US MIDDAY: sugar rallies; coffee and cocoa lower

30 Sep, 2009

Summaries of the ICE Futures US cocoa, coffee and sugar markets early on Tuesday. December arabica coffee contract fell 1.20 cents to $1.2595 per lb at 11:10 am EDT (1510 GMT). Session range from $1.2560 to $1.2740. Arabica coffee futures weak on the firm dollar and chart-based weakness, said brokers.
March raw sugar contract gained 0.58 cent, or 2.5 percent, to 24.68 cents per lb at 11:10 am. Trading range from 24.28 to 25.15 cents. Benchmark December cocoa contract slipped $27 to $3,058 per tonne by 11:11 am. Session range from $3,020 to $3,106. Market continued lower following last week's technical reversal, said traders.

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