CRUDE palm oil (CPO) futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Bhd closed
slightly lower yesterday due to a technical correction and the
downtrend on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, a dealer said.
March 2011 declined RM32 to close at RM 3,788 a tonne, April 2011 fell
RM9 to RM3,781, May 2011 shed RM24 to RM3,721 and June 2011 slipped RM15
to RM3,680.
Total volume increased to 34,151 lots from 25,895
on Wednesday while open interests was up to 102,293 contracts from
101,211contracts previously.
On the physical market, March South slipped to RM3,790 from RM3,830 previously.