
September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) Wednesday closed up +96 (+1.01%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) closed down -91 (-1.41%).
Cocoa prices Wednesday settled mixed, with NY cocoa posting a 2-month high. Dry weather in West Africa could curb the region's cocoa production and is pushing prices higher. Forecaster Maxar Technologies recently said that top cocoa-producing countries Ivory Coast and Ghana had seen a "significant decrease in shower activity" over the past month, leading to below-normal soil moisture and limited crop growth.