
July ICE NY cocoa (CCN25) today is up +633 (+6.17%), and July ICE London cocoa #7 (CAN25) is up +385 (+5.24%).
Cocoa prices are soaring today, with NY cocoa posting a 3-1/4 month nearest-futures high and London cocoa posting a 3-month high. Weather concerns in West Africa are the latest bullish factor to push cocoa prices sharply higher. Despite the recent rains in West Africa, drought still covers more than a third of Ghana and the Ivory Coast, according to the African Flood and Drought Monitor.