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Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said the government will intervene if biofuel and palm oil prices rise sharply, possibly by cutting the biodiesel blend as Indonesia has done. She said the current gap between biodiesel and diesel prices is under one sen per litre.
A possible blend cut would reduce domestic palm biodiesel demand and cap palm oil price increases, a bearish factor for palm oil if prices rally.
malaymail.comApr 26, 2019After 400 past bearish policy events, Palm Oil moved a median -0.0% over 5 sessions (49% higher; middle half -1.3% to +1.1%), and +0.2% over 20.
After 27 past neutral policy events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -4.3% to +2.6%), and -4.6% 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.
