
May arabica coffee (KCK24) on Friday closed down -2.85 (-1.56%), and Mar ICE robusta coffee (RMH24) closed down -127 (-4.00%).
Coffee prices on Friday retreated, with robusta falling sharply to a 7-week low. Weakness in the Brazilian real weighed on coffee prices as the real (^USDBRL) Friday fell to a 2-week low against the dollar. The weaker real encourages export selling from Brazil's coffee producers.