
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK25) today is up +0.11 (+0.61%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK25) is up +4.30 (+0.83%).
Sugar prices today are moderately higher. Short-covering emerged in sugar futures today after the dollar index (DXY00) tumbled more than -1% to a 3-3/4 month low. Gains in sugar are limited after the price of WTI crude oil (CLJ25) today plunged to a 1-3/4 year low. Weaker crude oil prices undercut ethanol prices and may prompt global sugar mills to divert cane crushing toward sugar production rather than ethanol, boosting sugar supplies.