Indonesia palm oil exports down 5.6% on month at 2.6 mln tn in Oct.

Indonesia’s palm oil exports fell 5.6% on month to 2.6 mln tn in October as demand from India and Pakistan declined. Export of palm oil, excluding oleochemical and palm oil-based biodhiesel, to India fell 16% on month to 544,170 tn partly due to higher import duties, while exports to Pakistan dropped 32% on month to 144,260 tn. On the other hand, the country’s palm oil exports to China, the European Union, the US, and Bangladesh increased 14%, 18%, 11% and 22% on month in October to 423,740 tn, 474,500 tn, 120,780 tn and 151,860 tn, respectively.

Malaysia CPO ends over 2% higher on bargain buying

The February contract of crude palm oil ended over 2% higher on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives due to bargain buying after prices hit a 16-month low of 2,375 ringgits (37,289.83 rupees) per tn. The most active February contract closed at 2,515 ringgits per tn, up 2.6% from the previous close. Crude palm oil inventories in Malaysia rose 21% on month to 1.49 mln tn in November.

Soybean prices down in Indore on cues from CBOT

Prices of soybean in Indore fell, tracking weakness in CBOT soybean contracts. CBOT soybean contracts were down as favourable weather in Argentina, the third-largest producer of the oilseed in the world, has addressed worries of lower sowing.

CBOT soybean down as ’17-18 US ending stocks seen up

Futures contracts of soybean fell on the CBOT, after the USDA raised its estimate for US soybean ending stocks for 2017-18 to 12.12 million metric tonne from its earlier estimate of 11.57 million metric tonne. Prices also fell due to a forecast of favourable weather conditions in Brazil and Argentina. The most-active January contract of soybean on the CBOT hit near one-month low of $9.74 per bushel. The January contract was at $9.7450 per bushel, down 0.5% from the previous close.