KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures climbed more than 1pc on Tuesday, recovering from two previous sessions of sharp declines on expectations of upbeat official industry data due later this week.
The benchmark palm oil contract for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 0.7% at 2,007 ringgit ($482.34) per tonne on Tuesday evening, charting its first gain in three days.
It had risen as much as 1.3pc to an intraday high of 2,019 ringgit.
"The market was earlier oversold and the anticipation for supportive industry data supported a rebound (in palm prices)," said a Kuala Lumpur-based futures trader, referring to data from industry regulator and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
The MPOB will publish palm oil inventory, production and export data for May on June 12 after 0430 GMT instead of June 10 as previously scheduled, the MPOB said.
A Reuters survey showed Malaysia's palm oil stocks likely hit a 10-month low by end-May, falling 9.7pc from April to 2.46 million tonnes, which would help support benchmark palm oil prices.
Meanwhile, production is seen easing 2pc to 1.61 million tonnes from April, while exports likely rose 3.3pc on-month to 1.71 million tonnes.
In other related oils, the Chicago July soybean oil contract was last trading flat at 1100 GMT, and the September soyoil contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange edged up 0.2pc.
The Dalian September palm oil contract rose 0.1pc.
Palm oil prices are affected by movements in related edible oils, with which it competes for global market share.
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