
May arabica coffee (KCK25) Tuesday closed up +9.30 (+2.45%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25) closed up +103 (+1.95%).
Coffee prices on Tuesday recovered from 2-month lows and closed higher. Short-covering emerged in coffee futures Tuesday due to weather concerns in Brazil after Somar Meteorologia forecasted limited rainfall in Brazil's coffee-growing regions over the next week to ten days. Coffee prices added to their gains Tuesday after the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) rallied to a 1-1/2 week high against the dollar, discouraging export selling by Brazil's coffee producers.