Malaysian palm oil/Vegoils: Market factors to watch Wednesday Aug 9

Malaysian palm oil futures rose more than 1 percent on Friday evening, charting a third straight day of gains, supported by a weaker ringgit MYR= and rising related edible oils.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday Aug 9.

FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures made their biggest daily gains in two weeks on Tuesday, reversing losses from the previous session, supported by strength in related edible oils.
* U.S. soybean futures firmed on Tuesday, buoyed by concern about dry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest and reminders of strong export demand from China, traders said.
* Crude futures fell for a third day in early Asian trading as the market shrugged off a bigger than expected fall in U.S. inventories reported by an industry group as doubts linger over OPEC's ability to restrain supply as promised.

MARKET NEWS
* Asian shares and U.S. stock futures slipped while U.S. Treasuries, gold and the safe-haven yen rose in early Asian trading on Wednesday after tensions on the Korean peninsula escalated with Pyongyang's warning that it is "carefully examining" plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam.

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 OPEC expects laggards to comply more fully with oil cut pact

DATA/EVENTS
 Cargo surveyor ITS releases Malaysia’s July 1-31 palm oil export data on August 10.
 Cargo surveyor SGS releases Malaysia’s July 1-31 palm oil export data on August 10.
- Reuters