Because palm oil fluctuates according to 2 yuan, for example, the current price of palm oil futures is 4470 yuan/ton, so it can only rise to 4472 yuan/ton or fall to 4468 yuan/ton. The fluctuation in 20 yuan means that whether palm oil rises to 4472 yuan or falls to 4468 yuan, the profit and loss of primary palm oil is 20 yuan.
Palm oil futures is the first pure imported product listed in China futures market, which indicates that the products listed in China futures market are becoming more and more open and international. Palm oil, soybean oil and rapeseed oil are the three main vegetable oils in the domestic consumer market.
After the palm oil futures were listed in Dashang in June 2007, it formed a perfect domestic oil futures market with soybean oil futures listed in Dashang in June 2006 and rapeseed oil futures listed in Zhengshang on June 8, 2007. There are many factors that affect the futures price of palm oil, such as large price fluctuation, frequent intraday fluctuation and moderate transaction cost. The special position of the leading variety in the international oil market contains many investment and arbitrage opportunities, which is beneficial to investors to enrich their investment portfolio and is an excellent investment variety.
June 20, 2020 165438+ The spokesman of China Securities Regulatory Commission officially announced that the palm oil futures of Dalian Commodity Exchange were designated as domestic specific varieties.
Palm oil is an important part of the world oil market, accounting for more than 30% of the world oil production.
Palm oil is extracted from the palm fruit (Elaeis Guineensis) of the oil palm tree. The oil squeezed from pulp is called palm oil, and the oil squeezed from nuts is called palm kernel oil. The composition of these two oils is quite different.
Palm oil mainly contains palmitic acid (C 16) and oleic acid (C 18), and its saturation is about 50%. Palm kernel oil mainly contains lauric acid (C 12), and its saturation is above 80%. Traditionally, palm oil only refers to crude palm oil (CPO) and refined palm oil (RPO) squeezed from palm pulp, excluding palm kernel oil. It has been used as natural food for more than five thousand years. Palm oil originated in West Africa. Palm oil was introduced into Malaysia from 65438 to 0870.