	6.50	6.74
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Malaysia
Malaysia Keeps Benchmark Rate on Hold as Currency Faces Pressure
Asia’s Worst EM Currency Seen Most Resilient in 2017 Survey
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