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Rich Asplund

Sugar Prices Fall on the Plunge in Crude Oil Prices

May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) on Tuesday closed down -0.21 (-1.44%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26) closed down -2.10 (-0.50%).

Sugar prices fell on Tuesday's -11% plunge in crude oil prices.  The sell-off in crude oil prices undercuts ethanol prices, encouraging the world's sugar mills to divert cane crushing away from ethanol production and towards sugar, thereby boosting sugar supplies.

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