The drop in Chicago soybean oil on Wednesday added pressure to palm oil, he said.United Plantation fell the most, down 50 sen to RM26.20. The purchase price valued Lafarge Malaysia at RM3.75 a share.Lafarge rose 42 sen to RM3.72 while YTL Corp added five sen to RM1.18. Among the oil and gas stocks, Petronas Gas fell 18 sen to RM17.50, Petronas Dagangan 16 sen to RM24.02 and Petronas Chemical five sen to RM8.95. Dialog shed four sen to RM3.18.As for consumer stocks, BAT added 54 sen to RM35.40 and was the top gainer. However, the ringgit gained 0.12% to the eurpo at 4.6369 and added 0.1% to the Singapore dollar to 3.0397.

Source: The Star May 02, 2019 10:01 UTC