Palm falls for third session in fourth, softer ringgit caps losses
Malaysian palm oil futures fell 0.52% to 4,613 ringgit per metric ton, marking a third decline in four sessions despite supportive factors like firmer crude oil prices and a weaker ringgit. Rival edible oil prices showed mixed movements, with Dalian’s soyoil down slightly and palm oil up. The market remains influenced by competition for market share in the global vegetable oils sector, with recent data indicating a 21% drop in palm oil imports by the EU this season.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Reuters) -Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday for a third session in fourth, although firmer crude oil prices and a softer ringgit lent some support to prices.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange slid 24 ringgit, or 0.52%, to 4,613 ringgit ($1,052.48) a metric ton in early trade. The market will be closed on Thursday for a holiday.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 fell 0.14%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 rose 0.41%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were up 0.14%.
* Palm oil tracks price movements of rival edible oils, as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
* The ringgit MYR=, palm’s currency of trade, weakened 0.21% against the dollar, making the commodity cheaper for buyers holding foreign currencies.
* Oil prices stabilised on industry data showing a surprise drop in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories, following two previous sessions of losses on the prospect of hostilities easing in the Middle East. O/R
* Stronger crude oil futures make palm a more attractive option for biodiesel feedstock.
* European Union soybean imports so far in the 2024/25 season that started in July had reached 3.78 million metric tons by Oct. 25, up 1% from a year earlier, while palm oil imports were down 21% to 988,458 tons, data published by the European Commission showed.
MARKET NEWS
* Asia shares eased on the back of weakness in China, as investors brace for a tightly contested U.S. election that could have huge ramifications for the world’s second-largest economy, even as Beijing tries to shore up growth. MKTS/GLOB
DATA/EVENTS
0630 France GDP Preliminary QQ Q3
0855 Germany Unemployment Chg SA Oct
0855 Germany Unemployment Rate SA Oct
0900 Germany GDP Flash QQ SA Q3
0900 Germany GDP Flash YY NSA Q3
1000 EU GDP Flash Prelim YY Q3
1000 EU GDP Flash Prelim YY Q3
1000 EU Consumer Confid. Final Oct
1230 US GDP Advance Q3
1300 Germany CPI Prelim YY Oct
1300 Germany HICP Prelim YY Oct
($1 = 4.3830 ringgit)
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