FUNDAMENTALS
* Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell
0.52%. Dalian's most-active soyoil contract fell 0.82%,
while its palm oil contract eased 2.09%.
* Palm oil is affected by price movements in related oils as
they compete for a share in the global vegetable oils market.
* Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for April 1-10 fell
between 16.2% and 35.6% from a month earlier, cargo surveyor
data showed earlier this week.
* European Union palm oil imports for the 2022/23 season
stood at 3.06 million tonnes by April 9 versus 3.98 million
tonnes a year ago.
* Palm oil may test support of 3,671-3,683 ringgit per
tonne, a break below which could open the way towards the
3,577-3,613 ringgit range, said Reuters technical analyst Wang
Tao.
MARKET NEWS
* Asian stocks struggled, dragged by selling in Hong Kong
tech shares, while the dollar was under pressure and short-dated
bonds were firm as softening U.S. inflation seemed to suggest
the U.S. rate hike cycle was nearing its end.
* Oil prices eased in early trading after rising for the
previous two sessions as investors remained cautious due to
lingering concerns over a U.S. recession and weaker oil demand. DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0300 China Exports, Imports YY March
0300 China Trade Balance March
0600 Germany HICP Final YY March
0600 UK GDP Est 3M/3M Feb
0600 UK GDP Estimate MM, YY Feb
0600 UK Manufacturing Output MM Feb
1230 US Initial Jobless Clm Weekly
1230 US PPI Machine Manuf'ing March
($1 = 4.4010 ringgit)
(Reporting by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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