July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26) today is up +0.05 (+0.37%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26) is up +2.70 (+0.61%).
Sugar prices are moving higher today on concerns that weak monsoon rains in India will lower sugar yields and reduce the country’s sugarcane harvest, the world’s second-largest. India’s Meteorological Department reported today that India’s cumulative monsoon rainfall was 42% below normal as of June 24. India’s monsoon season runs from June through September.