The New York Board of Trade's active December arabica contract fell 1.55 cents or 1.5 percent to settle at $1.0015 a lb after trading from 99.9 cents to $1.0170. It was contract's weakest finish since October 14.
March likewise lost 1.55 to $1.0340 and the back month contracts shed 1.50 to 1.60 cents. NYBOT coffee futures trading volume amounted to an estimated 12,250 lots, below Wednesday's official tally of 14,323 contracts.