
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25) today is up +0.11 (+0.58%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25) is up +0.70 (+0.14%).
Sugar prices today are mildly higher. Short covering emerged in sugar futures today after WTI crude oil prices (CLG25) jumped more than +3% to a 3-month high. Stronger crude prices benefit ethanol prices and could prompt global sugar mills to divert more cane crushing to ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.