The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and

other vegetable oil markets.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures inched down 1.4 percent on Thursday, reversing

gains clocked in the previous session to fall six out of seven days, as the

ringgit advanced and investors fretted about waning demand for the tropical oil.

* U.S. wheat futures rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday, hitting a

1-1/2-week high on short-covering and worries over potential yield losses due to

poor weather in parts of the U.S. crop belt, analysts said.

* Global oil prices fell on Thursday on estimates showing another big supply

build at the delivery point for the U.S. crude contract, with trade volatile

ahead of the expiry of the front-month in benchmark Brent oil.

MARKET NEWS

* Stocks on major markets rose on Thursday as the dollar softened the most in a

month against major currencies after surprisingly weak U.S. data.

RELATED

> Australia aims to regain share in Southeast Asian wheat market -industry

source

> Indonesia palm oil battle pits farmers against big plantations

> Brazil soy exports to rise after truck strikes -analyst

> Brazil's 2015 coffee crop seen 40.3 mln-43.3 mln bags

> Strawberries top list of pesticide-laced food -EU repor

> Robusta coffee at 13-month low, NY cocoa falls for 7th day

DATA/EVENTS

> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance

to release data on Malaysia's March 1-15 palm oil exports on March 16.

Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0452 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL FEB5 2240 -24.00 2230 2254 29

MY PALM OIL MAR5 2228 -19.00 2220 2249 388

MY PALM OIL APR5 2210 -20.00 2202 2222 7986

CHINA PALM OLEIN MAY5 4846 -22.00 4844 4874 180294

CHINA SOYOIL MAY5 5514 -52.00 5508 5562 240078

CBOT SOY OIL MAR5 31.48 -3.50 31.47 31.57 2367

INDIA PALM OIL JAN5 434.90 -3.50 434.00 439.50 488

INDIA SOYOIL FEB5 616.00 -9.00 615.70 624.80 50145

NYMEX CRUDE MAR5 45.06 -0.53 44.35 45.35 25835

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

* For a table on Malaysian physical palm oil prices, including refined oil,

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