KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures recorded a third consecutive day of gains on Thursday.

Benchmark palm oil futures for May on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 1.1pc higher at 2,862 ringgit ($643.58) a tonne. Traded volumes stood at 48,921 lots of 25 tonnes each on Thursday evening.-ReutersKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures recorded a third consecutive day of gains on Thursday.

Benchmark palm oil futures for May on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange closed 1.1pc higher at 2,862 ringgit ($643.58) a tonne. Traded volumes stood at 48,921 lots of 25 tonnes each on Thursday evening.-Reuters