
May arabica coffee (KCK25) Friday closed down -0.75 (-0.19%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK25) closed up +18 (+0.33%).
Coffee prices Friday settled mixed. Friday's rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 2-week high undercut most commodity prices, including coffee. However, robusta coffee moved higher on crop concerns in Vietnam after the Dak Lak weather office said Friday that Vietnam's main coffee-producing region, Central Highlands, is expected to get more hot weather and less rainfall for the March 21-31 period. Vietnam is the world's largest producer of robusta coffee beans.