Soybean Oil Prices Rally One Percent in Last 20 Minutes

World vegetable oil prices were mixed on Friday as palm oil prices moved lower and soybean oil prices rallied. Palm oil futures “caught down” to soybean oil after the resumption of trading following a national holiday on Thursday and a late-session rally let soybean oil futures to settle just below the high of the day. The moves drove the spread between the January soybean oil and palm oil contracts up to 3/4 cent after it tested parity earlier in the week.

Crude oil prices continued to move lower, with the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) contract falling more than 1 1/2 percent (December contract -$0.57 per barrel). The decline left the contract below the $36-per-barrel level for the first time since the end of May. Prices remained below the lower Bollinger band, and volume declined substantially from a peak on Thursday, suggesting the decline may pause or slow…