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04/06/2014 (The Star) - Plantation stocks helped push the local bourse to a higher close on Tuesday with IOI Corp, KLK and United Plantations among counters seeing interest from funds despite lower crude palm oil (CPO) futures.

04/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX has hiked the transaction charges on agri-commodities effective this month, a move which experts say is aimed at improving the financial viability of the exchange that has taken a beating due to falling trade volumes.

04/06/2014 (Reuters) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

04/06/2014 (Business Standard) - Following are the closing prices of oilseeds, cakes, raw oils and refined oils here today.

03/06/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a seventh straight session on Monday to hit their lowest in nearly seven-and-a-half months, as weak soyoil prices and disappointing export data dragged on the tropical oil.

03/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell on Monday to their lowest level in more than four months due to weak soya oil prices and weak exports. Prices in May dropped nearly 8 per cent, the largest monthly decline since September 2012 hurt by a stronger ringgit and a weak soya complex.

03/06/2014 (Bernama) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is organising a seminar on "Palm Industry Labour: Issues, Performance and Sustainability" (PILIP 2014) in Kuching on June 9.

03/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices declined on Monday tracking bearish futures markets, amid slack physical demand. Disappointing export data dragged Malaysian palm oil to their lowest in nearly seven-and-a-half months. In Mumbai, palmolein declined by ₹4, sunflower and rapeseed oil declined by ₹5 for 10 kg each. Cotton refined oil dropped by ₹10.

03/06/2014 (Jakarta Post) - The rupiah tumbled to its lowest level in three months on Monday as the country reported its biggest trade deficit in nine months.

03/06/2014 (The Star) - The clear, golden-brown liquid served to us in two tiny glasses looked like tea, but it was actually palm oil phenolics juice.

03/06/2014 (Daily Sabah) - Malaysia is seeking Turkey's cooperation in hurrying up the ratification of a recently inked free trade pact between the two moderate Muslim-economies.

03/06/2014(Reuters) – The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.