KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (Reuters) -Malaysian palm oil futures dropped more than 1% on Monday, as traders assessed a drop in Chicago soyoil and crude oil prices.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for December delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell 45 ringgit, or 1.05%, to 4,255 ringgit ($997.66) a metric ton during early trade.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were down 1.32%. Dalian's vegetable oil markets were closed for China's Golden Week holiday.

* Chicago corn and soybean futures lost more ground, as a stronger dollar and expectations of record U.S. supplies continued to provide headwinds to prices.

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

* Oil prices pared gains in early trade after charting their biggest weekly rise in over a year on Friday amid mounting threats of a region-wide war in the Middle East. O/R

* Brent crude futures LCOc1 for December were down 0.41% at $77.73 a barrel, as of 0236 GMT. Weaker crude oil futures make palm a less attractive option for biodiesel feedstock.

* The ringgit MYR=, palm's currency of trade, weakened 1.21% against the dollar, making the commodity cheaper for buyers holding foreign currencies.

* Palm oil may extend gains to 4,432 ringgit per metric ton, as it has broken key resistance at 4,293 ringgit, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said. TECH/C

MARKET NEWS

* Asian stocks rallied and the dollar reached a fresh seven-week peak on the yen after blowout U.S. labour data dispelled fears of a recession and spurred a sharp paring of rate-cut bets. MKTS/GLOB

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($1 = 4.2650 ringgit)

Reporting by Ashley Tang; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips

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