
July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25) Tuesday closed up +0.52 (+2.94%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25) closed up +14.80 (+2.99%).
Sugar prices settled sharply higher on Tuesday, with NY sugar posting a 5-week high and London sugar posting a 2-week high. Tuesday's +2% rally in WTI crude oil (CLM25) to a 2-week high was bullish for sugar. 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.