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VEGOILS-Market factors to watch May 22

Reuters

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

markets.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures declined on Monday evening, snapping two sessions of gains, weighed

down by weaker export data from a cargo surveyor and an inspection company.

* U.S. soybean futures jumped more than 2 percent on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed

to drop tariff threats, easing fears that demand for U.S. shipments to top importer China could

slow.

* U.S. crude hit its highest level since 2014 on Monday amid rising concerns that Venezuela's

oil output could fall further following the country's presidential election and potential

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sanctions on the OPEC-member nation.

MARKET NEWS

* Global stock markets rallied broadly on Monday after the United States and China agreed to

halt a trade war, while oil hit multi-year highs on political uncertainty and potential

sanctions on Venezuela.

RELATED

> Malaysia's May 1 - 20 palm oil exports fall 20.9 pct -AmSpec Agri

> Malaysia's May 1-20 palm oil exports fell 18.0 pct -SGS

> Drought, armyworms cut Malawi maize crop by 19 pct - minister

> Trade war fears ebb as U.S., China agree to continue talks

> U.S. commodity exports to China to rise amid trade talks, but volumes are capped

DATA/EVENTS

> Cargo surveyor AmSpec releases Malaysia's May 1-20 palm oil export data on May 25.

> Cargo surveyor SGS releases Malaysia's May 1-20 palm oil export data on May 25.

* 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 0100 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL JUN8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL JUL8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL AUG8 0 +0.00 0 0 0

CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP8 5156 -6.00 5132 5164 112156

CHINA SOYOIL SEP8 5798 -26.00 5762 5814 189186

CBOT SOY OIL JUL8 31.43 +2.00 31.38 31.5 2160

INDIA PALM OIL MAY8 664.60 +2.00 658.00 665.7 1271

INDIA SOYOIL JUN8 776.6 +2.85 767.3 778 32580

NYMEX CRUDE JUN8 72.49 +0.25 72.42 72.55 752

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)