Indonesian authorities have been weighing up for months whether to cut the crude palm oil export levy, which has been at its highest level for five months in a row, hurting demand.
The tariff for export levy begins when prices are at $750 per tonne, with a $20 increase for every $50 rise in CPO.
The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed up 38 ringgit, or 1.1%, at 3,415 ringgit ($825.48) a tonne.
CBOT's soybean oil contract was up 4.5% after a 9.2% drop on Thursday.
IJM Corp said it has received a letter from KLK, one of the largest palm oil planters in the country, offering to acquire its 56.2% equity holding at 3.10 ringgit per share.
The offer, at a 26% premium to IJM Plantations' last traded share price of 2.46 ringgit, values the palm oil producer at 2.73 billion ringgit.
The benchmark palm oil contract for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up at 4,015 ringgit ($971.68) a tonne when the market closed.
The contract gained 0.6% this week after plunging 11.43% in the previous week, its biggest weekly drop in one year.
The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange ended down 19 ringgit, or 0.47%, at 4,042 ringgit ($981.07) a tonne, after rising 5% on Monday.
Indonesia's crude palm oil output is estimated at 48.4 million tonnes while crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) is expected to be at 7.29 million tonnes this year, IOPRI said.
The benchmark palm oil contract for July delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange fell to 3,942 ringgit ($961.46) per tonne, after closing 4.7% higher on Tuesday, its biggest jump in 11 months.
On the Chicago Board of Trade, the soybean oil contract fell 3.6%, while the Dalian Commodity Exchange's soyoil contract declined 1%.
The benchmark palm oil contract for June delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange dropped 4.6% to 3,574 ringgit ($861.41) a tonne at closing time, the lowest closing level since Feb. 22.
Palm oil tracked rival soyoil down as soy was pressured by an upbeat planting outlook in the U.S, a palm oil trader in Kuala Lumpur said.
The benchmark palm oil contract for May delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed up 37 ringgit, or 1.02%, at 3,679 ringgit ($908.62) a tonne.
CGS-CIMB pegged crude palm oil output at 1.13 million tonnes, little changed from the previous month.
This bounce is expected to extend towards the peak of a wave 4 around 3,348 ringgit. On the daily chart, the contract stabilized around a support at 3,148 ringgit, the 61.8% retracement on the uptrend from 2,691 ringgit to 3,888 ringgit.