London cocoa prices slide, raw sugar rebounds
Updates prices
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) -London cocoa futures fell sharply on Friday as the market digested third-quarter grind data while raw sugar prices rebounded from the prior session's four week low.
COCOA
* March London cocoa LCCc2 fell 3.4% to 5,041pounds a metric ton by 1354GMT, sliding further from a one-month high of 5,481 pounds set on Wednesday.
* Dealers said third-quarter grind data issued this week had provided a mixed picture with a year-on-year decline in Europe but rises in Asia and North America.
* They also noted cocoa grinding in top producer Ivory Coast had also been falling.
* North American cocoa processing rose in the third quarter of 2024 to 109,264 metric tons, up 11.6% from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the National Confectioners Association released on Thursday.
* Market estimates were for an increase of 3% to 5%.
* Dealers said the market remained underpinned by low exchange stocks.
* Total valid stocks on the London cocoa contract totalled 29,020 tons, as of Oct. 17, down from 150,520 a year ago.
* December New York cocoa CCc1 fell 3.5% to $7,500a ton.
SUGAR
* March raw sugar SBc1 rose 0.45% to 22.26cents per lb with the market rebounding from the prior session's four-week low of 21.71 cents.
* Dealers said the market was showing signs of resuming its advance after losing some ground last month. Prices had surged in September to a seven-month high.
* December white sugar LSUc1 rose 0.3% to $567.40 a ton.
COFFEE
* December arabica coffee KCc1 rose 0.65% to $2.5680per lb as dealers continued to assess the extent to which recent rains may have improved the outlook for the 2025 crop in Brazil.
* Rains may have come too late for Brazil's coffee, said farmers and agronomists, expecting a 2025 crop below potential.
* November robusta coffee LRCc1 rose 0.1% to $4,688a ton.
Reporting by Nigel Hunt; editing by David Evans and Susan Fenton
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