JAKARTA, June 24 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures snapped a four-session rally on Tuesday, weighed down by rival soyoil at the Dalian and Chicago markets and the fall of crude prices.
The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 84 ringgit, or 2.04%, to 4,042 ringgit ($950.39) a metric ton in early trade.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Dalian's most-active soyoil contract DBYcv1 fell 1.82%, while its palm oil contract DCPcv1 shed 1.9%. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade BOcv1 were down 1.05%.
* Palm oil tracks price movements of rival edible oils, as it competes for a share of the global vegetable oils market.
* Oil prices tumbled to a more than one-week low as U.S. President Donald Trump said a ceasefire has been agreed between Iran and Israel, relieving worries of supply disruption in the area.O/R
* Weaker crude oil futures make palm a less attractive option for biodiesel feedstock.
* Indonesia exported 1.78 million metric tons of palm oil, including refined products, in April, down from 2.18 million tons a year earlier, data from the Indonesia Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) showed.
* India's soyoil imports in June are likely to fall by 18% from a month ago to a four-month low, as congestion at a key port will lead to unloading vessels into July instead of June.
* The ringgit MYR=, palm's currency of trade, strengthened 0.93% against the dollar, making the commodity more expensive for buyers holding foreign currencies.
* Palm oil FCPOc3 may break support of 4,066 ringgit per metric ton, and fall towards 4,017 ringgit, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said.TECH/C
MARKET NEWS
* Global shares rallied and the dollar extended declines after Trump said Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire. MKTS/GLOB
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($1 = 4.2530 ringgit)
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