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Malaysian palm oil futures rose 1.9% on Thursday to close at 3,283 ringgit a tonne, recovering from a near two-and-a-half-month low. Floods and heavy rain in Malaysia and Indonesia are delaying harvests and crop evacuation.
A Reuters poll sees 2021 output rising 1.8% in Indonesia and 2.4% in Malaysia, with 2021 prices averaging 2,800 ringgit a tonne.
Flood-related harvest delays tighten near-term supply and support prices, though analysts expect production to recover in the second half of the year, limiting the upside.
brecorder.comReutersJan 21, 2021After 181 past bullish weather events, Palm Oil moved a median +0.5% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -0.9% to +1.9%), and +0.3% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
