
March arabica coffee (KCH24) on Tuesday closed up +0.75 (+0.39%), and Mar ICE robusta coffee (RMH24) closed down -32 (-0.98%).
Coffee prices on Tuesday settled mixed. Arabica coffee recovered from early losses Tuesday and posted modest gains on strength in the Brazilian real. The real (^USDBRL) on Tuesday rallied to a 2-week high against the dollar, discouraging export selling from Brazil's coffee producers. Losses in robusta coffee were limited after ICE-monitored robusta coffee inventories fell to a record low.