SOFTS-Raw sugar turns higher, cocoa and coffee climb

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- Raw sugar futures on ICE turned higher on Tuesday after earlier hitting a near two-month low on Tuesday, while cocoa and coffee prices also rose.

SUGAR

* Raw sugar SBc1 rose 0.9% to 13.79 cents per lb at 1400 GMT, having earlier hit a near two-month low of 13.56 cents.

* Dealers said a decline in crude oil prices had initially exerted downward pressure on the sugar market.

* They noted, however, the outlook for the 2026/27 season was looking constructive with an El Nino weather event likely to curb production.

* "Reflecting increasing El Niño risks, multiple private forecasts for the global sugar balance in 2026/27 have tightened in recent weeks," Rabobank said in a note.

* Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the second half of 2026 to become one of the strongest in seven decades.

* White sugar LSUc1 gained 1% to $446.80 a metric ton.

COCOA

* London cocoa LCCc2 rose 6.4% to £3,157 a ton.

* The market has been supported by indications that 2026/27 main crops in West Africa may be significantly below this season with El Nino weather conditions adding to concerns about crop prospects in the region.

* New York cocoa CCc2 gained 7.1% to $4,253 a ton.

COFFEE

* Arabica coffee KCc2 gained 2.4% to $2.6540 per lb.

* Several days of rain soaked harvested coffee that was being left to dry at farmyards in main producing areas in Brazil and halted harvest field work in the world's top producer and exporter, farmers and forecasters said on Monday.

* Robusta coffee LRCc2 was up 1.6% to $3,585 a ton.