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Friday, April 15, 2011

NY coffee ( arabica ) market close review for today, April 15, 2011

* July arabica coffee futures jumped 5.95 cents or 2.1 percent to settle at $2.9110 per lb.
 
* July closed the week up 4.8 percent, its second straight weekly  gain.
 
* Arabica premium over robusta futures soared, with its last trade at  $1.7925 per lb, the highest since at least 2008 when the current Liffe  contract was established.
 
* Market strong on supply concerns as well as chart-based buying as  July got closer to last month's 34-year high at $2,9665 per lb - traders.
 
* "Every coffee growing nation seems to be having some type of coffee  issue. I think it's going to give people a reason to try to test the $3  level in the July coffee very soon." - Hector Galvan, RJO Futures senior  market strategist in Chicago.
 
* Indonesian robusta coffee beans were offered at a premium to London  futures this week for the first time since June 2010 because of tight  supply after rain damaged coffee cherries early this year.
Source : reuters