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21/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

21/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil gave up its early gains on Thursday, declining towards the end of the trading day as rallies of rival vegetable oils on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange slowed and palm export demand weakened.

21/10/2016 (Bernama) - The government has set a new bilateral trade target of US$25 billion (US$1=RM4.18) with Indonesia to be achieved by 2020 from US$16 billion recorded in 2015.

21/10/2016 (Bernama) - The government is set to make a final decision next year on whether to make the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification scheme mandatory, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong said.

21/10/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - Barring groundnut oil, majority of oils in Indore mandis have gone up in the past one week on improved demand and buying support.

21/10/2016 (Borneo Post) - People here are apprehensive over the increase of cooking oil prices when the subsidy for it is lifted on Nov 1.

21/10/2016 (Associated Press of Pakistan) - Shipping activity remained active at the Port where four ships C.V Northern Jambore, M.V SJ African, M.T Hong Hai-6 and M.T M. Lion scheduled to loas/offload containers, cement, palm oil and furnace oil took berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal, Liquid Cargo Terminal and FOTSC Oil Terminal respectively on Wednesday.

21/10/2016 (Business Standard) - Tracking a firm global trend, crude palm oil prices were up by 0.47 per cent to Rs 515.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions supported by pick-up in demand in the spot market.

21/10/2016 (Reuters) - Chicago soybean futures rose for a second session on Thursday, trading near a three-week high reached earlier this week with prices underpinned by firm demand, led by top importer China.

20/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

20/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:

20/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil strengthened on Wednesday evening, tracking stronger performing rival soyoil, after a market correction on weaker exports pulled it down in early trade.