Palm slips on low volumes, muted production expectations
Updates with midday break prices, comment on paragraph 3
By Dewi Kurniawati
JAKARTA, Sept 5 (Reuters) -Malaysian palm oil futures extended losses to a fourth straight session on Thursday amid lower trading volumes and worries over poor production expectations.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for November delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 20 ringgit, or 0.51%, at 3,866 ringgit ($892.84) a metric ton by the midday break.
"Rather thin volume today, suggesting a lethargy in selling activities. The biggest worry is the low arrival of fruit bunches and poor production performance both in August and September," said Paramalingam Supramaniam, director at Selangor-based brokerage Pelindung Bestari.
Malaysia's palm oil inventories are expected to have climbed to their highest levels in six months at the end of August due to lacklustre export demand, a Reuters survey showed.
Dalian's most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 fell 0.7%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 was down 0.68%. The Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 gained 0.2%.
Palm oil tracks price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
The Malaysian ringgit MYR=, palm's currency of trade, gained 0.46% against the dollar. A stronger ringgit makes palm oil less attractive for foreign currency holders.
Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil exporter, plans to lower export levy rates of the tropical oil to improve competitiveness against rival vegetable oils and raise farmers' income.
Malaysia's August palm oil exports are seen at 1,376,412 tons, according to Amspec Agri.
Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for August fell 9.9% to 1,445,442 tons from 1,604,578 tons shipped during July, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said.
Oil prices edged up after plunging to multi-month lows previously as major producers may delay an output increase planned for next month and U.S. inventories fell, though the gains were limited by persistent demand concerns.O/R
Stronger crude oil futures make palm a more attractive option for biodiesel feedstock.
Palm oil may break support at 3,864 ringgit per ton, and fall into the 3,777 ringgit to 3,821 ringgit range, according to Reuters' technical analyst Wang Tao.
($1 = 4.3300 ringgit)
Reporting by Dewi Kurniawati; Editing by Eileen Soreng and Rashmi Aich
For a table on Malaysian physical palm oil prices, including refined oil, Reuters Terminal users can double click on or type OILS/MY01.
* To view freight rates from Peninsula Malaysia/Sumatra to China, India, Pakistan and Rotterdam, please key in OILS/ASIA2 and press enter, or double click between the brackets.
* Reuters Terminal users can see cash and futures edible oil prices by double clicking on the codes in the brackets: To go to the next page in the same chain, hit F12. To go back, hit F11.
Vegetable oils OILS/ASIA1
Malaysian palm oil exports SGSPALM1
CBOT soyoil futures 0#BO:
CBOT soybean futures 0#S:
Indian solvent SOLVENT01
Dalian Commodity Exchange DC/MENU
Dalian soyoil futures 0#DBY:
Dalian refined palm oil futures 0#DCP:
Zhengzhou rapeseed oil 0#COI:
European edible oil prices/trades OILS/E
면책조항: XM Group 회사는 체결 전용 서비스와 온라인 거래 플랫폼에 대한 접근을 제공하여, 개인이 웹사이트에서 또는 웹사이트를 통해 이용 가능한 콘텐츠를 보거나 사용할 수 있도록 허용합니다. 이에 대해 변경하거나 확장할 의도는 없습니다. 이러한 접근 및 사용에는 다음 사항이 항상 적용됩니다: (i) 이용 약관, (ii) 위험 경고, (iii) 완전 면책조항. 따라서, 이러한 콘텐츠는 일반적인 정보에 불과합니다. 특히, 온라인 거래 플랫폼의 콘텐츠는 금융 시장에서의 거래에 대한 권유나 제안이 아닙니다. 금융 시장에서의 거래는 자본에 상당한 위험을 수반합니다.
온라인 거래 플랫폼에 공개된 모든 자료는 교육/정보 목적으로만 제공되며, 금융, 투자세 또는 거래 조언 및 권고, 거래 가격 기록, 금융 상품 또는 원치 않는 금융 프로모션의 거래 제안 또는 권유를 포함하지 않으며, 포함해서도 안됩니다.
이 웹사이트에 포함된 모든 의견, 뉴스, 리서치, 분석, 가격, 기타 정보 또는 제3자 사이트에 대한 링크와 같이 XM이 준비하는 콘텐츠 뿐만 아니라, 제3자 콘텐츠는 일반 시장 논평으로서 "현재" 기준으로 제공되며, 투자 조언으로 여겨지지 않습니다. 모든 콘텐츠가 투자 리서치로 해석되는 경우, 투자 리서치의 독립성을 촉진하기 위해 고안된 법적 요건에 따라 콘텐츠가 의도되지 않았으며, 준비되지 않았다는 점을 인지하고 동의해야 합니다. 따라서, 관련 법률 및 규정에 따른 마케팅 커뮤니케이션이라고 간주됩니다. 여기에서 접근할 수 있는 앞서 언급한 정보에 대한 비독립 투자 리서치 및 위험 경고 알림을 읽고, 이해하시기 바랍니다.