VEGOILS-Palm ends lower tracking rival vegetable oils; industry data eyed

(Updated with closing prices) By Dewi Kurniawati JAKARTA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures closed down on Monday, tracking a decline in rival vegetable oils on the Dalian and Chicago exchanges, while traders await data from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) for further cues. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed down 10 ringgit, or 0.2%, at 5,118 ringgit ($1,157.39) a metric ton. "Market is expected to trade rangebound on Monday in anticipation of the official MPOB data, due tomorrow, for further direction," said Darren Lim, commodities strategist at brokerage Phillip Nova. Malaysia's palm oil inventories are likely to have dropped in November for a second consecutive month as torrential rains disrupted production, a Reuters survey showed. A flood struck Malaysia last week after heavy rains in November. The country's meteorological department forecast a monsoon surge from Dec. 8 to 14, which could bring continuous rainfall to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia and parts of Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo Island. On the day, Dalian's most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 dropped 0.71%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 slipped 0.23%. Soyoil fell 0.28% on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 . Palm oil tracks the price movements of rival edible oils as it competes for a share of the global vegetable oils market. Oil prices climbed by more than 1% on Monday as top importer China flagged its first move toward a loosened monetary policy since 2010 aiming to bolster economic growth, state media reported citing a Politburo meeting. O/R Weaker crude oil futures make palm a less attractive option for biodiesel feedstock. ($1 = 4.4220 ringgit) (Reporting by Dewi Kurniawati; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips, Sonia Cheema and Eileen Soreng) (([email protected])) ((For a table on Malaysian physical palm oil prices, including refined oil, Reuters Terminal users can double click on or type OILS/MY01 . * To view freight rates from Peninsula Malaysia/Sumatra to China, India, Pakistan and Rotterdam, please key in OILS/ASIA2 and press enter, or double click between the brackets. * Reuters Terminal users can see cash and futures edible oil prices by double clicking on the codes in the brackets: To go to the next page in the same chain, hit F12. To go back, hit F11. Vegetable oils OILS/ASIA1 Malaysian palm oil exports SGSPALM1 CBOT soyoil futures 0#BO: CBOT soybean futures 0#S: Indian solvent SOLVENT01 Dalian Commodity Exchange DC/MENU Dalian soyoil futures 0#DBY: Dalian refined palm oil futures 0#DCP: Zhengzhou rapeseed oil 0#COI: European edible oil prices/trades OILS/E ))