# News Archives for Markets - 2020-02-25 - Business Recorder

> Palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia fell about 4% after Malaysia delayed a stimulus plan amid political turmoil. Coronavirus fears also cut Indonesia's palm oil exports to China, and Chinese gold premiums fell to their lowest since 2016.

- Date: 2020-02-25 · published 2020-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12193-news-archives-for-markets-2020-02-25-business-recorder
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker Chinese demand for vegetable oil from Indonesia and the coronavirus outbreak adds pressure on palm oil prices, which also weigh on the soy oil complex.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2019-04-21 | [ASF poses a real risk to feedstuffs markets \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59585-asf-poses-a-real-risk-to-feedstuffs-markets-act.md) | -0.4% | -6.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-02-05 | [Commodity Tracker: Coronavirus and commodity markets \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7412-commodity-tracker-coronavirus-and-commodity-markets-s-and-p-global.md) | +1.3% | -8.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-02-05 | [Coronavirus drags down commodity prices as demand from China drops - Business - The Jakarta Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4957-coronavirus-drags-down-commodity-prices-as-demand-from-china-drops-business-the.md) | +1.3% | -8.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-03-30 | [NCP affects vegetable oil consumption and livestock production, and new changes appear in vegetable oil and meal markets - China Oil and Oilseeds Report - CnAgri-China Agriculture Consultant](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54211-ncp-affects-vegetable-oil-consumption-and-livestock-production-and-new-changes.md) | -5.8% | -7.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2020-03-31 | [The price of sunflower and soybean in Ukraine in the near future may be reduced](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54255-the-price-of-sunflower-and-soybean-in-ukraine-in-the-near-future-may-be-reduced.md) | -6.2% | -7.8% |

## Sources

- brecorder.com: https://www.brecorder.com/markets/commodities/2020-02-25

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