
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25) Wednesday closed up +0.10 (+0.55%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25) closed up +4.00 (+0.77%).
On Wednesday, sugar prices posted moderate gains as the dollar index (DXY00) fell to a 3-3/4 month low and spurred short-covering in sugar futures. Gains in sugar were limited after the price of WTI crude oil (CLJ25) Wednesday plunged more than -3% to a 1-3/4 year low. Weaker crude oil prices undercut ethanol prices and may prompt global sugar mills to divert cane crushing toward sugar production rather than ethanol, boosting sugar supplies.