Cocoa futures extend rebound, sugar prices also rise
Adds background, updates prices
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) -London cocoa futures rose on Friday, pulling further away from a 6-1/2 month low set this week, while sugar prices also rose.
COCOA
* December London cocoa LCCc2 was up 1.8% at 5,340 pounds a metric ton by 1320 GMT.
* Prices slumped to a 6-1/2 month low of 4,975 pounds on Wednesday with the prospect of a rise in production in West Africa in the coming 2024/25 season keeping a lid on prices.
* "Improved weather conditions will see cocoa prices ease while remaining historically high," analyst BMI said in a note on Friday.
* December New York cocoa CCc2 rose 1.7% to $7,278 a ton.
SUGAR
* October raw sugar SBc1 rose 1.25% to 19.46 cents per lb, supported by news that India plans to extend an export ban.
* India plans to extend the ban on sugar exports for a second straight year as the world's biggest consumer of the sweetener grapples with the prospects of lower cane output, government sources said.
* Dealers said the market was also boosted by concerns about supply tightness in the fourth quarter of 2024 and first quarter of 2025, with an early end to Brazil's harvest expected and exports from India unlikely.
* October white sugar LSUc1 was up 1.4% at $544.20 a ton.
COFFEE
* November robusta coffee LRCc2 lost 1.2% to $4,851 a ton as the market retreated further from last week's peak of $5,180, which was the highest level in at least 16 years.
* Dealers said the market remained underpinned by tight supplies in top robusta producer Vietnam.
* Vietnam exported 1.05 million metric tons of coffee in the first eight months of this year, down 12.5% from a year earlier, government data released on Friday showed.
* December arabica coffee KCc2 fell 1.8% to $2.4015 per lb.
Reporting by Nigel Hunt; Editing by David Goodman and Jan Harvey
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