Arabica coffee and US sugar futures closed higher early on Wednesday, feeling chart-based pressure, while cocoa settled lower. ICE September arabicas were up 0.25 cent at $1.5880 a lb at 1446 GMT. ICE October raw sugar futures were up 0.26 cent at 17.54 cents a lb. ICE September cocoa was down $27 at $2,950 per tonne.