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Arabica coffee futures recorded their biggest one-day decline since the end of 2010 due to late selling.

Published: 2024-11-02 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/02, New YORK / London, March 3 (Reuters)-Arabica coffee futures plunged more than 6% to a 13-month low on Tuesday, the biggest drop since 2010, as a late wave of automatic orders was triggered to attract speculators to sell. Raw sugar futures fell to their lowest level in more than five months. Cocoa futures rose to their highest level since October, helped by technical buying and concerns about production in Ghana, the second-largest grower. five

New YORK / London, March 3 (Reuters)-Arabica coffee futures plunged more than 6% to a 13-month low on Tuesday, the biggest drop since 2010, as a late wave of automatic orders was triggered to attract speculators to sell. Raw sugar futures fell to their lowest level in more than five months.

Cocoa futures rose to their highest level since October, helped by technical buying and concerns about production in Ghana, the second-largest grower.

Traders said that the stop-loss selling of May contracts with a late strike price below $1.35 was triggered, attracting a large number of sellers, leading to a sharp increase in trading volume. In the last 30 minutes, more than 7000 contracts changed hands, close to 1/3 of today's turnover.

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The premium of Arabica Coffee over Robusta Coffee Futures KC-LRC2=R fell below 51 cents, the narrowest since January 2014.

May Robusta coffee futures fell $11, or 0.6%, to close at $1881 a tonne.

ICE- may raw sugar futures closed down 19 cents, or 1.4%, at 13.45 cents per pound, the lowest since the end of September.

May sugar futures closed down $4.10, or 1.1%, at $369.60 a ton.

May London cocoa futures closed up 7 pounds, or 0.3%, at 2038 pounds a tonne, hitting an intraday high of 2040 pounds since October 1.

New York cocoa futures rose $16, or 0.5 per cent, to close at $3022 a tonne in may, slightly above the 200-day moving average and hitting an intraday high of $3038 since Oct. 27.

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