July ICE NY cocoa (CCN26) on Tuesday closed up +373 (+9.83%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN26) closed up +293 (+10.24%).
Cocoa prices surged to 1.5-week highs on Tuesday amid fund short-covering, spurred by heavy rains in the Ivory Coast that have caused flooding and cut off farmers' access to cocoa plantations. Cocoa prices also have support on concerns that a potential El Niño weather pattern this year could threaten the West African cocoa crop.