VEGOILS-Market factors to watch Feb 22
The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil
markets.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Malaysian palm oil futures slid for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, hitting their
lowest in 15 weeks as expectations of higher production and ample supplies of rival soybean oil
weighed on the market.
* U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Tuesday for a third straight session, reversing from
early strength to touch a three-week low on expectations for large South American soy harvests,
analysts said.
* Oil prices ended about 1 percent higher after touching three-week highs on Tuesday on OPEC's
optimism for greater compliance with its deal with other producers including Russia to curb
output in an effort to clear a glut that has weighed on the market.
MARKET NEWS
* Stock prices across the world climbed to record highs on Tuesday on news euro zone business
activity accelerated to a six-year high, while the dollar gained after hawkish comments from
Federal Reserve officials.
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DATA/EVENTS
> Cargo surveyor ITS releases Malaysia’s Feb 1-20 palm oil export data on Feb 25.
> Cargo surveyor SGS releases Malaysia’s Feb 1-20 palm oil export data on Feb 25.
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Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0035 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL MAR7 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL APR7 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL MAY7 0 +0.00 0 0 0
CHINA PALM OLEIN MAY7 5828 -78.00 5820 5878 216592
CHINA SOYOIL MAY7 6618 -70.00 6606 6668 156944
CBOT SOY OIL MAR7 32.67 -7.00 0 0 0
INDIA PALM OIL FEB7 548.50 -7.00 545.80 557.1 2029
INDIA SOYOIL MAR7 654.4 -5.00 654.2 663.55 45240
NYMEX CRUDE APR7 54.37 +0.04 54.22 54.39 3148
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
Vegetable oils --
Malaysian palm oil exports --
CBOT soyoil futures --
CBOT soybean futures --
Indian solvent --
Weekly Indian vegetable oils --
Dalian Commodity Exchange --
Dalian soyoil futures --
Dalian refined palm oil futures --
Zhengzhou rapeseed oil --
European edible oil prices/trades --
(Reporting by KL newsroom)
