Investing.com (10/05/2021) - KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures slipped more than 1% on Monday, after notching their best week in two decades, as market participants awaited official supply and demand data, although low stockpile forecast kept prices near a 13-year high hit last week.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange slid 60 ringgit, or 1.36%, to 4,367 ringgit ($1,064.08) a tonne in early trade, retreating after last week's 14.5% jump.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is scheduled to release its April supply and demand data later in the day.

A Reuters survey pegged April inventories to fall 0.27% from the month before to 1.44 million tonnes. Production was seen up 8.9% at 1.55 million tonnes, while exports likely rose 10% to 1.3 million tonnes. The ringgit MYR= , palm's currency of trade, rose 0.15% against the dollar, making the commodity more expensive for holders of foreign currency.

* Dalian's most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 fell 0.4%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 gained 0.3%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were down 0.6%.

* Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.

* Palm oil may extend gains into a range of 4,494-4,556 ringgit per tonne, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said. TECH/C

MARKET NEWS

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* Crude prices climbed more than 1% after a major cyber attack that forced the shutdown of critical fuel supply pipelines in the United States, highlighting the fragility of oil infrastructure. O/R

DATA/EVENTS

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Halifax House Prices MM April

($1 = 4.1040 ringgit)

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