Asian share markets faced a testing time on Monday after Wall Street suffered its worst starting week in history and doubts over Beijing's policy choices sent investors into the arms of the safe-haven yen and sovereign bonds.
* Malaysian palm oil futures notched up a second day of gains, tracking rival soyoil, while a weaker ringgit MYR= also helped to prop up prices.
* U.S. soybean futures gained for the second straight session on Wednesday on short-covering and worries about dry weather conditions in the key crop development month of August, traders and analysts said.
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