Sugar Prices Jump on Fears of a Weak Monsoon in India

Written on 05/29/2026
Rich Asplund

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) on Friday closed up +0.13 (+0.93%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +12.50 (+2.94%). Sugar prices rose sharply on Friday amid concerns that an emerging El Niño weather pattern will lead to a poor monsoon season in India,...Sugar cane growing in Hawaii by Derrick Miller via Pixabay