Fund Short Covering Lifts Sugar Prices

Written on 01/16/2026
Rich Asplund

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) today is up +0.37 (+2.54%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) is up +9.90 (+2.37%). Sugar prices are moving higher today on fund short covering ahead of a three-day weekend in the US, with markets closed on Monday for the Martin...Glass jar and bowl with white sugar cubes on table by Liudmila Chernetska via iStock