
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH24) on Friday closed up +0.03 (+0.14%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH24) closed unchanged.
Sugar prices on Friday settled little changed. Strength in crude oil supports sugar prices as WTI crude (CLG24) Friday rallied to a 1-week high. Higher crude prices benefit ethanol and may prompt the world's sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.