Cocoa Gains on Supply Concern; Sugar, Coffee, Orange Juice Rise
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Cocoa rose, capping the biggest weekly gain since mid-July, as a disputed presidential election in Ivory Coast threatened to disrupt exports from the world’s largest grower. Sugar, coffee and orange juice also advanced.
Ivory Coast’s Constitutional Court challenged the electoral commission’s authority to proclaim the results of the Nov. 28 vote after it missed a deadline to announce the outcome, according to court President Paul Yao N’Dre. The commission had named opposition leader Alassane Ouattara as the winner.