Crude palm oil futures fall on profit-booking

Crude palm oil prices fell 0.38 percent to Rs 597.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits at higher levels amid fall in demand at the spot markets.

Further, higher domestic stocks against ample supply also triggered the downtrend in CPO prices.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude palm oil for this month's delivery eased by Rs 2.30, or 0.38 percent, to Rs 597.50 per 10 kg in a business turnover of 281 lots.

The oil for delivery in September traded lower by Re 1, or 0.17 percent, to Rs 597.10 per 10 kg in 327 lots.

Analysts said profit-booking by speculators at current levels and a fall in demand at the spot market weighed on crude prices.

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