Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Thursday, after the previous session’s losses, tracking movement in rival soyoil on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPO1! for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 1 ringgit, or 0.02%, to 4,064 ringgit ($989.29) a metric ton at the close. Dalian’s most-active soyoil contract (DBYcv1) gained 0.5%, while its palm oil contract CPO1! rose 0.44%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade ZL1! fell 0.82%. Palm oil tracks price movements of rival edible oils as it competes for a share of the global vegetable oils market. China’s state stockpiler Sinograin sold most of the soybeans it offered in an auction of state reserves, two traders said on Thursday, making room for an expected influx of U.S. cargoes amid abundant local supplies. Meanwhile, Malaysia’s palm oil stocks hit a more than six-and-a-half-year high in November, as production outpaced weak exports, industry regulator’s ...