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Coffee Prices Mixed with Robusta Falling on Stronger Vietnam Coffee Exports

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) Monday closed up +2.10 (+0.65%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed down -64 (-1.29%). Coffee prices on Monday settled mixed, with arabica climbing to a 3-week high and robusta falling to a 1-week low. Dry conditions in Brazil support arabica coffee after Somar...

Barchart · Jan 13, 2025

Sugar Prices Fall on Dollar Strength and Global Supply Optimism

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.29 (-1.51%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is down -7.30 (-1.45%). Sugar prices today are moderately lower, with NY sugar falling to a 4-month nearest-futures low and London sugar sliding to a 2-3/4 year low. Today's...

Barchart · Jan 13, 2025

Arabica Coffee Climbs on Dry Conditions in Brazil

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +1.35 (+0.42%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is down -60 (-1.21%). Coffee prices today are mixed, with arabica climbing to a 3-week high and robusta falling to a 1-week low. Dry conditions in Brazil support arabica coffee after Somar Meteorologia...

Barchart · Jan 13, 2025

Arabica Coffee Prices Settle Higher on Below-Normal Rain in Brazil

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) Friday closed up +5.35 (+1.68%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed down -13 (-0.26%). Coffee prices Friday settled mixed. Dry conditions in Brazil supported arabica coffee after Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais received 62.5...

Barchart · Jan 10, 2025

Sugar Prices Modestly Higher on Strength in Crude Oil

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is up +0.11 (+0.58%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) is up +0.70 (+0.14%). Sugar prices today are mildly higher. Short covering emerged in sugar futures today after WTI crude oil prices (CLG25 ) jumped more than +3% to...

Barchart · Jan 10, 2025

Arabica Coffee Prices Underpinned by Below-Normal Rain in Brazil

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) today is up +5.00 (+1.57%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) is down -7 (-0.14%). Coffee prices today are mixed. Dry conditions in Brazil supported arabica coffee after Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil's biggest arabica coffee growing area of Minas Gerais received 62.5...

Barchart · Jan 10, 2025

What Market Looks "Best"?

I was asked what my "favorite" market is heading into 2025. My answer was what it has been for the past two decades - Corn.

Barchart · Jan 10, 2025

What is mortgage insurance? Here’s what you need to know

This extra fee protects your lender in case of an emergency, but it can be removed over time.

Fortune · Jan 10, 2025

Easing Supply Concerns Weigh on Sugar Prices

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) Thursday closed down -0.14 (-0.73%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25 ) closed down -2.10 (-0.42%). Sugar prices retreated Thursday, with NY sugar posting a 4-month nearest-futures low and London sugar posting a 2-3/4 year low. Over the past three months,...

Barchart · Jan 9, 2025

Coffee Prices Supported by Strength in the Brazilian Real

March arabica coffee (KCH25 ) Thursday closed up +2.05 (+0.65%), and March ICE robusta coffee (RMH25 ) closed up +23 (+0.46%). Coffee prices Thursday settled moderately higher as a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 2-1/2 week high sparked short covering in coffee futures. An increase in...

Barchart · Jan 9, 2025