
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24) this morning is up +0.04 (+0.21%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) is up +1.60 (+0.28%).
Sugar prices this morning are posting modest gains as strength in the Brazilian real has sparked short-covering in sugar futures. The real (^USDBRL) today rallied to a 1-1/2 week high against the dollar, discouraging export selling from Brazil's sugar producers.