CPO futures likely to trade lower next week

The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 1.1 percent at 2,165 ringgit a tonne at the end of the trading day, its sharpest daily decline in a week. Trading volumes stood at 38,540 lots of 25 tonnes each at the close of trade.

KUALA LUMPUR: The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to trade lower next week with prices ranging between RM1,900 and RM1,950 per tonne amid expectations of a stronger ringgit against the US dollar.

Interband Group of Companies senior trader Jim Teh said lower CPO prices would probably attract buyers.