
Sep ICE NY cocoa (CCU23) on Thursday closed -72 (-2.16%), and Sep ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU23) closed -116 (-4.52%).
Cocoa prices sold off Thursday, with NY cocoa falling to a 2-week low and London cocoa falling to a 1-month low. Signs of weakness in cocoa demand sparked long liquidation in cocoa futures. The European Cocoa Association reported European Q2 cocoa processing fell -8.5% q/q and -5.7% y/y to 343,283 MT. Also, Barry Callebaut, the world's biggest chocolate maker, reported that its sales volume fell -2.7% in the first nine months of the fiscal year ending May 31 as higher prices hurt sales.