
July arabica coffee (KCN25) Monday closed up +9.05 (+2.48%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN25) closed up +108 (+2.22%).
Coffee prices on Monday settled sharply higher due to lighter-than-normal rainfall in Brazil's coffee-growing regions. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais, received 2.5 mm of rain in the week ended May 17, or 12% of the historical average.