KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday Jan 21.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm futures slipped to a two-week low on Tuesday as lacklustre
demand and a grim outlook on global commodity markets piled pressure, but prices
pulled up in late trade as they clung onto support from the ringgit that slumped
to near 6-year lows.
* Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dropped to their lowest in nearly three
months on Tuesday as export demand for U.S. supplies weakened ahead of what are
expected to be record harvests in Brazil and Argentina, traders said.
* Oil fell as much as 5 percent on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund
cut its 2015 global economic forecast and key producer Iran hinted prices could
drop to $25 a barrel without supportive OPEC action.
MARKET NEWS
* Equities rose worldwide on Tuesday, with Wall Street reversing early losses
and the dollar rising 1 percent against the Japanese yen, as diminishing global
growth prospects bolstered hopes for central bank stimulus.
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DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance
to release data on Malaysia's Jan. 1-25 palm oil exports on Jan. 26.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0027 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL FEB5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL MAR5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL APR5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN MAY5 4884 -2.00 4876 4910 112194
CHINA SOYOIL MAY5 5610 +24.00 5582 5624 169438
CBOT SOY OIL MAR5 32.96 -5.90 0.00 0.00 0
INDIA PALM OIL JAN5 451.10 -5.90 451.10 456.80 697
INDIA SOYOIL FEB5 641.70 -5.45 641.40 648.80 35960
NYMEX CRUDE MAR5 46.86 +0.39 46.61 46.88 1485
Palm oil prices in Malaysian ringgit per tonne
CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound
Dalian soy oil and RBD palm olein in Chinese yuan per tonne
India soy oil in Indian rupee per 10 kg
Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel
- Reuters
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