VEGOILS-Palm hits one-week top on gains in related edible oils
* Market touches 2,220 rgt/T, highest since Oct 5
* Oil, bearish production outlook supportive of prices -
Trader
* Palm oil may bounce into 2,214-2,228 rgt/T range -
Technicals
By Emily Chow
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures
jumped over 1 percent to a one-week high on Monday, supported by
gains in related edible oils, strength in crude oil prices and
on bearish production outlook.
The benchmark palm oil contract for December delivery
on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was trading
1.1 percent higher at 2,218 ringgit ($533.69) a tonne at the
midday break.
Earlier in the session, it rose as much 1.2 percent to 2,220
ringgit, its highest since October 5.
Trading volumes stood at 21,312 lots of 25 tonnes each at
noon. (1FCPO-TOT)
"Palm is up on soyoil and Dalian," said a Kuala Lumpur-based
futures trader, referring to soyoil on the U.S. Chicago Board of
Trade and palm olein on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange.
Palm oil prices are affected by movements of other edible
oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils
market.
The Chicago December soybean oil contract saw gains
of 1.3 percent on Friday after a government report forecast a
smaller-than-expected U.S. harvest. It was last up 0.2 percent
on Monday.
In other related oils, the January soybean oil contract on
the Dalian Commodity Exchange rose 0.5 percent, while
the Dalian January palm oil contract climbed 1.4
percent.
Another palm oil futures trader said crude oil prices were
also supportive of the edible oil, and that sentiment was
bullish after the recent rains, which could lower production and
boost prices.
Crude oil futures rose on Monday as geo-political tensions
over the disappearance of a prominent Saudi journalist stoked
worries about supply, although concerns about the long-term
outlook for demand dragged on prices.
Palm oil may bounce more into a range of 2,214-2,228 ringgit
per tonne, according to Wang Tao, a Reuters market analyst for
commodities and energy technicals.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0451 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL OCT8 2148 +35.00 2147 2150 240
MY PALM OIL NOV8 2170 +25.00 2156 2172 1033
MY PALM OIL DEC8 2218 +25.00 2202 2220 9695
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN9 4830 +66.00 4794 4836 211300
CHINA SOYOIL JAN9 5922 +28.00 5910 5944 261428
CBOT SOY OIL DEC8 29.46 +0.07 29.37 29.5 1700
INDIA PALM OIL OCT8 588.70 +2.10 588.20 589.1 14
INDIA SOYOIL OCT8 752 +2.10 748.3 752 450
NYMEX CRUDE NOV8 72.13 +0.79 71.77 72.70 40565
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 = 4.1560 ringgit)
($1 = 6.9171 Chinese yuan)
($1 = 73.8325 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)