Quick Overview

• U.S. industrial production rose 0.1%
  
  

• U.S. consumer sentiment fell from 78.4 to 69.6
  

• Reuters said lack of rain in the Ivory Coast for the last couple of months may delay this year's mid-crop cocoa harvest
  

• GDP in Indonesia rose 6.25% QoQ.
  
  

• Argentina extended restrictions (again) on exports of wheat in an attempt to provide for domestic supply. The U.S. banking and food industry would like Washington to follow suit.

• Because of weather problems, sugar output in Chinas Guangxi region, the country's largest producer, may drop 1 million tons from the original 8 million-ton forecast.