KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
FUNDAMENTALS * Malaysian palm oil futures edged up to more than one-week highs in thin trade on Monday as investors pinned their hopes on stockpiles having eased further in March, signalling stronger demand for the tropical oil, although the ringgit's recent rise capped gains. * U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, snapping a streak of three straight negative sessions, on technical buying and worries that delays in the South American harvest will further slow delivery of supplies from Argentina and Brazil, traders said. * Oil prices edged higher on Monday, lifted by gains in gasoline futures and strong selling of the spread between Brent crude and U.S. crude. MARKET NEWS * Yen still in focus, US earnings seen aiding Asian shares * Markets rise broadly after week-long sellig RELATED NEWS > Indian FY13 commodity turnover falls for first time since inception > U.S. corn planters idle as rains sweep crop belt DATA/EVENTS > Industry regulator the Malaysian Palm Oil Board to issue official data on the country's palm oil stocks, output, exports and imports on Wednesday.
> Cargo surveyors to issue April 1-10 export data on Wednesday. Key commodity markets at 0022 GMT Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume RINGGIT/USD 3.053 -0.01 3.056 3.0545 CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP3 0 +0.00 0 0 0 CHINA SOYOIL SEP3 0 +0.00 0 0 0 CBOT SOYOIL MAY3 49.50 -0.02 49.50 49.53 2043 NYMEX CRUDE MAY3 93.45 +0.09 93.36 93.54 1302 CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound Dalian soy oil in Chinese yuan per tonne Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel Vegetable oils -- Malaysian palm oil exports -- CBOT soyoil futures -- CBOT soybean futures -- Indian solvent -- Weekly Indian vegetable oils -- Dalian Commodity Exchange -- Dalian soyoil futures -- Dalian refined palm oil futures -- Zhengzhou rapeseed oil -- European edible oil prices/trades -- (Reporting by the Kuala Lumpur bureau)
