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

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Wednesday as worries over increased

production and a stronger ringgit dampened buying.

* U.S. soybean futures jumped 1.6 percent on Wednesday, their third straight day

of gains, as the U.S. government's forecast for smaller-than-expected plantings

of the oilseed continued to fuel buying.

* Oil jumped as much as 5 percent on Wednesday, snapping a three-session losing

streak, as U.S. crude output fell for the first time in two months and the

government announced a smaller-than-feared rise in weekly stockpiles.

MARKET NEWS

* U.S. stocks fell for a second day on Wednesday and the dollar dipped after

weak U.S. private sector employment and manufacturing data fed worries about the

U.S. economy ahead of a highly anticipated jobs report Friday.

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DATA/EVENTS

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Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0016 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL APR5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL MAY5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

MY PALM OIL JUN5 0 +0.00 0 0 0

CHINA PALM OLEIN SEP5 4644 -14.00 4612 4688 368576

CHINA SOYOIL SEP5 5392 +28.00 5336 5428 403272

CBOT SOY OIL MAY5 30.60 +3.60 30.60 30.66 405

INDIA PALM OIL APR5 438.60 +3.60 432.60 440.00 2188

INDIA SOYOIL APR5 590.25 +6.65 584.90 591.00 33790

NYMEX CRUDE MAY5 49.46 -0.63 49.41 49.85 3940

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