Malaysian palm oil/Vegoils: Market factors to watch Tuesday Feb 26

The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed up 38 ringgit, or 1.8 percent, at 2,198 ringgit ($531.30) a tonne, after rising to its highest since Sept. 18 at 2,209 ringgit a tonne earlier in the session. Trading volumes stood at 44,514 lots of 25 tonnes each by the end of the session.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Tuesday Feb 26.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures fell to a one-month low late on Monday, charting a second consecutive session of declines weighed down by expectations of weaker demand and stronger than expected output levels in the coming weeks.