
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK24) this morning is up +0.09 (+0.45%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ24) is up +2.60 (+0.45%).
Sugar prices today are mildly higher as they consolidate recent losses. Short covering has pushed sugar prices higher since last Thursday when Conab cut its Brazil 2023/24 sugar production estimate by -2.6% to 45.7 MMT from a November estimate of 46.9 MMT. Conab's Brazil sugar production estimate was reduced since Conab raised its Brazil 2023/24 ethanol production estimate to 29.7 bln liters from a November estimate of 28 billion liters.