
Malaysian shares eased as political tensions raised doubts about passing the 2021 budget, while a jump in September exports and a larger trade surplus supported the ringgit. ING said politics would keep pressure on the ringgit and it was reviewing its year-end USD/MYR forecast.
Trade strength supports the ringgit, but political risk could weaken it, shifting the relative cost of Malaysian palm oil exports.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 86 past neutral macro events, Palm Oil moved a median +0.3% over 5 sessions (56% higher; middle half -1.6% to +2.0%), and +1.0% 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.