VEGOILS-Market factors to watch Sept 1
The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil
markets.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday, posting their first weekly gain after eight
consecutive weekly declines, on the back of other commodity markets and a weaker ringgit.
* Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures edged higher on Monday on a round of end-of-month short
covering while wheat was mixed and corn settled close to unchanged, traders said.
* Oil futures soared on Monday for a third consecutive day, rising more than 8 percent, as a
downward revision of U.S. crude production data and OPEC's readiness to talk with other
producers helped extend the biggest three-day price surge in 25 years.
MARKET NEWS
* World stock indexes fell on Monday as a Federal Reserve official's comments added to investor
concerns the bank may start raising interest rates in September, while oil prices jumped more
than 8 percent, extending their biggest price surge in 25 years.
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> Malaysia Aug 1-31 palm oil exports fall 1.2 pct on month
DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance to release data
on Malaysia's August 1-31 palm oil exports on August 31.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0010 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL SEP5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL OCT5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL NOV5 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN6 4290 +16.00 4232 4292 329014
CHINA SOYOIL JAN6 5394 +6.00 5344 5394 242982
CBOT SOY OIL DEC5 28.04 -4.00 28.02 28.18 444
INDIA PALM OIL SEP5 375.80 -4.00 374.00 379.00 2610
INDIA SOYOIL OCT5 574.15 -0.15 571.20 576.50 51090
NYMEX CRUDE OCT5 47.72 -1.48 47.57 48.19 6183
Palm oil prices in Malaysian ringgit per tonne
CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound
Dalian soy oil and RBD palm olein in Chinese yuan per tonne
India soy oil in Indian rupee per 10 kg
Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel
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