KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Monday Feb 25.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures reversed early gains on Friday to close in negative territory, tracking declines in soyoil on the U.S. Chicago Board of Trade.
* U.S. grain and soy futures seesawed on Friday as traders waited for signs that Washington and Beijing were making progress toward a trade agreement that could boost Chinese imports of U.S. crops.
* Oil prices touched their highest since mid-November on Friday and posted weekly gains for the second week in a row, boosted by hopes that U.S.-China trade talks would soon produce a deal, although new record U.S. oil supply limited gains.
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