New York futures advanced this week, with December gaining 146 points to close at 64.50 cents/lb, while March moved up 114 points to close at 63.02 cents/lb.Persistent spec buying lifted the December contract to a high of 66.04 cents this week - its highest level in six weeks – but increasing trade pressure and a selloff in the grain markets weighed on prices in the final hours of Friday’s session.The recent strength in the grains markets, which saw corn rally as much as 18% in October and soybe