CIJENE KAKAA NA BURZI U NEW YORKU

CIJENE KAKAA NA BURZI U NEW YORK-U SAD - KAKAO Trgovačke spot cijene 15. prosinca 1997. minimalne količine u vagonima, cijene u am. dolarima po toni posljednja Ghana Maincrop 1965.00 N Ivory Maincrop Maincrop 1930.00 N Bahia superior Superior 1949.00 N Sanchez FAQ FAQ 1824.00 N Sulwaesi SAQ FAQ 1792.00 N Arriba Superior Superior 1939.00 N Malaysia 110 1795.00 N Liquor Ecuador 2405.00 N Liquor Brazil 2492.00 N Maslac African 4266.00 N Maslac drugi 4266.00 N Natural Cake 10/12% 593.00 N NEW YORK - Kakao cijene pri zatvaranju burze 15. prosinca 1997. MJE POSLJ OTVA NAJ NAJ ZATVA NAGO EDNJA RANJE VIŠA NIŽA RANJE DBE MAR8 1760 1729 1766 1719 1758 1762 MAY8 1786 1754 1790 1746 1786 1788 JUL8 1808 1774 1808 1772 1808 1808 SEP8 1804 1793 1804 1793 1827 1827 DEC8 1808 1810 1808 1800 1848 1848 MAR9 1870 1831 1870 1844 1868 1868 MAY9 1857 1845 1857 1844 1882 1882 JUL9 1898 1898 SEP9 1912 1912 CSCE cocoa reverses to end slightly higher NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - CSCE cocoa prices rose Monday for the fourth straight session on the back of continued speculative buying interest, traders said. In a pattern that mimicked last Friday's performance, cocoa prices sold off at the outset, only to reverse and swing higher by the close. A downturn on the British pound versus the dollar sparked the weakness early in the session, as dealers took advantage of the more favorable arbitrage to sell dollar-denominated New York futures against the sterling-traded London market. But the market held an important support target and gradually worked its way back into positive territory by the close. "There is very little follow-through selling," said one broker, adding, "A lot of this buying is short-covering." Benchmark March futures rose $6 a tonne to close at $1,762, the highest since late June. The contract traded between $1,719 and $1,766. Cocoa prices have risen $102 since the beginning of December, a gain of 13 percent. There was little fresh news to give the market impetus, but traders said a batch of positive underlying fundamentals have contributed to the market's recent bull run. Traders cited a slight lag in cocoa shipments from Ivory Coast versus year-ago rates, as well as a pick-up in consumer demand and steady buying from the manufacturing sector. Technically, March futures held just above support at $1,718, and managed to eclipse last Friday's intraday high by $5 a tonne. To the upside, March faced a key hurdle at $1,803, its life-of-contract high. The day's volume was estimated at 9,249 lots. 161141 MET dec 97