
March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25) Friday closed up +0.12 (+0.63%), and March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH25) closed up +1.90 (+0.38%).
Sugar prices Friday posted moderate gains. Short covering emerged in sugar futures Friday 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.