Dollar Weakness Lifts Sugar Prices on Short Covering

Written on 06/04/2026
Rich Asplund

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN26 ) on Thursday closed up +0.03 (+0.21%), and Aug London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ26 ) closed up +4.40 (+0.99%). Sugar prices recovered from early losses on Thursday and settled higher as dollar weakness spurred some short covering in sugar futures. Sugar prices were...Packets of white and raw sugar by Tafilah Yusof via Pixabay