
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24) on Friday closed down -0.21 (-0.95%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK24) closed down -1.10 (-0.17%).
Sugar prices Friday gave up an early advance and posted moderate losses as a rally in the dollar index (DXY00) to a 5-week high sparked long liquidation in sugar futures. Sugar initially moved higher Friday, with London sugar posting a 1-month high, on concern about excessive dryness in Brazil based on forecasts for limited rain over the next week in Brazil's Center-South, the country's primary sugar-growing region.