SUGAR
* March raw sugar settled up 0.11 cent, or 0.9 percent, at 12.78 cents per lb after touching a session high of 12.91 cents.
* On the week, the contract jumped 7.1 percent, its best weekly performance since early October. On Wednesday, prices touched a five-week peak of 12.94 cents per lb.
* Prices have gotten a boost from speculative short covering in recent sessions, dealers said.
* Market participants continued to monitor India, which has lagged in exporting a large surplus. The country is now expected to export 2.5 million to 3.5 million tonnes of sugar, far below its initial 5-million-tonne target.
* The Indian government is considering raising the minimum selling price of sugar, a television news channel reported on Friday.
* Marex Spectron noted that the possibility for higher minimum prices further diminishes the incentive for mills to export.
* March white sugar settled up 80 cents, or 0.2 percent, at $344.90 per tonne.
COFFEE
* March arabica coffee settled down 0.4 cent, or 0.4 percent, at $1.0385 per lb.
* Prices were pressured by a weaker Brazilian real, dealers said.
* A softer currency in top producer Brazil improves local returns on dollar-traded goods such as coffee, encouraging producers to sell.
* On the week, however, the contract gained 2.2 percent, its fourth consecutive weekly gain. On Wednesday, prices touched $1.0685, their highest levels since late November.
* Prices have been buoyed in recent sessions by concerns over dry weather in Brazil, dealers said.
* March robusta coffee settled up $7, or 0.5 percent, at $1,543 per tonne.
COCOA
* March New York cocoa settled down $13, or 0.6 percent, at $2,356 per tonne. The contract was largely unchanged on the week.
* Data on fourth-quarter cocoa grindings for North America, an indicator of demand, are set to be released on Jan. 17.
* May London cocoa settled down 11 pounds, or 0.6 percent, at 1,728 pounds a tonne.
* Farmers in top cocoa grower Ivory Coast say the current crop is worsening, with beans starting to rot because of a lack of financing that is preventing them from properly fermenting and drying beans already stressed by bad weather.