The European vegetable oils market eased on Friday as players awaited the release of USDA crop and supply/demand reports, which came too late in the European day for a market reaction. "USDA (US Department of Agriculture) data should normally seen bearish for soyabeans, looking at the bigger yield and ending stocks, but overall the figures were a bit below expectations and could well boost prices on Chicago initially," one broker said.
"Most of Europe will be closed on Monday due to a public holiday, so many European dealers will come back after the dust has settled." At 1730 GMT CBOT soyaoil futures were between 0.20 and 0.39 cents per lb down as operators bought soyabean and soyameal futures and were selling soyaoil futures.
Liquid oils - rapeoil, soyaoil and sunoil - were offered between 2 and 8 euros per tonne down from Thursday on positioning ahead of the USDA data. No trades were reported. Palm oil was offered between $5 and $15 a tonne down from Thursday on the stronger dollar, which weighs on dollar-priced products. Also Malaysian palm oil futures had closed between 16 and 38 ringgit per tonne down ahead of the USDA reports.
December delivery RBD palm olein changed hands at $822.50 a tonne fob Malaysia, while January-March traded $5 down from Thursday at between $825 and $820, April/June fetched $820 and $815, also down $5, and July/September traded at $810 and $807.50. Lauric oils rose, with only few offers seen at levels about $40 higher than on Thursday, as players assessed the damage Super Typhoon Haiyan had done in the Philippines and how it would impact copra supplies. No deals were reported.
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