
Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23) on Thursday closed +71 (+1.87%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23) closed +40 (+1.20%).
Cocoa prices on Thursday closed moderately higher as they consolidated just below Monday's highs. A decline in the dollar index (DXY00) Thursday to a 1-week low supported cocoa prices, although gains in London cocoa were muted after the British pound (^GBPUSD) rose to a 1-week high, undercutting cocoa priced in terms of sterling.