
Oct NY world sugar #11 (SBV23) on Wednesday closed down -0.43 (-1.61%), and Oct London white sugar #5 (SWV23) closed down -20.80 (-2.78%).
Sugar prices Wednesday closed moderately lower. A rally in the dollar index (DXY00) Wednesday to a 5-1/2 month low sparked long liquidation in sugar futures from Tuesday's highs. NY sugar on Tuesday climbing to a 4-1/2 month high, while London sugar climbed to a 12-year high. Sugar prices surged Tuesday after Alvean, the world's largest sugar trader, said it expects a 2023/24 global sugar deficit of -5.4 MMT, the sixth year of shortages, as India may curb sugar exports and Thailand farmers plant more profitable cassava instead of sugarcane.