KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The following factors are
likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures on Friday.
PALM OIL
-- Malaysian crude palm oil futures are likely to trade at
3,000 ringgit a tonne for the next few months, industry analyst
Dorab Mistry said on Thursday. [ID:nJAK238045]
Mistry, director of Godrej International, said global palm
oil output is expected to increase by 3.8 million tonnes in 2008
while there will be little demand for palm oil from new power
generators.
-- Malaysian crude palm oil prices may rise as high as 3,200
ringgit per tonne if average oil prices rise to more than $100 a
barrel, James Fry, managing director of London-based LMC
International, said on Thursday.
-- Malaysia and Pakistan are scheduled to sign a free-trade
agreement before Monday, a source familiar with the negotiations
said on Thursday, in a deal that is expected to boost Malaysian
palm-oil exports. [ID:nKLR322380]
-- Malaysian crude palm oil futures broke past a key
3,000-ringgit resistance level to strike a record high on
Wednesday, as crude jumped to a new peak and soyoil soared to a
near 33-year high.
The benchmark January contract <KPOF8> on the Bursa Malaysia
Derivatives Exchange rose as much as 49 ringgit, or 1.7 percent,
to a high of 3,009 ringgit ($904), its seventh record high. The
contract ended up 40 ringgit at 3,000 ringgit.
CRUDE OIL
-- U.S. crude oil futures <CLc1> jumped more than $1 on
Friday as steadying world stock markets and nagging production
problems helped resume the march toward the $100 milestone
following two days of losses.
U.S. crude for December delivery traded up 99 cents to $96.45
a barrel by 0124 GMT, having touched an intraday peak of $96.48 a
barrel.
SOYOIL
-- Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade ended
higher on Thursday, underpinned by the soaring soyoil market,
which notched a near 33-year top, traders said.
December soyoil <BOZ7> ended 0.51 cent per lb higher at 44.15
cents, after its surge to 44.20 cents -- the highest price for a
spot contract since Nov. 11, 1974.
INDIA DEMAND
-- India's vegetable oil demand is expected to grow by 6-7
percent each year for the next five years as its economy expands
and population grows, an industry body said on Thursday.
The growth will translate into an additional demand of
between 700,000-800,000 tonnes per year, B.V. Mehta, executive
director of the Solvent Extractors' Association, told a palm oil
conference. [ID:nJAK29977]
INDONESIA PALM OIL
-- Indonesia should revise its palm oil export tax rates
because although they help contain jumps in local prices they
also hurt consumers, a top industry analyst said on Wednesday.
Indonesia has introduced a new palm oil tax scheme under
which tax rates are adjusted monthly, tracking movements of crude
palm oil prices in international markets to contain soaring local
cooking oil prices. [ID:nSP297906]
-- Indonesia's palm oil output is expected to rise to 18.5
million tonnes next year from a forecast of 17 million tonnes in
2007, the chairman of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers
Association said on Thursday.
((Reporting by Niluksi Koswanage; Reuters Messaging:
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