Coffee Futures and Options Trading:
Coffee Futures Rise to One-Week High on Reduced
Supplies; Cocoa Advances
By
Elizabeth Campbell
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Jul 9, 2010
Arabica-coffee futures rose to the highest price in a week on reduced
supplies. Cocoa also jumped.
Coffee exports from producing countries
will fall for a second year in 2010 amid “scarcity,” according to the
International Coffee Organization. Shipments will be below last year’s
estimated 95.5 million bags and 97.7 million in 2008, ICO Executive
Director said yesterday in an interview, without specifying the amount
or percentage drop. A bag of coffee weighs 60 kilograms (132 pounds).
Supplies of the mild, washed arabica beans
traded on ICE Futures U.S. “remain tight so the market should remain at
a higher trading range,” said a vice president at Price Group Inc., a
broker in Chicago.
Arabica coffee for September delivery rose 1.75 cents, or 1.1
percent, to $1.6385 a pound on ICE in New York. Earlier, the commodity
touched $1.672, the highest level for a most-active contract since July
2. The price fell 0.3 percent this week.
Through yesterday,
stockpiles monitored
by ICE Futures tumbled 30 percent this year to the lowest level since
August 2002. Futures have climbed 42 percent in the past year.
Robusta-coffee futures for September delivery gained $13, or 0.8
percent, to $1,709 a metric ton on the Liffe exchange in London.
Cocoa futures for September delivery gained $27, or 0.9 percent, to
$2,996 a metric ton on ICE. The most-active contract gained 0.8 percent
for the week and 13 percent in the 12 months.
On London’s Liffe, cocoa futures for September delivery rose 5
pounds, or 0.2 percent, to 2,385 pounds ($3,591) a ton.
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