US MIDDAY: sugar down

13 Aug, 2011

ICE front-month raw sugar futures fell early on Friday after news that India, the number 2 producer after Brazil, had decided to allow another 500,000 tonnes of unrestricted sugar exports. October raw sugar futures on ICE were down 0.24 cent or 0.85 percent at 27.84 cents at 1346 GMT December arabica coffee on ICE edged down 0.55 cent or 0.2 percent to $2.4350 per lb. December cocoa on ICE was up $7 or 0.2 percent to $2,893 a tonne.

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