
March arabica coffee (KCH25) Friday closed down -8.20 (-2.51%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25) closed down -88 (-1.74%).
Coffee prices posted moderate losses on Friday as recent above-average rain in Brazil eased drought concerns. Coffee prices fell to 4-week lows Tuesday after Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais received 102.8 mm of rain last week, or 182% of the historical average.