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'Beset by oversupply'
Among soft commodities, fallers were easy to find too, with raw sugar for October ending down 0.45 at 11.38 cents a pound.
Investors were apparently relaxed over the prospect of data on Thursday from industry group Unica showing a sharp drop in output in Brazil's Centre South in the first half of July, as rain hampered cane harvesting.
"The general belief is that sugar continues to be beset by oversupply and high stocks leading to a surplus for this year," said Sucden Financial.
"Whatever the weather concerns may be in the short/medium term, especially in Centre South Brazil, these seem to be negated by the lack of substantial demand."
Besides, "weather forecasters continue to expect most of south Brazil's cane regions to experience dry conditions for a week or more", Tobin Gorey at Commonwealth Bank of Australia said.
Robusta in demand
A weaker Brazilian real did not help either, shedding 1.7% against the greenback, and so cutting the value in dollar terms of assets in which the South American country is a major force.
Indeed, a bigger decline might have been expected in New York-traded September arabica coffee futures too than the 0.7% drop to 125.05 cents a pound that was experienced, were it not for strength in rival robust beans.
London-traded robusta coffee for September added 1.0% to $1,681 a tonne, helped in part by ideas of a short squeeze on the expiring July lot, which gained 1.1% to $1,801 a tonne.
Furthermore, there are reviving concerns over dryness in Vietnam, the top robusta coffee producer.
Weather service MDA said that Vietnam's central highlands and north east received only some 25-30% of normal rain in past two months, with below-average precipitation forecast for next two weeks.