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NEW YORK/LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) – Uncooked sugar futures closed greater than 2% down on ICE on Monday, struggling a setback after final week’s steep climb to a six-week peak, whereas cocoa and occasional costs rose.
SUGAR
* Might uncooked sugar SBc1 settled down 0.43 cent, or 2.6%, at 16.29 cents per lb. The entrance month rose to a peak of 16.80 cents on Friday, its highest since Feb. 26.
* Sellers stated there was some profit-taking on Monday’s session after the latest advance pushed by fund shopping for towards the backdrop of diminished crop prospects within the European Union and Centre-South Brazil.
* “We’ve got had extra time to judge the outcomes of a late frost within the South/Central areas of the EU beet belt; the frost has killed numerous the not too long ago germinated beet vegetation, so farmers are left with a tough alternative – to re-sow or not,” Marex Spectron analyst Robin Shaw stated in a word.
* August white sugar LSUc1settled down $9.30, or 2.0%, at $454.00 a tonne.
* India’s sugar consumption in the course of the peak demand season is about to fall for a second straight 12 months after numerous states imposed restrictions to halt rising circumstances of COVID-19.
COCOA
* July London cocoa LCCc2settled up Four kilos, or 0.2%, to 1,635 kilos per tonne.
* Sellers famous cocoa grind knowledge for the primary quarter of 2021, issued final week, had supplied a combined image with a year-on-year rise in North America however a lower in Europe.
* “Presumably it’s because the vaccination rollout has made extra progress within the U.S., permitting an elevated return to regular public life, whereas the state of affairs in Europe remains to be dominated by powerful restrictions,” Commerzbank stated in a word.
* July New York cocoa CCc2settled up $28, or 1.1%, to $2,492 a tonne.
COFFEE
* July arabica espresso KCc2settled up 0.7 cent, or 0.5%, at $1.319 per lb, recovering from Friday’s setback.
* Brazil espresso areas are anticipated to stay principally dry in coming days, which may harm ultimate bean improvement because the nation approaches harvest time for arabica.
* July robusta espresso LRCc2settled up $5, or 0.4%, at $1,385 a tonne.
(Reporting by Marcelo Teixeira and Nigel Hunt; Modifying by Jan Harvey, Jonathan Oatis and Sonya Hepinstall)
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