
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25) Thursday closed up +0.56 (+2.47%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24) closed up +10.00 (+1.74%).
Sugar rallied on Thursday due to a +4% jump in crude prices (CLX24) to a 1-month high. Strength in crude oil benefits ethanol prices and may prompt global sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus reducing sugar supplies.