Cocoa Mar '27 (CCH27)
Cocoa Futures Market News and Commentary
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) on Wednesday closed up +2 (+0.05%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed up +5 (+0.16%).
Cocoa prices climbed to 3-week highs on Wednesday and settled slightly higher.  Cocoa markets are pricing in weather risks after an El Niño weather pattern was confirmed last week.  An El Niño typically brings warmer, drier conditions to West Africa, reducing soil moisture, stressing cocoa trees, and lowering yields. Prices fell back from their best level on Wednesday as the dollar strengthened.Â
An excessively short position by funds could exacerbate any short-covering rally in cocoa. Last Friday’s weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report showed that funds increased their short positions in NY cocoa by 6,175 in the week ended June 9 to 27,286 net-short positions, the most in more than three years.
Cocoa prices have underlying medium-term support from weather concerns.  Last Wednesday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency confirmed an El Niño weathe... Read more
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