VEGOILS-Palm oil trades in tight range, strong July exports underpins
KUALA LUMPUR, July 17 (Reuters) – Malaysian palm oil futures traded in a tight range on Monday, underpinned by a surge in July exports so far.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 27 ringgit, or 0.69%, to 3,926 ringgit ($863.43) a tonne during early trade, up for a second session.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for July 1-15 rose 16.7% to 510,249 tonnes from 437,101 tonnes shipped during June 1 – 15, independent inspection company AmSpec Agri Malaysia said on Saturday.
* Another cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said exports during the same period rose 19.3% to 554,054 tonnes from 464,380 tonnes.
* Indonesia has to change rules mandating palm oil exporters sell a portion of their output to the domestic market, M. Firman Hidayat, a senior official with a ministry overseeing the rules, told Reuters on Monday.
* Malaysia has maintained its August export tax for crude palm oil at 8% and raised its reference price, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed on Friday.
* Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 fell 0.07%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 gained 0.3%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were up 1.2%.
* Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
* Palm oil may rise into a range of 3,921 ringgit to 3,949 ringgit per metric ton, as a correction from 3,995 ringgit may have completed, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said. TECH/C
MARKET NEWS
* Asian shares slipped on Monday as a mixed bag of Chinese economic data were not as bad as some feared, but still fanned market impatience with the lack of major fiscal stimulus from Beijing. MKTS/GLOB
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($1 = 4.5470 ringgit)
(Reporting by Mei Mei Chu; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
((Meifong.chu@thomsonreuters.com))
