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CPO Futures End Lower on Lack of Leads
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower yesterday on a lack of fresh leads and last-minute selling, dealers said. Most investors remained sidelined, awaiting the release of April’s palm oil export figures, before taking up fresh positions, a dealer said....
Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Fast Gaining Market Acceptance, Says Roundtable
PETALING JAYA: Annual production capacity for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) has reached a record six million tonnes in less than four years since certification began, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) said. RSPO secretary-general Darrel Webber said in a statement that t...
‘EPA Distorts Assessment of Palm Oil to Discredit Malaysian Exports’
IN the letter entitled No decision has been made on palm oil access to America’s biofuel market (StarBiz, April 18), the US Government claims that its current refusal of palm oil under Renewal Fuel Standard (RFS) would not keep palm biodiesel out of the US marketplace and was not a t...
CPO Futures to be Supported at RM3,450
Crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are likely to be traded in a similar range next week, dealers said. One dealer is bullish on the performance of the futures contracts next week, expecting the prices to be supported at the level of RM3,450 per tonne. “The pri...
Palm Futures Rise on Late Buying
KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher yesterday on last-minute buying, said a dealer. “The futures contracts were traded in a tight range until buying activities in the last five minutes pushed up prices,” she added. May 2012 rose by RM20 to RM3...
Tocotrienols Good for Bones
OSTEOPOROSIS is a generalised, degenerative disorder of the skeleton. As a person ages, the bone will lose its density and become thinner and more porous. This will make the bone more susceptible to fractures. There are many causes of osteoporosis, such as lack of the sex hormones oestrogen and test...
