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SINGAPORE, Aug 30 (Reuters) – Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Monday as increased export taxes in high producer Indonesia boosted gross sales prospects, though positive aspects had been capped by cheaper rival oils and a stronger ringgit.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for November supply on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Alternate rose 10 ringgit, or 0.2%, to 4,343 ringgit ($1,042.24) a tonne by noon.
“The Indonesian export obligation improve could have helped Malaysia to regain palm oil export share in September,” Anilkumar Bagani, analysis head of Mumbai-based vegetable oils dealer Sunvin Group instructed Reuters.
Indonesia final week set its crude palm oil (CPO) export reference value 13% increased, prompting export taxes for the edible oil to leap from $93 per tonne in August to $166 per tonne in September.
However, decrease costs of rival oils on the Chicago Board of Commerce (CBOT) and the Dalian Commodity Alternate weighed on the contract.
CBOT’s soybean oil contract B0c2 edged decrease by 0.5%, whereas palm DCPv1 and soybean oil DBYv1 costs on the Dalian fell 0.2% and 0.3%, respectively.
Palm oil is affected by value actions in associated oils as they compete for a share within the international vegetable oils market.
Capping positive aspects additional, the ringgit rose 0.5% in opposition to the greenback MYR=, making palm oil much less engaging for holders of overseas forex.
Palm oil FCPOc3 could fall into a variety of 4,155 ringgit to 4,251 ringgit, because it failed to interrupt a resistance at 4,405 ringgit per tonne, Reuters technicals analyst Wang Tao stated. TECH/C
($1 = 4.1670 ringgit)
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(Reporting by Fathin Ungku; Modifying by Sherry Jacob-Phillips and Uttaresh.V)
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