CRUDE palm oil (CPO) futures prices at the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives held slightly higher in the early part of trading last week, but declined sharply towards the later part of the week on long liquidation pressure and fresh selling interest linked to commercial hedging.
Hedge-selling by producers emerged following weakness in the Indonesian rupiah which gave rise to concerns that competition from Indonesia's palm oil products would intensify in the coming weeks.
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