Dollar Weakness Lifts Cocoa Prices

Written on 08/19/2026
Rich Asplund

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) closed up +141 (+2.39%) on Wednesday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed up +48 (+1.14%). Cocoa prices settled sharply higher on Wednesday amid weakness in the dollar after the dollar index ($DXY ) tumbled to a 2.5-month low. Gains in London...Bar of chocolate by Karandaev via iStock