
May NY world sugar #11 (SBK26) on Monday closed up +0.02 (+0.14%), and May London ICE white sugar #5 (SWK26) closed up +5.90 (+1.45%).
Sugar prices settled higher on Monday, supported by surging crude oil prices. WTI crude (CLJ26) soared more than +6% to an 8.25-month high on Monday, which benefits ethanol prices and may prompt the world's sugar producers to divert more cane crushing toward ethanol production rather than sugar, thus reducing sugar supplies.