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NEW YORK/LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – Arabica espresso futures on ICE closed down sharply on Friday as in a single day frosts in high producer Brazil seemed to be much less intense and widespread than some had anticipated.
Sugar costs additionally fell on Brazil climate and weakening demand.
COFFEE
* September arabica espresso KCc1settled down 16.95 cents, or 8.6%, at $1.7955 per lb, receding additional away from a close to 7-year excessive above $2 reached final week.
* Sellers mentioned any in a single day harm to bushes was unlikely to be as important as that inflicted by final week’s frosts though the well being of crops was being assessed.
* “The uncertainty over the extent of injury has saved espresso and sugar costs unstable,” ING mentioned in a be aware.
* Temperatures dropped throughout Brazil on Thursday and Friday – with uncommon snowfall in a single day in a number of locations – as a polar air mass superior towards the center-south of the nation, threatening espresso and sugarcane crops with frost.
* Anyhow, harm has already been performed to the subsequent Brazil crop, in line with farmers and agronomists.
* September robusta espresso LRCc1settled down $99, or 5.3%, at $1,786 a tonne, following arabica.
SUGAR
* October uncooked sugar SBc1closed down 0.39 cent, or 2.1%, at 17.91 cents per lb.
* Sellers have been additionally ready to see whether or not in a single day temperatures in Brazil have been chilly sufficient to trigger extra harm to sugarcane crops.
* “Costs slid decrease on a revenue taking and a view that the chilly climate predicted for Brazil perhaps not as chilly as feared,” mentioned a sugar dealer.
* Sellers additionally mentioned the demand appears absent because the refining premium continues to undergo.
* October white sugar LSUc1settled down $5.70, or 1.3%, at $445.70 a tonne.
COCOA
* December New York cocoa CCc2settled down $62, or 2.5%, to $2,422 a tonne.
* December London cocoa LCCc2 fell by 23 kilos, or 1.4%, to 1,675 kilos per tonne.
* Regardless of beneficial monetary outcomes from massive chocolate firms similar to Hershey , as out-of-home gross sales rise, provides proceed to seem massive with no issues in producing nations.
(Reporting by Marcelo Teixeira and Nigel Hunt Enhancing by David Holmes, Barbara Lewis and David Gregorio)
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