Most soft commodity markets staged a recovery on Wednesday but investors remained skittish about the nuclear crisis in Japan, already reeling from a killer quake and tsunami. Workers withdrew briefly from Japan's stricken plant because of surging radiation levels, and a helicopter failed to drop water on the most troubled reactor.
New York's May cocoa contract fell $40 to finish at $3,215 per tonne. On Tuesday, the May contract skidded $134 to end at $3,255 a tonne, its lowest finish since February 7. The May arabica coffee contract rose 2.40 cents to end at $2.6535 a lb. New York's May raw sugar contract on ICE Futures US rose 0.20 cent to trade at 25.85 cents per lb.
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