The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed down 19 ringgit, or 0.54%, to 3,501 ringgit ($845.04) a tonne.
The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed up 38 ringgit, or 1.1%, at 3,415 ringgit ($825.48) a tonne.
CBOT's soybean oil contract was up 4.5% after a 9.2% drop on Thursday.
The benchmark palm oil contract for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell 285 ringgit, or 7.8%, to 3,378 ringgit ($821.30) a tonne, its lowest since Feb. 5.
IJM Corp said it has received a letter from KLK, one of the largest palm oil planters in the country, offering to acquire its 56.2% equity holding at 3.10 ringgit per share.
The offer, at a 26% premium to IJM Plantations' last traded share price of 2.46 ringgit, values the palm oil producer at 2.73 billion ringgit.