The benchmark palm oil contract for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 31 ringgit, or 1%, to 3,273 ringgit ($809.75) a tonne during early trade. It had posted its second straight weekly loss last week.
Palm marked its second year of growth in 2020 last week, as demand remained firm amid tightening supplies due to unfavourable weather and infrastructure issues.
Argentina's 2020/21 soybean planting area could turn out to be smaller than the projected 17.2 million hectares due to unusually dry weather, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in its weekly crop report on Wednesday.