
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) today is up +0.04 (+0.29%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) is up +3.80 (+0.90%).
Sugar prices are climbing today, with London sugar posting a 2-week high. Strength in crude oil prices (CLM26) is supportive of sugar today, with crude up more than +1%, which boosts ethanol prices and could prompt the world's sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.