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.
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