September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24) Thursday closed up +107 (+1.12%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24) closed unchanged. NY cocoa prices Thursday settled moderately higher. Dry weather in West Africa could curb the region’s cocoa production and pushed NY cocoa prices to a 2-month high Wednesday. Forecaster Maxar Technologies recently said that top cocoa-producing countries Ivory Coast and Ghana had seen a “significant decrease in shower activity” over the past month, leading to below-normal soil moisture and limited crop growth. However, gains in London cocoa are limited due to the strengt…