Athena Market Buzz
1530 31082023 Athena Market Buzz Thursday Good Afternoon, Mdex showed Impressive recovery yesterday and just before their national holiday / Extended weekend we managed to settle over RM 4000 for Nov Dec Jan months. Palm having touched RM 4000 and settled over it may find more support and has the potential to rally all the way over RM 4250. AS mentioned before we had requested longs to exit around RM 4000 and if the price cross over RM 4250 to RM 4450 only then enter for fresh shorts. CPO to India is offered around USD 940 and ROL is being offered at USD 920 . We are hearing that some sellers may trade lower towards USD 910 but with so much of Imports to India local markets are already selling at a disparity. Destination ports like Kandla are worse with margins and are depressing the markets of whole country. Festival demand is expected to pick up in India and this will be catalyst in taking the prices higher towards RM 4450. Locally destinations are not advised to remain short an...