KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures fell in thin trade on Thursday, reversing gains
from the early session as disappointing export data and weakness in comparative
soy markets dragged the tropical oil to record its biggest monthly drop since
May.
* U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday on signs that demand will keep domestic
supplies tight until harvest, while corn weakened due to forecasts for more
crop-boosting rain in the U.S. Midwest, traders said.
* U.S. crude oil tumbled more than $2 on Thursday, going below $98 a barrel,
hitting the lowest level since March on news of a potentially lengthy shutdown
at a Kansas oil refinery, while Brent also slipped amid signs of robust OPEC oil
production.
MARKET NEWS
* Global equity markets tumbled on Thursday, hurt by ongoing tensions with
Russia and Argentina's second default in 12 years, while the U.S. dollar edged
higher against a basket of major currencies for its strongest monthly gain in
over a year.
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DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyor Societe Generale de Surveillance to release July palm oil
export data on August 4.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0007 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL AUG4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL SEP4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL OCT4 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN5 5658 +2.00 5636 5660 144950
CHINA SOYOIL JAN5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CBOT SOY OIL DEC4 36.41 +0.01 36.36 36.45 408
NYMEX CRUDE SEP4 97.87 -0.31 97.66 97.96 2527
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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