KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains into a sixth session on Thursday and hovered near a five-month high hit in the evening on expectations that production growth will be slower than previously forecast.
The benchmark palm oil contract for November delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 1.4 percent at 2,777 ringgit ($649.14) by the close, registering its strongest daily gain in more than two weeks.
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