
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25) Friday closed up +0.28 (+1.60%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25) closed up +5.00 (+1.01%).
Sugar prices on Friday added to Thursday’s gains and posted 1-week highs. Strength in crude prices on Friday boosted sugar prices after WTI crude oil (CLM25) rose more than +1% to a 1-1/2 week high. Higher crude prices benefit ethanol and could prompt the world’s sugar mills to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus curbing sugar supplies.