Asian share markets faced a testing time on Monday after Wall Street suffered its worst starting week in history and doubts over Beijing's policy choices sent investors into the arms of the safe-haven yen and sovereign bonds.
* Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday, after climbing to a two-week high in the prior session, although expectations of strong demand for the vegetable oil kept a floor under prices.
* U.S. soybean futures fell 2.3 percent to a three-month low on Friday as the weather forecast for August reinforced expectations that the crop developing in the U.S. Midwest would blossom into a bumper harvest.
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