
March arabica coffee (KCH26) on Thursday closed up +4.85 (+1.65%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26) closed up +76 (+2.02%).
Coffee prices settled sharply higher on Thursday as strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) spurred short covering in coffee futures. The real rallied to a 1.75-year high against the dollar on Thursday, discouraging export sales from Brazil's coffee producers.