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On 29 January 2026, cocoa futures staged a technical rebound following the sharp liquidation on 28 January, with gains concentrated at the front of the curve. In ICE US cocoa (CC), the March-26 contract settled at 4,230 (+2.03%), while May-26 rose 2.02% to 4,294. Jul-26 and
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West African cocoa markets remain under severe strain as the sharp collapse in international futures prices collides with rigid domestic pricing and fragile financing structures, triggering widespread disruptions to cocoa purchasing and exports. According to CRA estimates, unsold and uncovered cocoa outside Côte d’Ivoire is approaching 100,000 metric
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Cocoa prices moved higher on Tuesday, supported primarily by macro-driven flows rather than a shift in core supply-demand fundamentals. A sharp decline in the US dollar index to a near four-year low triggered renewed short-covering in ICE US cocoa futures, amplifying the technical rebound seen after last week’s liquidation.
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Cocoa prices staged a partial technical rebound on Monday, with the front-month US contract (Mar-26) settling at 4,324, up +113 points (+2.7%) from Friday’s close, while London Mar-26 ended at 3,067, gaining +65 points (+2.2%). Despite this recovery, price action remains corrective in nature following
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Dealers reported that cocoa stocks are building across key origins and consumer markets due to weakening demand, particularly in Ivory Coast and Europe. European cocoa grinders confirmed that demand from end-users has softened noticeably, with buyers increasingly delaying purchases. The sustained rise in cocoa prices during 2023–2024 has forced
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The March New York cocoa contract closed the session down $124 (-2.44%) at $4,966, extending the sell-off to fresh lows and marking the fifth consecutive session trading below the lower Bollinger Band, underscoring the persistence of downside pressure. Market conditions remain deeply oversold, with the Slow Stochastic Oscillator
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The March contract in New York extended its decline on Wednesday, settling down 135 points (-2.59%) at 5,078. The market broke decisively through recent technical support, printing a session low of 4,961, confirming that selling pressure remains dominant despite early signs of short-term exhaustion. While prices have
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The March 2026 New York cocoa contract closed sharply lower on Tuesday, settling at 5,213, down 193 points (-3.57%) compared with the 12 January close of 5,406. The contract opened firm at 5,471 and quickly pushed to an intraday high of 5,494 before coming under
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Cocoa futures closed higher in both New York and London, recovering from early weakness as the session progressed. In New York, the March contract settled at $5,406, up 94 points (+1.77%) from the prior close, after spending much of the session under pressure before stabilising into the close.
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Cocoa prices suffered a sharp and disorderly reversal on Friday, plunging as much as 13% intraday, as exporter hedging overwhelmed index-related buying and triggered a broad liquidation of speculative length. What began earlier in the week as a rally driven by expectations of commodity index rebalancing rapidly unraveled once higher
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Cocoa entered the index-fund rebalancing window with attention centered on the New York benchmark, where Thursday’s prompt contract closed only slightly higher than the prior session, signaling marginal net strength until buying pressure accelerated later in the day. London ICE followed the move but at a smaller scale, adding
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Rumors of a smaller cocoa harvest in Ecuador are circulating, which introduces a short-term supply-shock narrative into market sentiment. Despite the speculation, analysts continue to treat Ecuador as the second-largest cocoa producer globally. Forecasting agency CRA maintains a long-range projection of approximately 800,000 metric tons of output, extending its