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These signals showed that the ice was still grounded at the time of retreat, meaning the loss directly contributed to global sea level rise.

Earlier this month, she also delivered a pre-Budget speech in which she emphasised the need to make "necessary choices" and warned that everyone would have to "contribute".

Severe weather is also contributing to high prices for coffee and cacao, senior administration officials said.

When that rally failed to materialize, those positions were unwound, contributing to the price decline, he told MarketWatch.

A confluence of factors contributed to the selling, Wall Street strategists said, but shifting views about the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest-rate cuts appeared to be chief among them.