July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26) today is up +0.02 (+0.14%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) is up +0.30 (+0.07%).
Sugar prices are slightly higher today amid strength in crude oil. WTI crude oil (CLN26) is up more than +1% today, boosting ethanol prices that could prompt the world’s sugar mills to divert more cane crushing to ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.