Crude palm oil prices rose Rs 2.80 to Rs 506.60 per 10 kg at the futures trade today as speculators created fresh positions influenced by a firming global trend.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude palm oil for delivery in April rose Rs 2.80 or 0.56 per cent to Rs 506.60 per 10 kg with a business turnover of single lot. Similarly, May contract gained Rs 2.60 or 0.52 per cent to Rs 503.80 per 10 kg with an open interest of just one lot.

Analysts attributed the uptrend in crude palm oil futures prices to fresh buying by speculators in tandem with a firming global trend.

Meanwhile, palm oil gained 0.4 per cent a tonne on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange.

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