
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25) today is up +0.36 (+2.06%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25) is up +6.00 (+1.21%).
Sugar prices today added to Thursday’s gains and posted 1-week highs. Strength in crude prices is boosting sugar, with today’s +1% rally in WTI crude oil (CLM25) to a 1-1/2 week high. Higher crude prices benefit ethanol and could prompt the world’s sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.