Sugar Prices Fall Sharply on Brazilian Real Decline

Written on 10/26/2026
Rich Asplund

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH27 ) on Monday closed down -1.14 (-5.63%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ26 ) closed down -19.40 (-3.63%). Sugar prices fell sharply on Monday as the Brazilian real plunged -9% after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surprised the markets by winning...Glass jar and bowl with white sugar cubes on table by Liudmila Chernetska via iStock