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Palm oil for Feb. delivery -0.9% to close at 3,113 ringgit/ton on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives in Kuala Lumpur, lowest since Dec. 2; +25% YTD.
- Futures -1.3% on Wednesday, biggest decline for most-active contract since Nov. 14
- Prices closed at 3,183 ringgit on Tuesday, highest since May 2012
- “Any expected cut in imports by India will boost inventory and that’s bad for palm oil,” says Donny Khor, deputy director of futures & commodities at RHB Investment Bank in Kuala Lumpur
- Profit taking ahead of long weekend in Malaysia also negative for prices, Khor says
- NOTE: India Dec. Palm Oil Imports May Drop At Least 11% Y/Y, GGN Says
- NOTE: Malaysian Palm Oil Board to Release November Data on Dec. 14
- NOTE: Reserves seen +8.3% m/m to 1.7m tons in Nov., output -3% m/m to 1.63m tons: Bloomberg survey
- Soybean oil for Jan. delivery on Chicago Board of Trade -0.8% to 37.63c/lb; Jan. soybeans -0.5% to $10.43 3/4/bu
- Soybean oil’s premium over palm oil at ~$127/ton vs avg ~$94 over past year: data compiled by Bloomberg
- Palm oil’s premium over gasoil at ~$231/ton vs avg ~$232 over past year: data compiled by Bloomberg
- May refined palm oil on Dalian Commodity Exchange closes -1.9% to 6,294 yuan/ton; May soybean oil closes -0.7% at 7,148 yuan/ton
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