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06/07/2025 (Business Today) - Bursa Malaysia ended the first trading week of July on a positive note, buoyed by improved global sentiment and broad-based gains across key sectors. The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 22.03 points, or 1.44%, to close at 1,550.19, up from 1,528.16 the previous week.v

04/07/2025 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures closed lower on Friday, weighed by weaker rival edible oils at the Chicago and Dalian markets and by profit booking, though the contract still managed to post its seventh weekly gain in eight.

04/07/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The crude palm oil (CPO)futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower today, tracking weaker palm olein prices on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange.

05/07/2025 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The crude palm oil (CPO)futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to trade on a sideways range next week as market participants await key industry data for clearer direction.

04/07/2025 (The Hindu Business Line) - Global palm oil prices will likely remain stable in 2025 on a slew of factors such as consumption demand from India and China and biofuel policy measures by the US and Indonesia, despite forecasts of global production output increase.

04/07/2025 (BNE Intellinews) - India is one of the world’s major consumers of edible oil, with palm oil being the most popular. A significant portion of the country’s domestic demand is met through imports, primarily from Malaysia and Indonesia. Changes in import duties tend to have a pronounced impact on the industry.

03/07/2025 (Business Today) - RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB Research) has maintained its short positions on crude palm oil futures (FCPO), citing persistent bearish signals despite a strong rebound that lifted prices above the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) line.

03/07/2025 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil futures traded in a tight range early on Thursday as support from rival Dalian oils offset the weakness in crude oil and Chicago soyoil.

03/07/2025 (Ukr Agro Consult) - Oil prices have stabilized, so vegetable oil markets are responding mainly to demand data. Palm and soybean oil prices are rising as India increases imports of cheap oil.

03/07/2025 (Ukr Agro Consult) - Indonesia’s crude and refined palm oil exports in May rose 53% to 1.88 million tonnes from a year earlier, when 1.23 million tonnes were exported, as the tropical oil was sold at a significant discount to its rivals, boosting demand from key buyers. In value terms, exports rose nearly 71% year-on-year to US$1.85 billion (RM7.76 billion).

03/07/2025 (Oils & Fats International Magazine) - Used cooking oil (UCO) collection and recycling company Quatra has signed a deal to supply French energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies with 60,000 tonnes/year of UCO for the production of biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

02/07/2025 (Business Today) - Global palm oil prices are expected to remain largely capped for the remainder of 2025 despite some policy-driven support, as ample supply from key producers Malaysia and Indonesia is set to widen the global production surplus. BMI, a Fitch Solutions Company, has maintained its average annual price forecast for Bursa Malaysia-listed crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts in 2025 at MYR4,150 per tonne.