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Bank Negara Malaysia's Financial Markets Committee issued an update on Malaysian markets, citing November 2017 measures to enhance bond short-selling, expand collateral for liquidity operations, and introduce BNM Interbank Bills. It also reported the ringgit gained 10.1% in 2017, trading between 4.05 and 4.09 per USD in December, with FX liquidity and spreads improving.
Ringgit strength and tighter spreads make USD/MYR hedging cheaper for palm oil exporters and buyers, which can influence Malaysian palm oil prices in ringgit terms.
bnm.gov.myDec 21, 2017Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 513 past neutral policy events, Palm Oil moved a median 0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.4%), and -0.1% 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.
