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New York cocoa recorded a powerful rally on Thursday, with the December contract gaining $404 per tonne, or 6.9%, to close at $6,233. After opening at $5,816 and briefly touching a session low of $5,804, aggressive buying lifted the contract to an intraday high of $6,
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New York December cocoa experienced a volatile session, advancing $175, or 3.0%, from its $5,825 opening level to test the important $6,000 resistance before reversing by $240, or 4.0%, to an intraday low of $5,760. Buyers again defended the $5,750 support area, allowing prices
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New York cocoa came under selling pressure on Tuesday, with the December 2026 contract opening at $5,944 and briefly advancing to an intraday high of $5,980 before reversing sharply lower. Prices subsequently fell by $258 from the session high to a low of $5,722, temporarily breaking below
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Cocoa began the week under renewed selling pressure, although both markets recovered substantially from their intraday lows. In New York, the December contract briefly traded above $6,000 and reached a session high of $6,007 before falling sharply to $5,775, close to the lower boundary of the developing
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New York cocoa ended Friday’s session lower after another volatile and strongly two-way trading day. Dec-26 opened at $6,024 and initially pushed higher, reaching an intraday high of $6,070, but the move above $6,000 again failed to generate sustained follow-through. Selling pressure subsequently
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New York Dec-26 cocoa experienced another highly volatile session on 20 August. The contract came under heavy pressure early in the day, falling to an intraday low of $5,739 per tonne, before reversing sharply and rallying to $6,160. The move above $6,100 was not sustained, however,
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New York cocoa experienced another volatile session on 19 August. Dec-26 initially traded lower before rallying sharply to an intraday high of $6,119 per tonne, nearly 5.0% above the session low of $5,829. The move above $6,100 failed to hold, however, and prices reversed during
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The 18 August decline appeared to be driven primarily by technical factors rather than a new fundamental shock. New York cocoa reversed on Tuesday after failing to extend its advance through the $6,100 to $6,150 resistance area. The Dec-26 contract opened at $6,080 and briefly reached
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New York cocoa rallied sharply on Monday as the December 2026 contract confirmed its breakout above the descending trendline around $5,750/tonne. After opening at $5,764 and briefly falling to an intraday low of $5,696, the contract attracted sustained buying, moved decisively through the psychological $6,000
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On 14 August, December cocoa opened relatively firm but initially moved lower, with selling pressure pushing the price from around 5,700 toward 5,620, where buyers stepped in and established the session low. From there, the market gradually recovered, breaking back above 5,700–5,725 and then accelerating
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Cocoa futures experienced volatile two-way trading on 13 August, with strong intraday rallies in both markets largely reversing by the final trade. In New York, the December contract opened at $5,748 per tonne and climbed to $5,854 before falling as low as $5,665 and recording a
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December 2026 cocoa staged a volatile rebound on Wednesday, opening at $5,650 per tonne and trading across a wide $205 range between $5,574 and $5,779. An early advance was followed by a sharp reversal toward support, but buyers re-emerged around the hourly 200-period SMA and