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

FUNDAMENTALS

* Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday, ending a three-day winning streak, as the ringgit rose and technical charts took a bearish turn, although traders expect prices to stay in a 2,100-2,200 ringgit range in the near term.

* U.S. corn futures touched a one-month low on Wednesday and soybeans dropped on concern that a bird flu outbreak in the United States may cut feed demand, as forecasts for favorable U.S.

planting weather in coming weeks also weighed on prices.

* Oil prices diverged on Wednesday with Brent closing up on renewed fighting in Yemen while U.S.

crude fell after another weekly rise in inventories despite slower production.

MARKET NEWS

* Stocks in major markets drifted higher on Wednesday as investors took an optimistic view of

the latest batch of U.S. corporate earnings, while U.S. Treasury prices declined after home

sales data added to anticipation of a rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve later this year.

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DATA/EVENTS

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

on Malaysia's April 1-25 palm oil exports on April 27.

Palm, soy and crude oil prices at 0452 GMT

Contract Month Last Change Low High Volume

MY PALM OIL FEB5 2240 -24.00 2230 2254 29

MY PALM OIL MAR5 2228 -19.00 2220 2249 388

MY PALM OIL APR5 2210 -20.00 2202 2222 7986

CHINA PALM OLEIN MAY5 4846 -22.00 4844 4874 180294

CHINA SOYOIL MAY5 5514 -52.00 5508 5562 240078

CBOT SOY OIL MAR5 31.48 -3.50 31.47 31.57 2367

INDIA PALM OIL JAN5 434.90 -3.50 434.00 439.50 488

INDIA SOYOIL FEB5 616.00 -9.00 615.70 624.80 50145

NYMEX CRUDE MAR5 45.06 -0.53 44.35 45.35 25835

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