Malaysian palm oil price in sharpest drop in a month on trade war


RAM also said the increase in Indian import duties on rival soybean oil in June 2018 was also expected to reverse the downtrend in palm oil exports for Malaysia and Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures registered its sharpest daily decline in a month on Monday evening, falling for a third straight day on weakness in soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade.

The benchmark palm oil contract for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was down 1.7 percent at 2,204 ringgit ($538.88) a tonne at the end of the trading day for its sharpest daily decline since July 13.

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