
March arabica coffee (KCH26) on Wednesday closed up +0.60 (+0.20%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH26) closed up +16 (+0.43%).
Coffee prices recovered from early losses on Wednesday and settled slightly higher. Wednesday's rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) to a 1.5-week high sparked short covering in coffee futures. The stronger real discourages export sales from Brazil's coffee producers.