Market Updates
Cocoa Ends Lower, Gold Climbs
Ivaylo
01 May, 2007
New York City
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U.S. cocoa futures declined to seven-week lows Monday as beneficial rains falling over West African growing regions raised supply concerns among investors. The Ivory Coast and Ghana account for 70% of the world cocoa production. Gold advanced, silver remained unchnaged, while palladium dipped.
[R]5:30AM Cocoa slipped Monday on supply concerns, gold climbed.[/R]
Most-active July cocoa on the New York Board of Trade ended down $24 at $1,798 a metric ton. Arabica coffee futures for May finished down 0.85 cent at $1.0315 a pound, with July off 0.85 cent at $1.0615. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for May closed down 0.11 cent at 9.24 cents a pound, with July off 0.10 cent at 9.10 cents.
June gold ended up $1.70 at $683.50 a troy ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while July silver was unchanged at $13.575 an ounce. July platinum settled up $5.40 at $1,298.40 an ounce, but June palladium dipped 45 cents to $374 an ounce. The most-active July copper contract climbed 2.40 cents to settle at $3.5565 per pound.
The June crude oil contract ended down 75 cents at $65.71 a barrel after trading at $66.65 a barrel. May heating oil finished unchanged at $1.9135 a gallon. June heating oil closed down 1.79 cent at $1.8948 a gallon. May gasoline added 0.792 cent to end at $2.4405 a gallon after rising to $2.4550 a gallon. June natural gas settled up 3.2 cents at $7.863 per million British thermal units.
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