CIJENE KAKAA

CIJENE KAKAA 07.05.1998. SLUŽBENE CIJENE KAKAA NA ZATVARANJU LONDONSKE BURZE 07.05.1998. cijene su u lotovima - 1 lot iznosi 10 metričkih tona MJESEC POSLJEDNJA PONUDA POTRAŽNJA NAJVI-ŠA NAJANIŽA PRIJA.ZATVA. KOLIČINA OPEN INT. MAY 98 1113 1110 1115 1116 1106 1100 1159 1317 JUL 98 1135 1135 1136 1140 1122 1122 7519 29532 SEP 98 1153 1153 1154 1158 1142 1140 956 22608 DEC 98 1171 1170 1172 1175 1160 1158 1946 31937 MAR 99 1188 1188 1189 1191 1177 1176 1667 39452 MAY 99 1203 1202 1204 1205 1190 1190 350 13151 JUL 99 1213 1217 1218 1213 1213 1204 5 6200 SEP 99 1231 1227 1230 1231 1220 1218 2539 6528 DEC 99 1140 1140 MAR 90 37759 UKUPNA KOLIČINA 14982 05/07 LIFFE JULY COCOA CLOSES UP ON FUND BUYING, TIGHT SUPPLY LONDON (DOW JONES)--LIFFE JULY COCOA FUTURES CLOSED UP THURSDAY DUE TO HEAVY FUND BUYING AND TIGHTNESS IN SUPPLY, SAID TRADERS. 'THE FUNDS CARRIED ON BUYING BECAUSE WE BROKE THROUGH THE GBP1110 RESISTANCE LEVEL WEDNESDAY,' SAID ONE TRADER. 'THIS MAY BE JULY COCOA'S NEW TRADING RANGE JUDGING BY TODAY,' SAID ANOTHER TRADER. LIFFE COCOA FUTURES ALSO FOLLOWED NEW YORK FUTURES WHICH CLOSED AT A FIVE- MONTH HIGH WEDNESDAY, SAID TRADERS. SUPPORTIVE NEWS WAS THE CONTINUING ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOTS IN INDONESIA WHICH HAVE BEEN HOLDING UP SHIPMENTS FROM THE MAJOR PORT OF MEDAN. ALSO SUPPORTIVE WAS THE 'WINDING DOWN OF ACTIVITY IN THE IVORY COAST' AT THE END OF THE MAIN SEASON, SAID ONE TRADER. (LIFFE CLOSING PRICES THURSDAY IN POUNDS A METRIC TON AND CSCE PRICES AT 1600GMT IN DOLLARS A TON.) LIFFE CHANGE VOL RANGE CSCE CHANGE MAY 1113 +13 1159 1106-1116 1718 - 5CT JUL 1135 +13 7519 1122-1140 1731 +10CT THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA ORGANISATION SAID THURSDAY IT HAS REVISED ITS FORECAST COCOA PRODUCTION DEFICIT FOR THE CROP YEAR 1997-98 UP TO 185,000 METRIC TONS. IN MID-FEBRUARY THE ICCO HAD FORECAST A DEFICIT OF 145,000 TONS. TRADERS SAID THE INCREASED DEFICIT WAS IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS AND WAS UNLIKELY THEREFORE TO AFFECT THE MARKET. VOLUME WAS HEAVY COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FINAL TWO HOURS OF TRADE. BY CLOSE, 16,141 LOTS HAD BEEN TRADED ON LIFFE. OF THESE, 47% WERE TRADED ON THE JULY CONTRACT. 081021 MET may 98