Cocoa Dec '26 (CCZ26)
Cocoa Futures Market News and Commentary
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) closed down -170 (-2.84%) on Monday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26) closed down -25 (-0.58%).
Cocoa prices retreated on Monday amid signs of abundant cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052 MT. Nigeria is the world's fifth-largest cocoa producer.
Also on the bearish side, cumulative data from the Ivory Coast showed that farmers shipped 2.11 MMT of cocoa to ports in the current marketing year (October 1, 2025, through August 2, 2026), up +20% from the same period a year ago.
Rising cocoa inventories are negative for prices after ICE cocoa inventories rose to a 2-year high of 3,384,965 bags on August 5.
Last Thursday, cocoa prices rallied to 2.5-week highs on concern about a smaller cocoa crop from Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer. Ghana’s Cocoa Board said last Thursday that after a field survey of pod counts, it estimates the 202... Read more
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Cotton futures closed the Monday session with contracts up 21 to 54 points across most months. Crude oil was down $2.08 with the US dollar index $0.191...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 1:32PM CDT
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV26 ) closed up +0.04 (+0.23%) on Monday, and October London ICE white sugar #5 (SWV26 ) closed down -15.70 (-2.85%). Sugar...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 1:31PM CDT
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) closed down -170 (-2.84%) on Monday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed down -25 (-0.58%). Cocoa prices...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 1:30PM CDT
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +19.00 (+5.89%) today, and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26 ) closed up +192 (+5.34%). Coffee prices rallied...
Barchart · 55 minutes ago
Monolithic Power’s outperformance has been hard to miss, and analyst sentiment remains decidedly favorable.
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 6:30PM CDT
Treasuries have reclaimed the yield advantage, with fewer than 4% of S&P 500 stocks now yielding more than the 10-year Treasury (near 4.69%), compared...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Cotton futures closed the Monday session with contracts up 21 to 54 points across most months. Crude oil was down $2.08 with the US dollar index $0.191...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
The wheat complex posted mostly weaker trade on Monday, with a few Chicago contracts higher. Chicago SRW contracts closed deferred contracts 1 ¼ cents...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Lean hog futures were weaker at the Monday close, with contracts steady to 37 cents lower, as October was up 25 cents. USDA’s national base hog price...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Live cattle futures saw weakness across the board on Monday, down $1.87 to $4.32 at the close. Cash trade was quiet on Monday, with most compiling showlists....
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Soybeans were under pressure from bean oil on Monday, with contracts down 4 to 15 ½ cents across most months, led by the nearbys. The cmdtyView national...
Barchart · Mon Aug 24, 4:53PM CDT
Corn futures faded from the early session highs, but ended the Monday session with gains of 3 to 7 ¾ cents across most contracts. The CmdtyView national...