12/12/2012 (Bernama) - Palm oil stocks rose 2.3 per cent to 2.56 million tonnes last month from 2.51 million tonnes in October, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said today.

It said crude palm oil (CPO) stocks added 6.46 per cent to 1.664 million tonnes in November.

Processed palm oil stocks, however, fell 4.6 per cent to 898,163 tonnes, it said in a statement.

Palm kernel stocks rose 5.12 per cent to 215,668 tonnes while crude palm kernel oil stocks expanded 9.14 per cent to 272,596 tonnes.

Processed palm kernel oil stocks fell 5.02 per cent to 171,470 tonnes and palm kernel cake stocks dwindled 5.41 per cent to 300,422 tonnes.