Coffee prices jumped to a five-month high as a slow Brazilian harvest and El Niño fears revived supply worries in the world's biggest coffee producer.
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Key Facts
—The spike. Arabica coffee futures jumped to a five-and-a-half-month high, rising almost 10 percent in a day.
—The cause. Brazil’s harvest is running slow and traders fear an El Niño weather pattern could hurt next year’s crop.
—The harvest. Only about 52 percent of the crop was picked by early July, behind last year and the average.
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