Mounting Global Supplies and Tepid Demand Hammers Cocoa Prices

Written on 02/27/2026
Rich Asplund

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) on Friday closed down -175 (-5.71%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH26 ) closed down -107 (-5.02%). Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Friday, plummeting to 2.75-year lows on the nearest futures chart. Cocoa prices are in the midst of a seven-week-long downtrend...Cocoa by Public Domain via Pixabay