cocoa

N.Y. cocoa has moved higher Thursday. May cocoa is trading at 2908, up 24. Market talk about reduced mid-crop cocoa production for the Ivory Coast and Ghana has brought buyers in to cocoa. Trading is steady and firm. In other N.Y. soft commodities, orange juice is trading a little higher Thursday...

N.Y. cocoa futures are trading higher early Thursday. May cocoa is trading at 2897, up 13. Market talk about uncertainty about supplies and demand continue. Chatter about retail customer resistance to higher prices. Market talk about reduced mid-crop cocoa production for the Ivory Coast and Ghana...

N.Y. sugar futures traded lower most of the day on Wednesday. May Sugar settled a little lower on the day at 14.62 down 0.07. Trading was fairly quiet in sugar. N.Y. May cocoa settled Wednesday's trading session higher after trading lower early on. May cocoa settled at 2884, up 16.

N.Y. cocoa futures are trading higher at mid-session Wednesday. May cocoa is trading at 2880, up 12. Market talk over uncertainty about supplies and final demand continues. There is some chatter about retail customer resistance to higher prices seen over the last year in cocoa. Trading is choppy...

N.Y. Cocoa futures are trading lower Wednesday. May Cocoa is trading at 2849 down 19. Traders are expecting choppy trading and possible wide ranges due to the recent sharp advance. Continued market talk that dry weather in the Ivory Coast and Ghana will result production declines is seen as...

N.Y. Sugar futures traded lower most of the day Tuesday. May Sugar settled at 14.69, down 0.10. May Cocoa ended Tuesday's session slightly higher after a range-bound back and forth trading session. May Cocoa settled at 2868, up 2.0. Coffee Futures traded sharply lower Tuesday as general selling...

March Coffee was trading slightly higher at $175.00 and March Cocoa was unchanged at $28.57. March Cotton was up $0.50 at $61.00 on firm export sales and a reduction in Chinese acreage. March Sugar was trading slightly higher at $15.11, hovering near contract lows in subdued pre-holiday week...

Cocoa prices are predicted to fall 12% after the fight for presidency in the Ivory Coast ends. Alassane Ouattara, November presidential election winner, banned Ivory Coast cocoa exports in January of this year in an effort to cut off funds to incumbent Laurent Gbagbo. Immediately following the ban...