VEGOILS-Market factors to watch April 21

The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

FUNDAMENTALS * Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower in thin trade on Friday, as investors continued to book profits from big gains earlier this week, with weakness in overseas soy markets and a firm ringgit also dragging.

MARKET NEWS * Global equity markets rose on Thursday, boosted by solid U.S. economic data and upbeat results from some U.S. companies, including General Electric, while the dollar rose after a joint call by major powers for an end to the fighting in Ukraine.

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DATA/EVENTS > Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance to release Malaysia's April 1-20 palm oil export data on April 21.

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