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May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Monday closed down -0.30 (-1.62%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25 ) closed down -7.80 (-1.46%). Sugar prices Monday extended their week-long slide to 2-1/2 week lows. Demand concerns are weighing on sugar prices after sugar traders Wilmar International Ltd and...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) Monday closed up +13.60 (+3.65%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) closed up +156 (+2.93%). Coffee prices rallied sharply on Monday as below-normal rain in Brazil may reduce coffee crop yields. Somar Meteorologia reported last Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of...

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) today is down -0.29 (-1.57%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25 ) is down -7.00 (-1.31%). Sugar prices today extended their week-long slide to 2-1/2 week lows. Demand concerns are weighing on sugar prices after sugar traders Wilmar International Ltd and...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) today is up +9.80 (+2.63%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) is up +31 (+0.58%). Coffee prices today are trading higher on below-normal rain in Brazil that may reduce coffee crop yields. Somar Meteorologia reported last Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area...

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May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) Friday closed down -0.37 (-1.96%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25 ) closed down -7.10 (-1.32%). Sugar prices Friday retreated for a third day and posted 2-week lows due to weakness in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ). The real tumbled to...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) Friday closed down -0.55 (-0.15%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) closed down -46 (-0.86%). Coffee prices Friday gave up early gains and turned lower after the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) tumbled to a 1-month low against the dollar. Weakness in the real this...

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May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25 ) today is down -0.45 (-2.38%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25 ) is down -9.20 (-1.70%). Sugar prices today retreated for a third day and posted 2-week lows due to weakness in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ). The real tumbled to...

May arabica coffee (KCK25 ) today is down -0.70 (-0.19%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25 ) is down -23 (-0.43%). Coffee prices today erased an early advance and turned lower after the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) tumbled to a 3-1/2 week low against the dollar. The weaker real encourages...