
March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) Thursday closed up +375 (+3.75%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) closed up +164 (+2.05%).
Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Thursday due to West African cocoa crop concerns. Cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's two biggest cocoa-producing countries, said spotty rainfall over the past two weeks has been insufficient for tree regeneration and flowering.