
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25) Friday closed up +0.33 (+1.77%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25) closed up +11.30 (+2.32%).
Sugar prices rallied for a third day on Friday and posted 1-1/2 week highs. Over the past three sessions, strength in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL) has prompted fund short covering in sugar futures. The real climbed to a 1-3/4 month high Friday, discouraging export selling from Brazil's sugar producers.