The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures eased 1.2 percent on Wednesday as weak crude and competitive

vegetable oils weighed on prices of the tropical oil ahead of export data due out later this week.

* U.S. soybean futures fell to multiyear lows on Wednesday in a broad-based commodities selloff

and as widespread rains in the U.S. Midwest were expected to boost yields.

* U.S. crude oil slumped over 4 percent on Wednesday to hit a 6-1/2-year low and almost break

below $40 per barrel, as a huge unexpected stockpile build in the United States reinforced

concerns about a growing global oil glut.

MARKET NEWS

* Fears about China's economy and falling oil prices kept world equity indexes under pressure on

Wednesday, while the dollar lost ground after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's July

meeting left uncertainty over the timing of an interest rate hike.

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> Scouts see best, worst of crops in variable southwest Iowa

> Corn, soybean harvest potential in Illinois above average

DATA/EVENTS

> Cargo surveyors Intertek Testing Services and Societe Generale de Surveillance to release data

on Malaysia's August 1-20 palm oil exports on August 20.

Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0010 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL SEP5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL OCT5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL NOV5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

CHINA PALM OLEIN JAN6 4508 -24.00 4506 4552 240334

CHINA SOYOIL JAN6 5528 +2.00 5524 5592 346872

CBOT SOY OIL DEC5 28.19 -3.10 28.17 28.24 287

INDIA PALM OIL AUG5 389.40 -3.10 389.30 392.50 2003

INDIA SOYOIL AUG5 585.10 -0.60 582.00 586.00 12580

NYMEX CRUDE SEP5 40.74 -0.06 40.55 40.75 162

Palm oil prices in Malaysian ringgit per tonne

CBOT soy oil in U.S. cents per pound

Dalian soy oil and RBD palm olein in Chinese yuan per tonne

India soy oil in Indian rupee per 10 kg

Crude in U.S. dollars per barrel