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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

NY Coffee Market Close Review For Today, March 22, 2011

NY Arabica coffee  finished weak, on chart-based selling and a lack of near-term demand.

* May arabica coffee futures tumbled 3.55 cents to  finish at $2.7345 per lb.
 
* Market fell on technical selling after failing to breach  the 62 percent Fibonacci retracement level at $2.83, basis May, on Monday, indicating a short-term downtrend - traders.
 
* "Right now there's no short-term demand for coffee.  There's coffee being offered in Central America and nobody's  buying." - Nick Gentile, chief trading officer at Atlantic  Capital Advisors in Jersey City.
 
* Market pressured by a lack of fund participation and roaster buying, although tight supplies were still considered underpinning the market in the long-term - traders.*******