Los futuros del aceite de palma de Malasia cerraron el lunes en su nivel más alto en casi tres semanas debido a las preocupaciones sobre la producción, luego de las inundaciones en el segundo productor más grande del mundo. El contrato de referencia de aceite de palma FCPOc3 para entrega en abril en la Bolsa de Derivados de Bursa Malaysia ganó 28, o 0,72%, a 3.930 ringgit (926,45 dólares) la tonelada. El contrato subió por tercera sesión consecutiva para cerrar en su nivel más alto desde el 10 de enero.
Farmers in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor are worried that stagnant flood waters would affect their palm oil yields, after heavy rains last week displaced thousands of people in several palm oil producing states, according to state news agency Bernama. Chinese markets opening sharply higher after the Lunar New Year holidays and talks about Indonesia further reducing its domestic palm oil sales ratio also supported prices, said Anilkumar Bagani, research head of Mumbai-based vegetable oils broker Sunvin Group. Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 rose 1.5%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 gained 1.8%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were up 1.4%. Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market. Oil fell, giving up earlier gains, as looming interest rate hikes by major central banks ...