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The Crude Palm Oil Futures Closing: Monday, June 25, 2007

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

BURSA

MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES BHD

Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Source from The Star

The Crude Palm Oil Futures Closing: Monday, June 25, 2007

(Prices are in RM/tonne)

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CPO futures: Short-term trend remains bearish

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
 
 
Long-term: Consolidation modeShort-term: Bearish. Short-term support level between RM2,300 and RM2,320Momentum index: +10 Relative strength index: 43Observations: It looks very likely that this market will fall in early this week to test the RM2,300-RM2,320 short-term support level.That抯 because, after a failed attempt at a technical rally in early trade last week, this market is back on the downtrack.This market made what looked like a promising start last week, surging last Monday up to an intra-week high of RM2,500, basis the September 2007 contract. But after that it was downhill all the way. The actively traded September 2007 contract settled last Friday at RM2,380 a ton, down RM23 or 0.96 per cent over the week.

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CPI to make palm-oil biofuel

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

ARANEE JAIIMSIN

Chumporn Palm Oil Industry Plc (CPI),

Thailand’s largest palm oil manufacturer, plans to invest 500 million baht to make palm-oil based biodiesel next year. The company is now conducting a feasibility study on location and costs, which should be completed in 12 months, said CPI adviser Suriya Ayachanun. Construction could start soon after the study is done and the company has drawn up a financial plan, said Mr Suriya.

CPI aims to produce 190,000 tonnes of crude palm oil, or 19% of

Thailand’s total annual consumption of 978,800 tonnes. In addition, it expects to produce 180,500 tonnes of refined bleached deodorised (RBD) palm oil this year. This year,…


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Uganda: Bidco Palm Oil Project On the Edge

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Edris Kisambira
Kamapala

The Uganda government has got to find another 6,000 hectares of land on

Bugala Island in Kalangala district if Bidco’s US$160 million palm oil project is to remain commercially viable.

So far, some 4,000 hectares of land have been planted with the crop, whose yield is expected in another three years, while government’s attempts at finding the extra 6,000 hectares of land are proving too slow and difficult.

Bidco

Uganda’s managing director, Mr. Kodey Rao said: “The process of buying land is ongoing but it is very slow and that…


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Palm oil prices mixed

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

JAKARTA: Indonesian palm oil prices were mixed on Monday, reflecting local demand combined with government intervention to curb rising cooking oil prices and losses in

Malaysia.In

Jakarta, the state marketing centre which sells palm oil…


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Rosy outlook for BLD Plantation

Monday, June 25th, 2007
by Yeow Pooi Ling
Petaling Jaya
BLD Plantation Bhd?s earnings prospects remain rosy with the buoyant crude palm oil (CPO) prices that are seen to be sustainable in the next couple of years.The stock?s valuations are compelling. Based on Standard & Poor?s (S&P) earnings per share (EPS) estimate of 44.9 sen for…


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Tradewinds sees CPO as major contributor to profits

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Kuala Lumpur
Tradewinds (M) Bhd expects crude palm oil (CPO) to be the major contributor to group profits this year, overtaking its core sugar refining business.Chairman Tan Sri Zainol Abidin Abd Rashid said Tradewinds? plantations, which were largely operated by its 70% subsidiary Tradewinds Plantation Bhd, expected to achieve a higher average CPO price of RM2,000 per tonne…


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Commodity Roundup: Active buying of CPO futures

Monday, June 25th, 2007
Commodity Roundup: Active buying of CPO futures
CPO FUTURES

Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd closed higher yesterday on active buying amid concern of slipping export for the first 20 days of June, a dealer said.”Most of the players are now concerned over slower demand in the near future as most of the importing countries are waiting for prices to drop before committing to purchases,” he said.”But, I think demand for Malaysia’s CPO and…


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The Crude Palm Oil Futures Closing: Friday, June 22, 2007

Monday, June 25th, 2007

BURSA

MALAYSIA DERIVATIVES BHD

Monday, June 25, 2007
Source from The Star

The Crude Palm Oil Futures Closing: Friday, June 22, 2007

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Ghee prices to rise further

Monday, June 25th, 2007

KARACHI: The Pakistan Banaspati Manufacturers Association (PBMA)

Karachi has said prices of ghee and cooking oil will be increased by Rs2-3 a kilogram from July due to the imposition of Rs1 a kg surcharge in the federal budget 2007-08.In charge of the PBMA Karachi Umer told PPI that 80-90 percent of ghee/oil produced in the country depended on palm oil imported from Malaysia and

Indonesia, prices of which had varied from 425 US dollars a ton to 900 US dollars over the past eight months due to numerous reasons. This had resulted in increasing ghee prices by Rs60-95 a kg in

Pakistan, he added.He said ghee manufacturers…


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