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VEGOILS-Market factors to watch Apr 26

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

markets.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures ended flat on Wednesday evening, previously charting two earlier

sessions of declines, as it traded in a tight range due to lacklustre export data.

* U.S. corn futures rallied to a nine-month peak and wheat rose to its highest in nearly seven

weeks on Wednesday, supported by a round of short-covering amid persistent concerns about

adverse weather curtailing harvest expectations for both grains, traders said.

* Oil prices rose on Wednesday despite data showing rising U.S. inventories, holding within

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sight of three-year highs reached the previous day on geopolitical tensions including the

prospect of fresh sanctions on Iran.

MARKET NEWS

* Asian stocks edged up on Thursday as robust corporate earnings helped Wall Street quell

concerns over a surge in U.S. bond yields, while the dollar hovered near three-month highs

against a basket of currencies.

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DATA/EVENTS

> Cargo surveyor AmSpec releases Malaysia's Apr 1-30 palm oil export data on Apr 30.

> Cargo surveyor SGS releases Malaysia's Apr 1-30 palm oil export data on Apr 30.

* For a table on Malaysian physical palm oil prices, including refined oil, Reuters Terminal

users can double click on or type.

* To view freight rates from Peninsula Malaysia/Sumatra to China, India, Pakistan and

Rotterdam, please key in and press enter, or double click between the brackets.

* Reuters Terminal users can see cash and futures edible oil prices by double clicking on

the codes in the brackets: To go to the next page in the same chain, hit F12. To go back, hit

F11.

Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0052 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL MAY8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL JUN8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL JUL8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP8 4978 -10.00 4978 4994 77946

CHINA SOYOIL SEP8 5740 -32.00 5738 5772 151912

CBOT SOY OIL JUL8 31.08 +6.10 31.06 31.16 790

INDIA PALM OIL APR8 649.10 +6.10 644.00 651 1189

INDIA SOYOIL MAY8 772.75 +1.75 770.6 774.8 11580

NYMEX CRUDE JUN8 68.37 +0.32 67.96 68.37 12861

Palm oil prices in Malaysian ringgit per tonne

CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound

Dalian soy oil and RBD palm olein in Chinese yuan per tonne

India soy oil in Indian rupee per 10 kg

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 KL newsroom)