VEGOILS-Palm falls at midday break on bearish data outlook
* Palm on track line for second day of losses
* Malaysian palm stocks rise to 3 million tonnes - MPOB
* Palm oil's target zone of 1,956-1,972 rgt/T aborted -
techs
By Emily Chow
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures
slipped at the midday break on Monday and were on track for a
second day of declines, as traders were bearish ahead of an
official data release during the market's midday break.
Industry regulator Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced
November data for Malaysia's stockpiles, production and exports
at the market's break. Inventories at end-November rose above 3
million tonnes, the highest in at least 18 years, as a steep
decline in exports boosted reserves.
The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery
on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange declined
0.2 percent to 1,994 ringgit ($479) a tonne at the midday break.
Trading volumes stood at 5,342 lots of 25 tonnes each at the
midday break. (1FCPO-TOT)
"Trading sentiment is cautious ahead of MPOB's report on
November palm oil supply and demand," said a Kuala Lumpur based
trader.
"Trading sentiment for the week is likely to mirror MPOB's
November palm oil supply and demand report as analysts'
forecasts are pointing to record high end-stocks," the trader
added.
Palm oil stocks last month rose 10.5 percent from October to
3.007 million tonnes, while production in November slid 6.09
percent from the previous month to 1.85 million tonnes.
Exports fell 12.9 percent to 1.375 million tonnes.
In other related oils, the Chicago December soybean oil
contract was down 0.5 percent, while the January soybean
oil contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange fell 1.9
percent.
Meanwhile, the Dalian January palm oil contract
declined 1.1 percent.
Palm oil is impacted by movements of other edible oils, as
they compete for a share in the global vegetable oil market.
A bearish target range of 1,956-1,972 ringgit per tonne has
been aborted for palm oil, said Wang Tao, a Reuters market
analyst for commodities and energy technicals.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0557 GMT:
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL DEC8 0 +0.00 0 0 0
MY PALM OIL JAN9 1910 -6.00 1901 1912 257
MY PALM OIL FEB9 1994 -4.00 1985 2001 3228
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN9 4138 -44.00 4132 4172 52582
CHINA SOYOIL JAN9 5198 -94.00 5190 5248 111544
CBOT SOY OIL DEC8 28.5 +0.00 0 0 24
INDIA PALM OIL DEC8 495.00 +2.50 489.50 496 263
INDIA SOYOIL DEC8 738.1 -0.30 735.5 740.5 1770
NYMEX CRUDE JAN9 52.54 -0.07 52.03 52.81 50369
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
($1 = 4.1640 ringgit)
(Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar)