The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and
Related Stories other vegetable oil markets.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures edged further away from seven-week lows on Thursday

as the U.S. dollar's slide inspired a rally in overseas vegetable oil markets.

* U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Thursday, pressured by strength in the

dollar that threatened to further chill already cool demand for U.S. exports,

traders said.

* Oil prices tumbled on Thursday as a rebounding dollar and Kuwait's stance that

OPEC had no choice but to keep producing in an oversupplied market undercut the

previous day's rally.

MARKET NEWS

* U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Thursday while the dollar resumed its upward

trend in a broad rally as investors resumed a bullish stance on the

greenback.

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-chairman

DATA/EVENTS

> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance

to release data on Malaysia's March 1-20 palm oil exports on March 20.

Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0011 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL APR5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL MAY5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL JUN5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP5 4750 +32.00 4696 4756 282724

CHINA SOYOIL SEP5 5448 +14.00 5408 5456 248614

CBOT SOY OIL MAY5 30.51 -3.10 30.47 30.68 840

INDIA PALM OIL MAR5 438.80 -3.10 438.10 443.40 603

INDIA SOYOIL APR5 577.00 -2.05 576.10 582.60 28890

NYMEX CRUDE APR5 43.99 +0.03 43.72 44.01 120

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