
May ICE NY cocoa (CCK23) on Friday closed up +16 (+0.55%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK23) closed up +29 (+1.36%).
Cocoa prices Friday extended this week's rally, with NY cocoa posting a 2-1/3 year nearest-futures high and London cocoa posting a 3-3/4 month high. Smaller cocoa supplies from the Ivory Coast have sparked fund buying and boosted prices. The Ivory Coast Agriculture Minister Friday said the Ivory Coast mid-crop, the smaller of the country's two annual harvests that begin April 1, is expected to fall -25% y/y to 450,000 MT.