Arabica coffee, cocoa and sugar futures slid more than the rest of the commodity sector on Thursday, on investment fund and stop-loss sales as the dollar strengthened, dealers said.
Arabica coffee futures tumbled off Wednesday's 34-year peak, closing down nearly 5 percent, while US cocoa had its biggest three-day fall in two months, tumbling to the lowest level in a month in strong volume. Raw sugar slumped 5.6 percent.
ICE May arabica coffee tumbled 14.30 cents, or 4.9 percent, to settle at $2.8055 per lb, with total volume just over 22,000 lots, a shade above average. This was well below the 34-year high of $2.9665 a lb touched on Wednesday.
ICE May cocoa traded down $82, or 2.3 percent, to finish at $3,445 a tonne, after hitting a one-month low at $3,328. The market pared losses in a technical bounce off key support at $3,320, basis May, causing some chart-based buying, Cruel said.
ICE raw sugar fell, with tight supplies and low stocks limiting losses.
ICE May raw sugar futures sank 1.71 cents, or 5.6 percent, to close at 28.71 cents per lb.
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