Palm oil falls

Published December 14, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures slipped on Wednesday evening, charting a seventh session of declines in eight, on weak export demand and tracking falls in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 0.6 per cent at 2,458 ringgit ($601.71) a tonne at the close of trade.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2017

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