palm oil futures prices surged to a more than a 30-month high yesterday

amid worries over supply shortage due to the monsoon season and a

firmer Chinese soya oil market.

At the close, December 2010 rose

RM70 to RM3,700 a tonne, January 2011 increased RM100 to RM3,770 ,

February 2011 gained RM89 to RM3,722 but March 2011 slipped RM77 to

RM3,660 .

Total volume went up to 26,915 lots from 23,408

lots last Friday while open interest edged up to 86,685 contracts from