Rina weakened to a tropical storm as it swept up the eastern coast of the Yucatan peninsula Its track is similar to that taken by Hurricane Wilma, the most intense storm on record for the Atlantic basin, which hammered the Mexican resort of Cancun and then swung into southern Florida with 175 mph winds in October 2005. The benchmark January FCOJ contract fell 2.45 cents to finish at $1.749 per lb, trading from $1.7285 to $1.79. On Wednesday the contract ended at $1.7735, the highest settlement for the second position juice contract since early August. Spot November frozen concentrated orange juice futures declined 2.55 cents to settle at $1.90 per lb. Total volume traded Thursday was almost 1,800 lots, around a quarter under the 30-day norm, preliminary Thomson Reuters data showed. "The advance has been intense (so) we are being subject to profit-taking," said Country Hedging Inc analyst Sterling Smith. But the pace of business has been modest because players are wary of the storm suddenly swerving toward Florida. Switch trade continued to be seen as players liquidated positions ahead of the spot November contract going into delivery next week, dealers said. Open interest stood at 26,954 lots as of Oct. 26, versus the 25,732 lots as of Oct. 25, ICE Futures US data said. Volume traded on Wednesday hit 3,395 lots, from the prior session's 2,689 lots, exchange data showed.