
Dec arabica coffee (KCZ23) on Friday closed down -1.05 (-0.71%), and Nov ICE robusta coffee (RMX23) closed down -7 (-0.28%).
Coffee prices Friday settled moderately lower, with arabica posting an 8-1/2 month nearest-futures low. Forecasts for rain this week and next in Brazil's coffee-growing areas are weighing on arabica coffee prices. Recent weakness in the Brazilian real is also bearish for coffee prices after the real (^USDBRL) fell to a 3-3/4 month low against the dollar on Wednesday, encouraging export selling by Brazil's coffee producers.