KUALA LUMPUR: Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Malaysia Derivatives Exchange ended firmer yesterday, tracking gains in other commodity prices, a dealer said.
At close, July 2014 rose RM39 to RM2,484 a tonne, August 2014 gained RM36 to RM2,475 a tonne, September 2014 improved RM33 to RM2,466 a tonne, while December 2014 increased RM29 to RM2,465 a tonne.
Volume expanded to 45,446 lots from 36,754 lots on Tuesday while open interest increased to 222,636 contracts from 215,171 contracts previously.
On the physical market, July South added RM30 to RM2,500 a tonne. Bernama