CIJENE KAKA

CIJENE KAKAA 15.05.1998. SLUŽBENE CIJENE KAKAA NA ZATVARANJU LONDONSKE BURZE 15.05.1998. cijene su u lotovima - 1 lot iznosi 10 metričkih tona MJESEC POSLJEDNJA PONUDA POTRAŽNJA NAJVI-ŠA NAJANIŽA PRIJA.ZATVA. KOLIČINA OPEN INT. MAY 98 1136 1137 1143 1140 1140 1132 2 124 JUL 98 1156 1155 1156 1165 1155 1150 3332 30365 SEP 98 1176 1176 1177 1183 1174 1170 936 21979 DEC 98 1193 1191 1193 1200 1191 1187 1826 31995 MAR 99 1210 1210 1212 1217 1206 1204 920 37712 MAY 99 1222 1223 1225 1229 1223 1217 78 13237 JUL 99 1234 1236 1237 1240 1236 1230 110 6196 SEP 99 1246 1247 1249 1252 1244 1243 340 8142 DEC 99 1140 1140 MAR 90 37759 UKUPNA KOLIČINA 7542 05/15 LIFFE COCOA CLOSES UP FRIDAY AMID CONCERN ABOUT 98-99 CROP LONDON (DOW JONES)--LIFFE COCOA CONTRACTS CLOSED HIGHER FRIDAY AMID INCREASING CONCERN THAT 1998-99 COCOA CROPS WILL BE LOWER THAN NORMAL, TRADERS SAID. "THERE'S GROWING SPECULATION THAT THE CROPS IN 1998-99 MAY BE LOWER DUE TO POOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT," SAID A TRADER. CONCERNS ABOUT SOCIAL UNREST IN INDONESIA WERE ALSO SUPPORTIVE TO PRICES, SAID A TRADER. "THERE ARE FEARS THAT THE SOCIAL UNREST MAY SPREAD AND THAT IT WILL INTERFERE WITH THE COCOA TRADING," SAID AN ANALYST. (LIFFE CLOSING PRICES FRIDAY IN POUNDS/METRIC TON AND CSCE TRADING PRICES 1639 GMT IN DOLLARS/METRIC TON.) LIFFE CHANGE VOL RANGE CSCE CHANGE MAY 1136 +4 2 1140-1140 - - JUL 1156 +6 3332 1155-1165 1742 -7 SEP 1176 +6 936 1174-1183 1760 -7 INDONESIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST COCOA PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS. IT PRODUCES AROUND 300,000 METRIC TONS OF COCOA PER YEAR. "THE BULK OF THE MAIN CROP SHIPMENTS SHOULD START MORE TOWARDS MIDDLE MAY, JUNE AND JULY," AN ANALYST SAID. "A WEAKER STERLING AGAINST THE DOLLAR ALSO INFLUENCED THE MARKET," A TRADER SAID. "THERE'S BEEN SOME ARBITRAGE, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE CURRENCY ISSUE," ADDED THE TRADER. THE POUND CLOSED FRIDAY AT $1.627, DOWN FROM $1.630 THURSDAY AND $1.632 WEDNESDAY. "THERE'S ALSO SOME TECHNICAL BUYING," A TRADER SAID. TRADING TOTALED 7,544 LOTS, WITH 3,332 LOTS ON THE JULY CONTRACT. 181051 MET may 98