KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Tuesday.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures rose to their highest in more than a week on
Monday, lifted by strong crude and soy oil markets overseas, and on investor
anticipation that festival-driven consumption will stoke demand for the tropical
oil.
* U.S. wheat futures surged nearly 3 percent on Monday as traders responded to
fresh tensions in the Black Sea region, coupled with the threat of freeze damage
to crops in the U.S. Plains.
* Brent crude oil rose more than $1.50 on Monday as tensions escalated in
Ukraine, while U.S. crude rose modestly after positive retail sales data
signaled a rebound in the U.S. economy.
MARKET NEWS
* Global equities rose on Monday as robust U.S. retail sales data signaled
economic growth, while the euro fell after the European Central Bank gave its
strongest signal yet that it would ease policy to cool the single currency.
* Commodities had the best quarter in 18 months as trading for March ended on
Monday, with weather and economic growth likely to determine if gas, gold,
grains, lean hogs and coffee continue going higher and draw money into the
space.
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DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance
will release Malaysia's April 1-15 palm oil export data on April 15.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 2355 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL APR4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL MAY4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL JUN4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA SOYOIL SEP4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CBOT SOY OIL MAY4 42.26 +0.00 0.00 0.00 0
NYMEX CRUDE MAY4 103.49 -0.56 103.45 103.65 708
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
Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel
- Reuters
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