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NEW YORK/LONDON, Might 13 (Reuters) – Uncooked sugar futures on ICE closed 4% decrease on Thursday, retreating farther from the earlier session’s 2-1/2-month excessive, on revenue taking by speculators and danger off sentiment in wider monetary markets. MKTS/GLOBO/R
London cocoa rose to a 2-month peak.
SUGAR
* July uncooked sugar SBc1 settled down 0.73 cent, or 4.1%, at 17.11 cents per lb, on fund gross sales.
* Sellers stated whereas speculators may proceed liquidating lengthy positions close to time period, a large-scale value collapse was unlikely, with the market nonetheless underpinned by worries over Brazil’s cane crop.
* “Brazil is confronting the worst drought in eighty years and it was anticipated to rely for over 60% of the world’s uncooked sugar exports. Take this calmly for those who dare,” stated a U.S.-based dealer.
* Brazil’s sugar manufacturing fell 25% late in April.
* The USDA sees U.S. sugar imports falling to 2.65 million brief tonnes in 2021/22.
* August white sugar LSUc1settled down $16.30, or 3.5%, at $455.50 a tonne.
COFFEE
* July arabica espresso KCc2settled down 0.1 cent, or 0.1%, at $1.464 per lb, as price-positive information prevented the kind of losses seen in different commodities markets.
* Anti-government protests in Colombia, the world’s second largest arabica producer, have to date halted over 500,000 60-kg baggage of espresso exports.
* Honduras, Central America’s largest espresso exporter, reduce its forecast for espresso exports by an additional 8.3%.
* July robusta espresso LRCc2settled down $19, or 1.3%, at $1,495 a tonne.
* Espresso buying and selling in high robusta producer Vietnam continued to be sluggish this week amid weak demand.
COCOA
* July London cocoa LCCc2settled up Eight kilos, or 0.5%, to 1,706 kilos per tonne, having hit its highest in two months at 1,728 earlier within the session.
* Climate forecasters Local weather42 stated Ivory Coast and a few elements of Ghana might see an additional delay in most important crop growth and a discount in bean sizes as a result of dry climate this season.
* Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi, 65, has been admitted to hospital in Paris for medical exams.
* Achi is a key determine in discussions to resolve a big energy technology deficit that’s hurting cocoa processing.
* July New York cocoa CCc2settled down $15, or 0.6%, to $2,502 a tonne.
(Reporting by Marcelo Teixeira and Maytaal Angel; Enhancing by Marguerita Choy and Elaine Hardcastle)
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