
October NY world sugar #11 (SBV24) Thursday closed down -0.38 (-1.92%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) closed down -4.40 (-0.79%).
Sugar prices Thursday retreated, with NY falling to a 2-week low. Ramped-up sugar output in Brazil is bearish for prices after Unica reported Thursday that Brazil's sugar production for the 2024/25 crop year through June was up +15.7% y/y at 14.2 MMT. Also, the percentage of Brazil's 2024/25 sugar cane crop crushed for sugar rose to 48.72% from 47.69% last year.