Sugar Prices Climb on Strength in the Brazilian Real

Written on 01/22/2026
Rich Asplund

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH26 ) on Thursday closed up +0.22 (+1.49%). March London ICE white sugar #5 (SWH26 ) closed up +4.80 (+1.14%). Sugar prices settled higher on Thursday after a rally in the Brazilian real (^USDBRL ) to a 2.25-month high against the dollar prompted short covering...Glass jar and bowl with white sugar cubes on table by Liudmila Chernetska via iStock