JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters) -Malaysian palm oil futures traded sideways on Wednesday as market participants awaited July export data from cargo surveyors for direction.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 10 ringgit, or 0.26%, to 3,905 ringgit ($847.26) a metric ton by 0237 GMT. It traded between 3,881 ringgit and 3,917 ringgit in early trade.

For the month, the contract was down 0.15%.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Dalian's most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 was down 0.05%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 was up 0.13%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOc2 were down 0.21%.

* Palm oil tracks price movements of rival edible oils, as they compete for a share of the global vegetable oils market.

* Cargo surveyors are expected to publish their estimates on Malaysia palm oil exports in July later in the day.

* Indonesia raised its crude palm oil reference price for August to $820.11 per metric ton from $800.75 per ton in July, but will keep the export tax and export levy unchanged, a trade ministry official said on Tuesday.

MARKET NEWS

* Asian stocks clung to familiar ranges after contrasting results from tech bellwether Microsoft and chipmaker AMD suggested a divide in the AI landscape while the yen was firm ahead of the Bank of Japan's policy decision.MKTS/GLOB

DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

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($1 = 4.6090 ringgit)

Reporting by Bernadette Christina; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu

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