VEGOILS-Palm Oil Has Strongest Rise in Two Weeks as Stocks Tighten
* Palm charts strongest daily gains since Sept. 5
* Market gains on tighter supplies, weaker ringgit- traders
(Updates latest prices, quote)
20/09/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures achieved their biggest daily gains in more than two weeks on Monday, supported by strength in rival oils and expectations that stockpiles will remain tight.
A weaker ringgit, the currency palm oil is traded in, also supported benchmark prices. It hit its weakest levels
against the dollar in nearly four months on Thursday, before paring some losses to strengthen 0.1 percent to 4.1330 on late on Monday.
Palm is supported by a weaker ringgit as this makes the oil cheaper for foreign currency holders.
Benchmark palm oil futures for December on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 1.9 percent to 2,642 ringgit ($639) a tonne at the end of the trading day, its strongest daily rise since Sept. 5.
On Friday, palm had marked its sharpest weekly decline in 10 weeks, falling 1.7 percent on the week.
Traded volumes stood at 59,992 lots of 25 tonnes each, above the 2015 average of 44,600.
"The bean oil complex is moving up, Dalian is also moving higher," said a Kuala Lumpur-based futures trader, referring to rival soyoil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade and China's Dalian Commodity Exchange.
"The market is looking at (September) end-stocks not moving higher. There is still tightness in nearby supplies. Exports are doing okay though the market is expecting it to be lower than in August."
Palm oil's price performance is frequently impacted by its rival oilseed soy, as they both compete for a share of the global edible oils market.
Soybeans climbed to a one-week high on Monday, lifted by rains in the U.S. that delayed harvests.
In related vegetable oils, the Chicago Board of Trade's soybean oil December contract rose 1.6 percent, while the January soybean oil contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange also gained 1 percent.
Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 1106 GMT
Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume
MY PALM OIL OCT6 2830 +113.00 2738 2838 951
MY PALM OIL NOV6 2692 +97.00 2598 2702 17057
MY PALM OIL DEC6 2643 +77.00 2567 2654 26091
CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN7 5494 +84.00 5410 5496 549796
CHINA SOYOIL JAN7 6206 +60.00 6150 6218 267624
CBOT SOY OIL DEC6 32.74 +0.53 32.23 32.92 12375
INDIA PALM OIL SEP6 576.60 +9.70 569.00 577.9 2353
INDIA SOYOIL SEP6 649.5 +2.30 649.2 651.3 3620
NYMEX CRUDE OCT6 43.60 +0.57 43.12 43.91 16683
Palm oil prices in Malaysian ringgit per tonne
CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound
Dalian soy oil and RBD palm olein in Chinese yuan per tonne
India soy oil in Indian rupee per 10 kg
Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel
($1 = 4.1330 ringgit)
($1 = 66.9700 Indian rupees)
($1 = 6.6706 Chinese yuan)