KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday August 3.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures edged down on Friday, reversing early gains to record their biggest
monthly drop since March, but losses were limited by a weaker ringgit and data showing Malaysian
exports fell less than expected this month.
* Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by profit-taking and the
cancellation of an export deal with China, traders said.
* U.S. crude posted its biggest monthly drop since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday after a
string of losses in July triggered by China's stock market slump and signs that top Middle East
producers were pumping crude at record levels.
MARKET NEWS
* The dollar fell and benchmark U.S. Treasury yields touched multi-week lows on Friday as an
unexpectedly weak government reading of American labor costs dulled prospects for higher U.S.
interest rates.
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DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance to release data
on Malaysia's August 1-10 palm oil exports on August 10.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0009 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL AUG5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL SEP5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL OCT5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN6 4784 +28.00 4766 4798 253962
CHINA SOYOIL JAN6 5520 +24.00 5496 5542 214348
CBOT SOY OIL DEC5 30.66 -2.00 30.64 30.71 291
INDIA PALM OIL JUL5 419.10 -2.00 417.50 420.40 856
INDIA SOYOIL AUG5 576.50 +6.00 568.20 576.60 66095
NYMEX CRUDE SEP5 48.50 -0.02 48.43 48.57 1325
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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