
Jim Teh, senior palm oil trader at Interband Group of Companies, said crude palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to trade sideways with a slight downward bias next week amid profit-taking activity.
Teh explained that prices are likely to move between 4,300 and 4,550 ringgit per tonne.
Teh told Bernama: "As for physical demand, as usual, it will come from China, India, Pakistan, Middle Eastern countries and some buyers from the European Union."
Weekly Contract Performance
On a weekly basis, futures contracts declined:
Trading Volumes
Weekly trading volume fell to 361,379 lots from 510,118 lots the previous week, while open interest dropped to 256,714 lots from 289,323 previously.
The price of physical crude palm oil for November South delivery remained unchanged at 4,440 ringgit per tonne.
Source: Bernama