Malaysia's palm oil futures dominance challenged by upstart


KUALA LUMPUR (Bloomberg): Palm oil futures have been trading on Singapore’s Asia Pacific Exchange for just three months, but they’re already making their mark in a world long dominated by the benchmark contract in neighboring Malaysia.

The Chinese-backed bourse started trading crude palm oil futures on April 18. The product is dollar-denominated and physically deliverable to ports in West and East Malaysia, as well as Belawan and Dumai ports in Indonesia.

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