Cocoa Sep '16 (CCU16)
Cocoa Futures Market News and Commentary
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26) on Wednesday closed up +328 (+7.06%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed up +246 (+7.05%).
Cocoa prices extended their two-week rally on Wednesday, soaring to 5-month highs. Cocoa prices are supported by heavy rains in the Ivory Coast, which have flooded roads and cut off farmers’ access to farms and ports, threatening global supplies. Excessive moisture also increases the risk of brown rot disease on cocoa trees, reducing yields and jeopardizing the harvest.
Cocoa prices also have underlying medium-term support from weather concerns. On June 10, Japan’s Meteorological Agency confirmed an El Niño weather pattern had formed across the equatorial Pacific. An El Niño typically brings warmer, drier conditions to West Africa, reducing soil moisture, stressing cocoa trees, and lowering yields. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimates a 67% chance of a “Super El Niño” this year, one of the strongest ev... Read more
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