Independent daily cocoa market reports covering New York and London futures, price action, spreads, volume, open interest, arrivals, stocks, weather, trade flows and the outlook for the next trading session.
Daily Cocoa Market Reports
* Cocoa futures fell sharply on Friday * Ghana is preparing a $1 billion local-currency bond to provide COCOBOD with liquidity to finance cocoa purchases and maintain farm support programs ahead of the 2026/27 season. * COCOBOD is reportedly carrying approximately 673 million cedis ($60 million) in debt, while some farmers
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* London cocoa outperformed New York, with most London contracts rising more than 5% while New York gained around 2% across the curve. * Reuters reported that Ghana’s state-owned cocoa buyer PBC is facing severe financial distress and potential asset seizures after accumulating substantial debts, raising concerns over internal cocoa
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Cocoa futures extended their strong recovery this week, with New York Jul-26 cocoa rising 5.29% on 06-May after already gaining 4.02% during the previous session. London Jul-26 cocoa also advanced another 1.01% following its massive 14.83% surge on 05-May. The move confirmed
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Cocoa futures extended their powerful recovery rally on Tuesday, with New York Jul-26 cocoa settling at 4,061 after trading as high as 4,127 intraday. The session marked another strong advance following Monday’s broad repricing move, although momentum slowed noticeably into the close as the market entered
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• New York cocoa Jul contract settles at 3,905, up +8.51% (+$306/ton) • Supply outlook tightens as fertilizer availability concerns build • El Niño risk rising, increasing threat to global cocoa production • Market pricing in elevated weather-related disruption risk • Ecuador mid-crop forecast cut on adverse weather conditions • Ivory
Daily Cocoa Market Reports
Cocoa futures extended their recent recovery on Friday, with prices initially pushing higher before transitioning into a tight consolidation near session highs. New York futures gained roughly 0.7% to 0.8% across the curve, lifting the front months toward the 3600 area, supported by follow-through buying after the
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* Cocoa futures surged on Apr. 30, rising roughly 4%–5% across the curve * COCOBOD flagged illicit buying activity, with funds from licensed buyers allegedly used to purchase smuggled Ivorian beans, driven by widening origin price differentials. * The Hershey Company beat earnings expectations, supported by 10% organic price growth as companies
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* Cocoa futures extended their recovery on 29-Apr * StoneX cut its 2026/27 global cocoa surplus forecast to 149,000 tons from 267,000 tons (≈-44% revision) * For 2025/26, StoneX maintains a 247,000-ton surplus * Field-level data signals weakening input conditions: ~73% of Ivorian farmers have not
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* Cocoa futures rose on Apr-28, with New York and London both gaining about 2.4%, recovering part of the prior session’s losses * Expana sees mixed West African crop outlook * El Niño risk could further disrupt output, particularly in Ecuador * Mondelez beat Q1 revenue expectations, pointing to resilient chocolate
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* Cocoa futures fall 3–5%, with New York leading losses in a front-end driven sell-off * Ivory Coast arrivals steady at ~1.51m tons (+0.3% y/y), reflecting stable near-term supply * Below-average rainfall raises mid-crop risks, providing underlying bullish support Cocoa futures extended their decline
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Cocoa futures delivered a mixed but generally softer performance on 24-Apr, with New York showing a split curve and London posting a broad-based decline. In New York, the nearby May-26 contract extended gains by +0.65%, while the rest of the curve retreated modestly in a tight
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Cocoa futures extended their rebound on 23-Apr, building on the prior session’s reversal with a second consecutive day of gains across the curve. In New York, prices advanced in a broadly parallel move, with contracts rising by roughly +1.4% to +1.5%, indicating continued follow-through rather