Cocoa prices were stable after Ivory Coast, the world's biggest producer of the commodity, suffered an attack by al-Qaeda-linked extremists on Sunday. Contracts for May delivery increased 0.5 percent to 2,237 pounds ($3,215) a metric ton on ICE Futures
The Ivory Coast shooting in which at least seven people are feared dead would be the first suspected terror attack to hit the West African nation since 2011. The former French colony, also known by its Francophone name, Côte d'Ivoire, enjoyed a period
Sunday's attack was the latest in a series of jihadist assaults on luxury hotels popular with Western tourists, with attacks in recent months in the capitals of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso leaving dozens of people dead. As in the Ivory Coast
In the West African nation of Ivory Coast, militants attacked a beach resort in the south, killing at least 16 people, a number of them foreigners. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Sunday's attack was the latest in a series of jihadist assaults on luxury hotels popular with Western tourists, with attacks in recent months in the capitals of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso leaving dozens of people dead. As in the Ivory Coast