Palm oil drops

Published April 27, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Thursday evening, having slipped to the bottom of their recent trading range, as weakening demand kept the tone bearish. The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 0.3 per cent at 2,389 ringgit ($610.22) a tonne at the close of trade.

Earlier in the session, it dropped to 2,387 ringgit, its lowest since April 18. Palm saw two consecutive sessions of losses before it ended flat on Wednesday, as it was range-trading on lacklustre export data. Trading volumes stood at 19,019 lots of 25 tonnes each on Thursday evening.

“There are no bullish factors, hence the market is sluggish,” said a Kuala Lumpur based trader, while another added that the market was down on “concerns with poor export demand.”

Malaysian palm oil shipments for April 1-25 fell 0.8-2.5pc compared with the corresponding period last month, according to data from independent inspection company AmSpec Agri Malaysia and cargo surveyor Societe Generale de Surveillance.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2018

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